http://www.hrreview.co.uk/rss//index.xml A basic and simple RSS Feed! EN HR Review - Brought to you by symposium-events.co.uk HR Review - Brought to you by symposium-events.co.uk HR Review - Brought to you by symposium-events.co.uk Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:28:00 +0100 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:28:00 +0100 http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/midair_merger__inside_the_historic_klmair_france_merger_57.html When two European companies merge, cultural clashes may not be the first things that spring to mind. However, when those two companies represent the pride of their nations, and after all Europeans have gone to war over lesser matters, the HR management... http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/enterprise_social_networking__knowledge_management’s_new_focus_55.html Research input from two keynote speakers provided trigger points for the discussion groups. One of the keynote speakers was Adrian Jones from Trampoline Systems, which produces enterprise social computing software. Trampoline’s tools enable... http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/a_developmental_approach_to_managing_the_multicultural_team_53.html  These days, the need to manage a team of employees from a variety of national and cultural backgrounds is increasingly common.   Yet, creating an effective multicultural team provides challenges on both a strategic and tactical... http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/how_to_offer_leadership_in_uncertain_times_52.html  Following the shock of Northern Rock and Societe General, a cold wind is beginning to blow across the business world. Around the country Business Managers are wondering what their next challenge might be: growth or cutbacks? Leading through... http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/introduction_of_the_new_immigration,_asylum_and_nationality_act_51.html This will mean stricter penalties for employing illegal migrants, yet hopefully clearer guidance for UK organisations.With the number of foreign workers entering the UK increasing by 75% in the past six years, from 864,000 in 2001 to an estimated two... http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/carers_in_britain_on_verge_of_new_workplace_rights_49.html  A European court opinion could allow Britain’s 6m carers to be awarded unprecedented rights and protect them from discrimination in the workplace.Former legal secretary, Sharon Coleman has recently highlighted problems with current... http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/tougher_penalties_for_hiring_illegal_migrants_50.html Employers need to be aware of the changes to avoid payment of a civil penalty, of up to £10,000, for employing illegal migrants When considering non-UK applicants, employers may be presented with documents from one of two... http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/how_mediation_can_fit_into_the_current_legal_landscape_48.html The use of mediation and other forms for Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) within the workplace and within the Employment Tribunal system is not a new one however it is something which is rapidly gaining momentum. Since the Employment Act 2002 which... http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/a_pragmatic_approach_to_supporting_learning_47.html The basic premise of which is that the manager spots a problem, the training department provides a solution and the employees are then subject to that training intervention, often in sheep dip fashion. Both parties then pat themselves on the back... http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/how_healthy_is_your_workplace_45.html For those in employment, work can be a key part of life, so the workplace can have a significant impact on their health and well-being. This can be positive or negative. Work can offer self-esteem, social interaction and companionship, structure and... http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/working_with_graduates_to_create_the_winning_emotional_connection_46.html Today, more than ever, a hunger for talent is driving organisations to deliver on recruitment. This quest involves attracting, developing and retaining the right people. In recent years there has been a subtle shift in the relationship between employee... http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/managing_attendance_in_east_sussex_43.html East Sussex County Council, on the southeast coast, covers a population of over 700,000. The council employs more than 15,000 staff.Three years ago, the absence rate was relatively high at over nine days per person each year. This cost the council... http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/the_talent_war_44.html Attracting and retaining key skills and experiences is critical to sustaining a value-added culture. However, the high demand for present and future talent may culminate in a skills shortage in your organisation. Development and execution of an... http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/involving_employees_in_corporate_social_responsability_41.html For many companies, Corporate Social Responsibility is an outward facing strategy designed to catch the eye of investors, customers and potential recruits.  