The war for talent: Fiercer now than before?
The recession is an ideal opportunity to revisit your talent management strategies, but how should organisations be fighting the war on talent in this climate? Becky Midgley speaks to the CIPD’s Claire McCartney to find out. There isn’t one business out there at the moment that isn’t having to change the way it does […]
Can the private life of an employee affect their employment?
Widespread use of the internet and social networking sites have made the ‘personal’ potentially ‘public’, and this blurring of the boundaries can present HR professionals with some tricky situations, says Steven Thomas. Only last month, an insurance worker was dismissed after surfing Facebook while off sick. Not such a bad thing, you may think, until […]
HR tip: Changing terms of employment after TUPE
These questions are being answered by Learn HR, a market leader in the provision of HR and payroll training and nationally-recognised professional qualifications. Question: "A month ago a group of employees was transferred to our company under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations (TUPE). We would like to bring their terms and conditions of […]
HR tip: Reinstatement and re-engagement in tribunals
These questions are being answered by Learn HR, a market leader in the provision of HR and payroll training and nationally-recognised professional qualifications. Question:"If, as seems likely, we lose a case of unfair dismissal at an upcoming employment tribunal, and the tribunal requires us to take the employee back, are we obliged to do so? And […]
Friday feeling costs businesses £50m
Employees who slack off on a Friday afternoon are costing UK businesses more than £50 million a year. Top 10 Friday Feeling excuses 1. Business lunch was longer than expected2. I have a meeting on the way home3. Doctor's appointment4. I can work from home as my computer is down5. I am doing some […]
Colborn’s Corner: Who’s the best?
Quentin Colborn says ‘so what’ to those businesses ranked in this year’s Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For list. Who’s in and who’s out? These are the likely questions asked by those who made the list in 2005. Is this a preoccupation shared by HR Directors though? Perhaps not. Maybe it’s because I’ve […]
Britain – a nation of workaholics part 2
The CIPD questioned 1666 workers and found that the proportion of those who work more than forty eight hours a week has increased from one in 10 to one in four during the past five years. More than a quarter of long hours workers say that long hours have affected their sex lives and the […]
Sad but true – miserable workers are more productive
In the regular FTdynamo column this week, we learn that contrary to popular opinion it's not the happy workers who are most productive, but the unhappy ones. We all may have thought for many years that happy workers are the best workers. Sad to say, recent research appears to suggest the opposite – the […]
Passing share option gains to the employee
The Government yesterday laid regulations to help companies who grant share options to their employees as part of their remuneration packages but who experience highly volatile share prices. The new regulations, which follow new legislation introduced in the summer, provides the process to enable employers to seek approval so that they may make an election […]