CBI: Equal Pay taskforce has it wrong
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) said the Equal Pay Taskforce has come up with an “ineffective and disproportionate” proposal for closing the gender pay gap. It said requiring employers to carry out regular pay audits would not have a significant impact but would impose an excessive administrative burden.The CBI said there is no academic […]
Recruitment assessment process
I am trying to hunt down a copy of Edgar Anstey’s Research Paper on key elements of recruitment process published by Civil Service Selection Board. It was written in the 1970’s and the CIPD do not have a copy of it. Anyone out there heard of it? Sue Nunan
New employment resources now available online
HR Zone and TrainingZONE are expanding their range of resources to assist you in managing staff. Though our partnership with OneClickHR.com we are now able to bring you a greatly expanded range of HR and employment facilities all available online.The HR Resource Centre is already a comprehensive advice and business services centre. The partnership with […]
How much notice must “middle management” give
I’m looking to get an overview from a wide range of companies on the notice an employee should give prior to leaving.Specifically looking at “middle management” such as HR Managers, Admin Managers, Training Managers etc.Thanks for any assistance. Sam Kennedy
computer simulation – high level sales
In order to help Global Account Managers understand how multi-national companies operate, I am looking for a simulation(preferably on computer) which will allow them to @run’ acompany. richard napier
What is the definition of a training day
I am looking to measure the amount of training days within the organisation and need to decide what to include/exclude.What is the definition of a training day and how is it measured. Tony Wares
Forget qualifications! Looks get the job!
Companies employ people more on the basis of what they look like than on their qualifications say FTdynamo. This is the twelfth in a series of columns written for HR Zone from the new management education portal.It may not be exactly news but it is now official – companies employ people more on the basis […]
Changing Contracts
Groundwork Black Country operate a New Deal scheme. Through public funding we have been able to create waged opportunities for pepople on this scheme through the creation of Intermediate Labour Markets. We have set up a subsidiary company which employs people working in the ILMs for up to 12 months. We want to add in […]
Absence – Disciplinary vs Capability
I am looking into absence issues for my CIPD management report and one of the things I am very interested in is how “problem employees” are dealt with after you have tried all the usual methods of controlling absence. I have read somewhere that tribunals have criticised employers for using disciplinary to deal with frequent […]
Should I invest in Myers Briggs training – or something else?
I do lots of mentoring and group work around personal development,life work planning, goal setting etc.I am looking for additional tools and skills that will add to my toolkit and references. Myers Briggs seems to be a useful one but the training is expensive. I don’t know who to go to as the best training […]
Investors in People – without the hassle
People Insight has launched a new service to enable organisations to assess themselves against the Investors in People Standard. We can survey the views of all your employees at a fraction of the cost and with none of the hassle of traditional approaches. Not only can we tell you your position against the Standard, but […]
How to take the hassle out of evaluations, appraisals, benchmarking, feedback – go online
Collecting feedback information from users and staff can be a nightmare. You finally get round to issuing the forms, then you have to chase people to get them back, and eventually you have to find time to analyse the results.Well, a new service simplifies this entire process and enables you to do it online – […]
Government Race Relations Consultation
An invitation to help shape the implementation of new race equality legislation was issued to public bodies and others by Home Secretary Jack Straw today as he launched a consultation document on the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000. The provisions in the 2000 Act, which outlaws race discrimination in public functions not previously covered by […]
Minister welcomes latest New Deal figures
Employment Minister Tessa Jowell today welcomed news on the New Deal, with 274,230 young people now helped into jobs through the programme. Of these, 209,240 young people have moved into sustained work – jobs lasting more than 13 weeks.Ms Jowell said, “The New Deal is continuing to help the long-term unemployed find work, and has […]
£120m private investment in education since 1997
The £120m contribution of business in supporting the Government’s education agenda was today welcomed by School Standards Minister Estelle Morris at a Business in the Community conference in Kings Cross. Business is contributing an average of £30m a year through support for schemes such as specialist schools, education action zones and City Academies.Ms Morris said, […]
EU workforce forecast to peak in 2010
EUBusiness our sister site covering developments in the EU zone provided the following article on changes in the European workforceA new report looking at future trends for the European Union’s labour force to 2050 forecasts that, if demographic and employment trends continue at current rates, the EU’s work-force will grow from 169 million in 1995 […]
Doncaster Council electrician’s death leads to £400,000 fine
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council has been fined £400,000 in the Doncaster Crown Court. The prosecution followed the death of an electrician working in one of the council offices in 1997.The electrician had been called to repair a heating unit in a false ceiling when he came into contact with some exposed electrical wires. There was […]
Portable Overhead Projector
My firm wishes to purchase a portable overhead projector for training purposes. The projector is to be linked to a lap top computer to project images onto a screen when training.Can anyone recommend a suitable projector. It needs to be light weight, easily portable and easy to set up.Any recommendations would be gratefully received. Mandi […]
Benefits in kind: Loans from employers
The official rate of interest applying to beneficial loans to employees by reason of their employment is to remain unchanged at 6.25% for the 2001-02 tax year. This follows the approach set out in Inland Revenue press release of 25 January 2000, that the official rate will continue to be set in advance for the […]
Philip Moon
DETAILSPhilip is an expereinced independent management developmnet consultant who specialises in teaching personal effectivenes, communication skills and organisational behaviour. He works with a wide range of clients from all sectors on an international basis.Philip is an Associate Consultant with the Institute of Managment and an Associate Lecturer with Nottingham Trent University Business School where he […]
