Employers overcome red tape to provide pension schemes
‘Red tape’ and increasing regulation is making it increasingly difficult for companies to provide good quality occupational pension schemes, according to a new survey from the National Association of Pension Funds.The survey finds that those responsible for administering and setting up company schemes are finding it increasingly difficult to comply with the amount of bureaucracy […]
New resources for HR payroll professionals
HR Zone has today published two practical and user-friendly guides to assist payroll professionals navigate their way through the maze of payroll systems and software on offer.How to select a payroll system is a comprehensive guide to all the issues, taking you through the choices and decisions in a logical way and offering advice and […]
1,600 learning and self development resources added to HR Zone
This week, 1,600 ‘bite-sized’ learning resources are added to HR Zone through our collaboration with learningmatters.com, leading providers of ‘just-in-time’ self-development resource materials.This fast expanding resource library includes: 600 training solutions from the libraries of Video Arts and Echelon Learning 400 self-development solutions published by Echelon Learning 350 management articles and case studies from the […]
New QuickFacts guides to company cars and sustainable development
The CIPD has recently published two new papers in its Quick Facts series which provide key information and guidance on their respective areas.All Quick Facts documents can be accessed at http://www.cipd.co.uk/infosource although unregistered users of the site may be required to login and/or provide membership information.The two new resource sheets are readable and printable from […]
No more ‘sickies’ – it’s ‘duvet days’ to the rescue!
After the struggle to get back to work we reported on yesterday, several newspapers are today highlighting the American practice of allocating 'duvet days', which could soon see off the British tradition of 'throwing a sickie'. In the latest idea in employee benefits from the US, employees are given up to four days off a […]
Government launches womens development event
The government is running a career development conference and exhibition aimed specifically at women in London next month.‘Women Unlimited’ is aimed at women at all stages in their working life, from returners-to-work and those just starting out in the job market to those looking to develop their skills further or start up in business themselves. […]
Companies need freedom to communicate with staff, says CBI chief
Digby Jones, director-general of the Confederation of British Industry has re-stated the CBI’s opposition to EU plans to change policies on information and consultation in the workplace on the grounds that they will harm growth and creation of new jobs in the UK. Speaking just before Christmas in the annual CBI New Year’s message, Digby […]
‘Work sharing is the way forward’ – Handy
In a reflective article, management writer Charles Handy examines the current trends towards self-employment, contract work and multiple employers as individuals rather than companies are made to become increasingly responsible for their own futures.Pointing to the obvious isolation and competitiveness inherent in such situations, Handy refers his readers to historical models of ‘community’ work and […]
Vicars to campaign for contracts of employment
Clergymen in the Church of England have no contract of employment as custom has decreed that they are “employed by God”. Now, with the help of the MSF union (to which clergy, priests and ministers from several churches belong) a group of vicars are considering a campaign to change their status by creating a legal […]
HR Weekly Watch – December 2000
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 guaranteed.28 December 2000 Tories targeted over ‘£11billion pensions black hole’Social […]
‘How I quit Smoking’ Mr D’s story
As Christmas recedes into memory and New Year celebrations approach, New Year resolutions come into focus again. I am a veteran smoker…but I don’t want to be.I have in the past posted occasional articles from Mr D, otherwise known as Dennis DeSimone who issues a number of useful and helpful newsletters on a weekly basis. […]
John Monks: New Year Message
In many ways 2000 was a good year for people at work in Britain and their unions. The economy was strong. Employment continued to grow. Full employment is now a realistic demand, not wishful thinking. The minimum wage did more to help narrow the pay gap between men and women than any other initiative in […]
Disability Equality Training
The Disability Rights Commission (DRC) is re-releasing invitations to tender for Disability Equality Training after internal discussions on the best way forward.Intimations are very high that delivery from disabled people will be favoured.Comments by the DRC on the tender process are available on the DRC website, as are the latest copies of the tender document. […]
Statistics on Work Based Training for Young People
The latest statistics on TEC/CCTE delivered government-supported training have been published by the DfEE. This Statistical First Release updates the key figures in last quarter’s DfEE Statistical First Release number SFR37/2000 published on 22 September 2000.The statistics are available for download in .pdf format or viewable through a web browser.
A cold, cold Christmas in Manufacturing
The UK’s manufacturing sector is facing its bleakest Christmas so far, with another 5615 job losses this month, says the GMB one of Britain’s largest trade unions today, as it publishes the monthly job watch figures for December 2000.In all there were over 96,000 redundancies in the manufacturing sector during 2000, with counties in the […]
Dotcoms face employee action
It’s not just investors who lose out when a dotcom closes for business according to FTdynamo in the fourth of a series of columns written for HR Zone from the new management education portal.It’s not just institutional investors and day traders who have suffered at the hands of the dotcom collapse. Spare a thought for […]
Looking for Kevin Mitchell
His name is Kevin Mitchell. He has worked in the past for TMP & PA Consulting and was based in the Birmingham area. His expertise is in senior recruitment, reorganisations and psychometric testing. Through job changes we have lost contact.Can anyone help?? Jai Adami
2000: Looking back at a year of HR
It’s not exactly been the quietest of years for the HR profession this year with a constant battle between legislators, trade unionists and employers’ bodies about the level of regulation hitting the statute book.Behind it all has come political and idealogical debate including that little matter of ‘Europe’.The following notes will highlight some of the […]
How you can become a European Company
EU Employment Ministers today yesterday agreed to establish a European Company Statute and controversial new proposed law requiring worker participation in important company decisions. The planned legislation was first proposed 30 years ago and has been actively campaigned for by trade unions throughout the Union.The proposed law will enable pan-European companies to be able to […]
Few workers have reduced their hours despite new regulations
The Working Time Regulations appear to have had little effect on reducing the working week of people who work long hours to within the Regulations’ 48-hour limit according to a report published today (Wednesday) by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). Sixty per cent of those who worked more than 48 hours a […]
