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What WERS can tell you about employee relations
More dispute resolution, less genuine consultation. And everything done on email It can be hard to get interested in yet another workforce survey – particularly when the CIPD’s own Labour Market...
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Why every HR professional should beware Glassdoor
The rate-your-workplace website can be bad news for businesses – unless you’re prepared and proactive in your approachBy Robert Jeffery and Grace LewisIf you haven’t done so already, do yourself a...
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Timpson on vetting: 'It’s ok if people lie sometimes'
How the shoe repair giant introduced an unconventional philosophy when it began welcoming ex-offendersPeople Management’s feature on pre-employment vetting points out the many hurdles organisations...
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How to decide when a claim is in time
Communicating a termination to an employee’s solicitor may start the clock runningIn the recent case Robinson v Bowskill (UKEAT/0313/12/JOJ), the EAT considered when the three month time limit for...
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Shared parental leave plans confirmed by government
Policy will give working families ‘greater flexibility’, says Clegg The government has confirmed its proposals to introduce shared parental leave for new mothers and fathers from April 2015.Outlining...
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High Court ruling keeps employee on 12 months’ garden leave
A recent decision shows how these clauses can protect an employer’s business interestsThe case JM Finn & Co Ltd v Holliday demonstrates that garden leave clauses are helpful tools for employers...
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Can you support staff affected by cancer?
Cancer affects many workplaces. Every year, 100,000 people of working age are diagnosed with cancer and another 500,000 people care for someone with cancer while juggling work. To help you meet their...
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Almost 650,000 workers call in sick every week, figures show
Charity urges employers to boost well-being initiativesNearly 650,000 UK workers call in sick each week, according to figures from the British Heart Foundation.This equates to 2 per cent of the...
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Six alternative steps to great HR leadership…
… or a trip along the path to team disengagement, says Graham WhiteThe problem with ineffective leadership is that it is easy to spot in others but not so easy to see in yourself. So I thought it would...
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Could workforce genetics determine the size of the L&D budget?
Don’t underestimate the power of training and an employee’s environment, says John P Wilson Dominic Cummings, advisor to education secretary Michael Gove, has produced a remarkable paper titled, “Some...
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Taking time off over Christmas
How should employers deal with competing requests for leave over the festive period?Inevitably, a number of staff will leave it until December to arrange time off over Christmas. Many employers’ leave...
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Harvard Business Review research on effective use of workforce analytics
Workforce analytics has become an essential tool for organisations that view workforce performance as the key to improving business results, according to a new global survey of business leaders by...
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Four-fifths of women feel having children will hit career progression
Shadow chancellor backs research into female experiences at workMore than 80 per cent of women feel that starting a family will affect their career progression, according to the top line findings of a...
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Toughen up enforcement of minimum wage, says report
All employers breaching NMW should be ‘named and shamed’At least 300,000 people in the UK take home less than the national minimum wage (NMW), but only two employers have faced prosecution in the past...
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What social media can do for employee voice
Access ‘not the main barrier’ to realising potentialEmployers could be missing key engagement, collaboration and training opportunities by not fully utilising social media in their organisations, CIPD...
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Shared parental leave arrangements confirmed
The government has amended admin details in response to employer concernsWhen the Children and Families Bill becomes law it will introduce the concept of shared parental leave (SPL) from 2015. The...
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One-third of senior healthcare managers ‘ineffective’, claims report
Management body calls for greater investment in leadership developmentA third of senior managers in health and social care are considered ineffective by their staff – and senior managers are the worst...
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How happy are your colleagues?
Organisations could benefit from taking a more holistic view on employee happiness, writes Richard GoffAccording to a 2010 study, only 45 per cent of people are happy at work.If that’s broadly true, as...
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Chancellor pledges ‘job-rich’ recovery in Autumn Statement
Osborne unveils changes to state pension age and employer NICs for under-21s Chancellor George Osborne today heralded a “job-rich recovery for all” when he outlined the government’s future economic...
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Different rights for Scottish employees
A ‘yes’ vote for independence would cause problems for employers with UK-wide workplacesThe Scottish government recently published its long-awaited white paper on what an independent Scotland might...
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