With this external focus, these strategies overlook the huge benefits that exist by... http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/supporting_migrant_workers_42.html Established in 2005, Anglo-Polish is one of the UK’s fastest growing recruitment companies, specialising in placing Polish workers into the construction and demolition sectors. Based in London, half of their eight office staff are also Polish... http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/a_greener_fleet__the_whitbread_way_39.html As recently as three years ago, environmental issues were relatively low on the agenda for most car fleets.  The only real impacts resulted from the changes to company car taxation in 2001.  Today, when Fleet Managers gather, the conversation... http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/bullying_at_work_needs_to_be_addressed_37.html While the majority would agree that bullying in the workplace should not be tolerated, the continued presence of high profile cases in the media raises questions over the effectiveness of organisation’s bullying policies.  Research by the... http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/case_study_how_fco_tackled_workplace_bullying_38.html FCO Services is an Executive Agency of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and is currently going through a major change programme in preparation for becoming a Trading Fund in April 2008.  We provide a range of secure services to the FCO from... http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/why_have_a_wellbeing_programme_34.html In collaboration with Towers Perrin, PerkinElmer has introduced the first official, operational and fully integrated workplace health programme in the UK. The "Wellbeing" brand includes all elements of workplace health, from attendance... http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/employee_consultation_and_engagement_at_canon_35.html At Canon we pride ourselves on making our organisation as open and honest as possible and actively encourage employees at every level to do the same. Everyone is encouraged to use their initiative, share their ideas and realise their full potential.... http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/the_f_word_31.html It’s quite ironic that 3 years ago I sat down with a colleague in a restaurant known for its fusion cooking and sketched out my vision to ‘fuse’ disparate personnel functions into a strategic, centralised consultancy. We sketched the... http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/childcare_at_alfred_mcalpine_a_case_study_32.html   At Alfred McAlpine our staff are professional and self-reliant, operating in a carefully-cultivated atmosphere of mutual trust and respect.  The fast-moving, client-focused nature of our business means that we place many demands on all... http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/working_successfully_with_other_cultures_29.html Working successfully with other culturesBy Philippe Nitzer, Senior Intercultural Trainer, Farnham Castle International Briefing & Conference CentreI remember a particular development meeting in Italy a few years ago.  After having started ten... http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/seeking_the_value_of_outsourcing_30.html  Seeking the value of outsourcingIt is a curious fact if you read the HR press you would get the impression that HR outsourcing is booming, whilst if you study the surveys of actual practice it comes across as much more small scale. Of course there ... http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/us_and_us,_not_us_and_them_26.html ‘Us and Us, not Us and Them’: how the Campaign for Learning supports workplace learning & skills development     The Campaign for Learning was established ten years ago to promote social inclusion through learning from... http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/workplace_resolution_–_making_it_happen_27.html Mediation at work has become so successful that there has been much debate about including it in, or alongside, grievance procedures in order to make it more likely to happen.We continue to hold back from making mediation compulsory because it is the... http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/hse_management_standards_for_tackling_workrelated_stress_23.html So why tackle Stress? The Self Reported Work-related Ill-health Survey 2005-06 indicates that 43% of absence attributable to work-related illness is caused by stress.Apart from moral and financial reasons, employers have a legal duty of care for... http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/liquid_leadership_a_different_approach_to_leadership_development_24.html Damian Hughes, the esteemed change management guru, who has recently launched his latest book, Liquid Leadership, believes that Eliza Doolittle’s passionate complaint to Professor Pickering should also lie at the heart of all organisations’... http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/the_remote_workforce_and_virtual_communities_22.html “remote” • Located far away• Hidden away; secluded• Distant in time• Faint; slight: • Far removed in connection or relevance• Operating or controlled from a distanceWith another... http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/electronic_harassment__steps_to_protect_employees_21.html Electronic communications, either email as a direct form of communication or the Internet as a forum for the sharing of information, have very largely replaced the principal modes by which most businesses deal with each other and their customers:... http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/measuring_the_value_of_your_workforce_delivers_improved_performance_and_productivity_17.html Research has shown that as much as 80 per cent of a company’s worth can be tied to the value of its