Softworld Human Resources & Payroll Preview
Now in its 9th year, Softworld Human Resources & Payroll will take place at the new ExCel venue in London from 7 – 8 February 2001. This year’s event is set to tackle the latest issues and trends affecting the industry and features leading exhibitors such as Peoplesoft, Softworks Computing and e-recruitment.com. The event also […]
Managers getting to grips with IT
The increasing strategic importance of IT is adding the need for new skill-sets to management roles argues FTdynamo, in the ninth of a series of columns written for HR Zone from the new management education portal.The role of IT within companies is changing. Advances in technology, such as the internet, the rise of e-commerce and […]
Data Protection Commissioner changes name
Little-known fact – from 30 January 2001 the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner is to be re-named as the Office of the Information Commissioner. It will continue to enforce the Data Protection Act 1998, and is now also responsible for Freedom of Information.
Recruiting part time staff
As full employment opportunities grow, how can we make part time working more attractive. In the less glamorous world of domestic and commercial cleaning we need to attract a reliable workforce to provide the work and living conditions we all want in the year 2001. We pay well and training and conditions have never been […]
Anyone with not-so-common E-mail clients?
I’m hoping to streamline the links in the weekly HR Briefing newswire. I would like to test the effectiveness of links for people who don’t use Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express as their e-mail client.If you use sayNetscape CommunicatorPegasusEudoraor another e-mail package, and wouldn’t mind helping me improve the service for HR Zone members please […]
The Corus axe finally falls
Weeks of speculation over job losses within the steel industry ended this morning with the announcement by Corus that over 6,000 jobs will be lost over the next two years. Corus, formed in 1999 by a merger between British Steel and Dutch firm, Hoogovens, cut 4,500 jobs last year, but indicated that further cuts would […]
HR Weekly Watch – January 2001
A round-up in brief of HR related news stories collected from the main news sources on the web. Where possible links to the original stories have been included, but please note that maintenance of these sites is with the news source and links cannot be guaranteed31 January 2001 Blair backs fight for plant jobsThe Prime […]
TUC campaign to clean up Britain’s dirtiest workplaces
The TUC is launching a campaign to clean up Britain’s workplaces, with the launch on Wednesday of a new guide to help unions tackle dangerous chemicals, dusts and fumes at work. The TUC plans to use the law and the COSHH regulations (The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1999) to target the worst […]
Lessons from Geese
Can anyone help, I would like to locate a UK supplier of the video “Lessons from Geese”. It was produced by Saatchi & Saatchi, by their New Zealand company but I am sure there must be a supplier in the UK.Many Thanks Maria Keenan
Dress Down Days? Duvet Days? try Stress Down Days!
Completed those returns yet? Need more sales? Finished that report? Too many deadlines? Heavy workload and working long hours? Under lots of pressure? Uncertainty? Very or extremely stressed? Worry causes stress. If this sounds all too familiar, whatever you do don’t reach for the coffee pot, just read on …Working in publishing, with its relentless […]
TUC: 170,000 are still earning less than the minimum wage
Most employers now comply with minimum wage legislation, but today (Tuesday) as the TUC prepares to give evidence to the Low Pay Commission, it reveals new figures which suggest 170,000 workers are being paid less than the minimum wage. Today (Tuesday) the TUC and the National Union of Students will be putting the case to […]
How to avoid bad debts with clients
We are delighted to announce the launch of a new online service which can really prevent you from losing money in your business. Bad debts are a nightmare: you’ve done all the work, you’ve sent the client your invoice, but they don’t pay up; you’ve been polite on the phone – and now you’re wondering […]
Still useless without one?
Employees are at risk of giving poor performance at work because of high levels of caffeine intake according to research by mineral water company, Volvic.Drinking 350mg of caffeine, roughly the equivalent to three cups of coffee and a cup of tea, can cause a lapse in concentration and increased stress levels, according to the research.Dr […]
Live to Work, or work to Live?
Businesses are going to increasingly extraordinary lengths to hang on to their staff say FTdynamo, in the eighth of a series of columns written for HR Zone from the new management education portal.Creating an attractive organisational culture is essential for today’s businesses. This is the message from the fourth annual survey by Fortune magazine of […]
Integrating the HR and Payroll Function
Integrating the HR and Payroll functions will be a prominent issue at this year’s Softworld Human Resources and Payroll, taking place from 7 – 8 February 2001 at Excel, London. The event, one of the major HR exhibition events each year is becoming increasingly significant as the world of HR relies more and more on […]
360-degrees feedback in practice
I am doing a questionnaire research into the Acceptability and Applicability of the 360-degree performance feedback in organizations in Malaysia. I have collected the quetionnsires and data analysis. I would like to compare my findings with other expert opinions as a benchmark. I would welcome any inputs. Thank you. gotha
Get fell in and get selling you ’orrible lot!
On 18 / 19 January 2001, Centrefile sent their sales force to the Army’s Infantry Training Centre (ITC) at Catterick, N. Yorkshire. For 36 hours they lived on the Camp and experienced Army life, whilst undergoing personal motivation and team-building exercises run by the Army.The 60 Centrefile trainees were sales executives and managers. They were […]
Loophole allows Home Office to reject blind solicitor
A legal loophole enabled the Home Office to refuse a blind solicitor a “guaranteed interview” for the post of asylum adjudicator according to the Disability Rights Commission (DRC).South London solicitor, Andrew Kamoza, applied for the post of asylum adjudicator with the Home Office and expected a guaranteed interview under the Disability Discrimination Act. The Home […]
Pay deal reached for BMW at Cowley
Workers at the BMW owned car production plant at Cowley in Oxfordshire, the site of the proposed building of the new Mini, have voted to accept a new two-year pay deal.Details of the pay settlement are expected to be announced at a later time, but it is expected to make the workers the highest paid […]
Sunderland heaves a sigh of relief
Thousands of workers at the Nissan car plant heaved a sigh of relief this morning after being told that the company plans to build the new model Micra at the Sunderland site.Arriving at work this morning, over 2,000 workers expected news from the company as to whether the new Micra would be built in the […]
