Employees don’t understand pensions
A SURVEY by recruitment consultancy Joslin Rowe has revealed that just under 60 per cent of professionals surveyed confessed to not understanding their current pension scheme. 300 people working in the UK financial services sector were questioned in the survey about their pension plan and in particular details surrounding the type of scheme and contribution […]
Whom does you manager most resemble?
A new survey carried out for Adult Learner’s Week by NETg, has revealed that TV presenter Cat Deeley – ahead of nine other celebrities, including Frank Skinner, Margaret Thatcher and Mr Bean – would be most people’s choice of line manager, polling 58%. In contrast, over half of respondents claimed that their current line manager […]
Admin burden of new employment laws criticised
This item was taken from our sister site, LawZone. The Better Regulation Task Force (a part of the Cabinet Office) has issued a report calling for reforms to the system of implementing employment legislation, referring to the unreasonable demands the method of regulation imposes on small and medium size employers. Its recommendations include:commencement dates for […]
LawZone Employment Law Newswire #9
===============================================LawZONE Employment Law Newswire – Issue 9===============================================10th May 2002http://www.lawzone.co.uk(In collaboration with Daniel Barnett, Barrister, 2 Gray’s InnSquare Chambers) Copyright LawZone and Daniel Barnett 2002Editor’s Note=============The Institute of Directors has issued a report claiming that newemployment legislation introduced over the last five years hascost businesses 6 billion GBP. The new legislation includes theWorking Time Directive, minimum […]
Age Discrimination Bill
Contributed by LawZone’s Daniel Barnett The Age Discrimination (No. 2) Bill 2002 has been introduced to the House of Commons.It is the third private member’s Bill in connection with age discrimination since the Labour government came into power. The government failed to support either of the previous Bills. It contains the following provisions (applying to […]
Employers can help build civil society
Employers have a major role to play in building civil society, according to Home Secretary David Blunkett, speaking at the AGM of the Confederation of British Industry. Mr Blunkett urged employers to work with Government on effective ways of developing volunteering and using the transition from work to retirement to encourage the Experience corps. Recognising […]
Young managers prize flexibility and independence
Today’s young managers are switching jobs within just a couple of years in their quest for quality of life and job satisfaction, according to a report, Great Expectations?, on managers aged 25-35 by the Chartered Management Institute and PPP healthcare. Unlike previous generations, who aspired to a job for life, 82 per cent of young […]
Concerns grow over World Cup absenteeism
As the England team limp onto the plane for Japan, and excitement builds among fans, employers and HR representatives are struggling to balance responsibility with tolerance and a sense of humour. Umbro, manufacturer of England kit, has been criticised for featuring a list of top ten excuses and a downloadable signed and stamped sicknote on […]
Commuting stress inspires job changes
According to new research by internet job site Reed, transport problems have caused one in six people to consider changing where they work in the last year.From more than 6,000 workers throughout the UK surveyed by reed.co.uk, 15 per cent said they had considered moving jobs in the last 12 months just to avoid transport […]
Why profile yourself?
Over the last few weeks, you may have noticed that we’ve been making increased mention of profiling on the site. Why are we doing this? It’s all part of our aim to get to know our members better to make sure you get what you need from the site, and to help us keep some […]
Employers must assess workplace risks to pregnant women
The failure of a nursing home to carry out an assessment of the risk posed by working conditions for new or expectant mothers was sex discrimination, according to a recent decision made by the Employment Appeal Tribunal. Mrs Hardman had been employed as a care assistant at the Orchard Lodge Nursing Home, Birkenhead from July […]
Work keeps us awake at night
According to an independent survey commissioned by health & well-being management company vielife, an alarming 22 per cent of all employees in Great Britain, 6.1 million people, lose sleep over work. Senior and middle management households are the most severely affected, with 28 per cent saying their work life impacts negatively on their ability to […]
Government aims to increase uptake of pensions
The panic over the state of retirement provision continues. The Work Foundation has called on the government to change its whole strategy. Axa have warned that so many people are retiring early, the working population will not be able to sustain the retirees.Alastair Darling has responded with the declaration that he aims to make pensions […]
Suited, not booted (out) – appearance in the workplace
This item was contributed by Lesley Everett, Image Consultant at The Aziz Corporation, who takes a look at why its vital to dress to impress and how personal appearance is a vital tool that can ensure you keep your job. The current economic uncertainty, which was preceded by the spectacular bust after the dot-com boom, […]
Pensions – what needs to be done?
According to the Work Foundation, millions of pensioners face a grim retirement because of the Government’s pension strategy. The Work Foundation argues that we need a higher level of basic State provision, and a different sort of partnership between State and non-state providers, with an end to the morass of contracting out.The Work Foundation recommends:– […]
Rise in second jobs
In the last eighteen years the number of people with second jobs has risen by 68 per cent, according to the Office of National Statistics. In the same period the number of people in employment rose 18 per cent.The number of peole with second jobs has been higher, in the mid-1990s. Not too surprisingly, people […]
World Cup needs HR policy
A survey by Deloitte and Touche of 100 human resources directors has found that most expect employees to ‘take a sickie’ during the World Cup, and they haven’t come up with any plans to deal with this. The firm’s Jon Clarke, said: “It is worrying that so few have established a formal policy to manage […]
Payroll tips: new starters
This article was provided by our sister site, LawZone.By Linda Pullan, Technical Editor of Payroll WorldOne of the most common payroll procedures is the processing of new starters on to the payroll however; this is where some of the most frequent errors occur.• Check that the employee is eligible to work in this country under […]
Asthma at work
Today is world asthma day. Seven thousand people develop asthma because of their work every year (134 per day), according to the TUC. TUC General Secretary John Monks said: “Asthma can be a debilitating and painful condition that really restricts people’s lives – and it can often mean they have to give up their career […]
Call for more bank holidays
The TUC has called for at least three more bank holidays a year. Britain’s workers get the lowest number of bank holidays and the least statutory annual leave in Europe.The UK enjoys only eight bank holidays a year compared to 12 in Italy, 13 in Austria and up to 14 in Spain and Portugal. Britain […]