workforce. We might therefore assume an organisation would want to track the effectiveness of its human capital and how it contributes to the... http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/revising_the_law_of_manslaughter_why_it’s_needed,_what’s_proposed_and_the_likely_impact_18.html The clock is surely ticking all the more audibly towards the moment when a long-overdue revision of the law finally makes it on to the statute books. It has been a decade since the Government said it would look at corporate manslaughter and three years... http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/human_capital_building_strategic_capabilities_through_focused_talent_management_19.html Recent research by the Centre for Applied HR Research, at Oxford Brookes University Business School, in conjunction with the Chartered Management Institute, proposes a simple process for identifying, developing and measuring those capabilities which... http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/why_mediation_works_14.html “My vision is of a greatly increased role for mediation, I commend increased use of mediation to employers, employees and practitioners in Great Britain”. The Better Dispute Resolution Report to the DTI, Michael Gibbons, March 2007 CEDR, the ... http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/hr_and_talent_management_a_knowledge_perspective_15.html Talent management is inextricably entwined with the management of knowledge.  But whilst this may seem self-evident, it begs a lot of questions.  Not least of those is ‘what is knowledge’, and it turns out that the answer to this... http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/what_is_talent_management_all_about,_why_is_it_important_and_what_are_some_of_the_challenges_16.html “Talent development can only take place successfully if an organisation understands the capabilities it needs to ensure that it can deliver its strategy, understands how best these can be identified and, where gaps exist, how they can be closed.... http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/latest_developments_in_immigration_policy_3.html The UK Home Office announced on 30 October 2006 that it is reviewing the way migrants are charged for work permits, student visas and nationality applications. A sharp rise in fees is expected. In addition, the government is considering passing a part... http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/csr_at_the_heart_of_business_13.html The Stern report for HM Treasury last November changed the terms of debate on CSR. CSR has always been about engaging stakeholders with the values of an organisation but the Stren report made combating global climate change a central economic issue for... http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/employee_engagement_–_what_great_managers_do_11.html Standard Chartered has been measuring employee engagement globally for six years now and with a voluntary response rate consistently above 96%, we can proudly say that employee engagement is truly part of the Bank’s DNA. There’s a lot of... http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/wellness_at_work_12.html At an economy-wide level most commentators agree that it is critical to our future economic success that the UK raises its productivity growth rate in order to sustain its position as one of the world’s leading economies. A significant barrier to... http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/supporting_carers_who_work_8.html  Recent years have seen huge progress in employer support for working parents enabling them to better balance their work and childcare responsibilities. This includes improved maternity and paternity leave, tax exemptions for childcare vouchers ... http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/smoking_ban__summary_of_legal_obligations_9.html When the Smoke-free (Premises and Enforcement) Regulations 2006 come into force on 1 July 2007 it will become a criminal offence to smoke in any smoke free premises. Smoking refers to the smoking of tobacco or any other substance and includes being in... http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/the_richness_of_talent_6.html A parable in the Bible talks about three servants given different numbers of talents, a word for a silver coin. One had five, one two, and another one. The first two servants invested their money and doubled the talents; the last one hid it in the... http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/communication,_communication,_communication_7.html Introduction Informative and creative communication is essential for the effective launch of any employee benefits scheme. In addition commitment from all involved parties is critical, and this commitment starts long before the first roadshow,... http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/case_study_cadbury_schweppes_flexible_benefits_package_4.html Cadbury Schweppes 'Choices' Benefits PackageCadbury Schweppes has a comprehensive benefits package. We are unique in providing both a core flexible benefits scheme and a voluntary benefits programme, as research suggests that most companies focus on... http://www.hrreview.co.uk/articles/featured_articles/what_counts_as_disability_under_the_disability_discrimination_act_(dda)_and_whatpercents_in_it_for_us_1.html Throughout the first sixteen years of my career, I managed to avoid the whole issue of disability law. I was often told I ought to develop it as a specialism, but I was none too keen because it felt too much like playing to a stereotype - "Lawyer with...