Women Unlimited
Over 2000 women are expected at a work and training event on Tuesday at which leading employers, training organisations and other experts will provide advice and information to women who want to explore the range of opportunities open to them. Hosted by Ministers for Women, Margaret Jay and Tessa Jowell, Women Unlimited will help women […]
Parking tickets: A valid claimable expense?
Recently reading with much amusement and sympathy, sister site LawZONE’s copy of Parking Ticket News, I remembered a situation some years ago. The occassion was a visit to a financial services training consultancy in London’s west end. I went along in one car whilst my immediate supervisor went in another, the reason being that after […]
The seven habits of highly ineffective people
Unabashed inefficiency stalks the corridors of power, say FTdynamo, and we would do better by stopping the inefficiency rather than chasing successful habits. This is the tenth of a series of columns written for HR Zone from the new management education portal.The UK’s Channel Four recently aired a program, “Living by the book”, which featured […]
New online system for administering your salaries and wages
HR Zone and TrainingZONE are pleased to announce a new service designed to save time and effort for anyone involved in paying wages and salaries to staff.StaffPay is an easy-to-use online payroll administration system which we have integrated into this site. It handles all kinds of employee records and ensures that weekly and monthly wages […]
SUPPORT STAFF TNA
Can anyone help in supplying or recommending where I can find a template for a TNA for support staff (ie. secretaries, receptionists, cashiers, office juniors etc).Any help gratefully received.Mandi Sturmey Mandi Sturmey
CPD RECORDING SOFTWARE
Can anyone recommend software to record employees CPD hours. The employees are lawyers and are required by the law society to gain 16 hours CPD a year. The software needs to be simple to use and able to record hours on a day by day basis. Training can be via course or self study and […]
What formal written notice needs to be given to staff to change terms of contract?
I am trying to find out what formal written notice is required to inform staff that we wish to change the terms under which they are paid, i.e. from four weekly to monthly. Do we need to give written notice? If so, how much? Judith Smith
Pensions victory for part-time workers
The TUC has welcomed Thursday’s House of Lords decision on part time pensions as ‘good news’ for thousands of retired women who, because they once worked part-time, had been barred from paying into company pension schemes. The Lords have decided that women part timers – who had been denied access to pension funds prior to […]
Wanting to work abroad? See EXPAT 2001
Expat 2001 is the largest international Expat fair in Europe and provides those who are planning to live, to work and to settle abroad with a unique opportunity to quickly obtain information about all aspects of a transfer to another country. The fair is meant for people who are leaving for or returning from another […]
Safety policy
Where can I find help writing a health and safety policy, we are a small company with approximately 15 employees. I have a leaflet for our local government called “Advice to employers”, but is there somewhere we can get a templated version and tweak to suit our company?thanks you Antoinette Wilcox
compassionate leave
Can you answer a question regarding compassionate leave, as a small company do we have to have a compassionate leave policy or do we do it as a gesture of good will.What areas fall under compassionate leave? i.e sick childre or parentsFor a small company what is a reasonable and fair amount of compassionate leave […]
HR Briefing #23 – Employment law updates, Getting to grips with IT, Interview: Sarah Perman
================================================================= HR Briefing Issue 23 8 February 2001 An HR Zone service for HR people who need to stay informed http://www.hrzone.co.uk=================================================================*** IN THIS ISSUE ***** IN THIS ISSUE ***** IN THIS ISSUE ***1. INFORMATION and NEWS: Employment law updates, Getting to grips with IT, Interview: Sarah Perman2. RESOURCES: How to have access to them on […]
Interview: Sarah Perman, Director of the Partnership Institute
The TUC last month launched the Partnership Institute, a consultancy helping to develop a partnership approach to problem solving which is more inclusive and less divisive than the confrontational industrial relations style of old.Heading the new Partnership Institute is Director, Sarah Perman who was interviewed by HR Zone.HR ZoneSarah, congratulations on the opening for business […]
Train the Trainer
I am designing an in house Train the Trainer course and would like information regarding course content. I wish the course to cover theory and practical applications of training, especially coaching. Julie Mather
TUC asks Competition Commission to kick the Abbey habit.
The TUC is calling on the government to refer the proposed Lloyds-TSB takeover of Abbey National to the Competition Commission. On the same day that the Office of Fair Trading is expected to meet to discuss the bid, TUC General Secretary John Monks said: “Nine thousand jobs are at stake – more than the recent […]
New service to keep you up to date with Employment Law
NOTE: This service is no longer live. All our legislative content is delivered via our Employment Law section. This week sees the launch by sister site LawZONE of the Employment Law Newswire, in association with specialist employment law barrister Daniel Barnett. HR Zone subscribers wishing to receive this monthly newswire should opt in for this […]
Employment Law Newswire – Issue 1
Produced in collaboration with Daniel Barnett, (Barrister, 2 Gray’s Inn Square Chambers) © LawZone and Daniel Barnett 2001Issue 1 – February 2001Editorial Welcome to the first monthly employment law bulletin, created by employment law specialist barrister Daniel Barnett. Over the next few months we’ll be rolling out more of these specialist wires to help you […]
Outplacement services
Can anyone help me find an outplacement provider who would be able to provide services for all levels of staff from secretarial through to senior project managers ?If you have any ideas, please let me know asap.Many thanks !Lindsay Lindsay Rodham
Draft Regulations for Employment Agencies and Employment Business
The Government released a final draft of the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Business Regulations for comment on 1 February. An explanatory commentary detailing the main changes to draft regulations issued for consultation in May 1999 is also available. The Regulatory Impact Assessment has also been updated. The earlier drafts of the regulations and […]
Which HR System?
Online WorkshopTuesday 6 February, 13:00 GMTat http://www.hrzone.co.uk/workshopIn the week when Softworld hold their HR and Payroll exhibition, our workshop is asking the question ‘Which HR System?’There are a whole raft of different systems out in the market place now:online systemsweb-based systemssmall business systemsself-service systemsand othersThis workshop aims to raise some of the issues that users […]
