Did you know your local CIPD branch will put on relevant events that are free to CIPD members.
Take a look for your local branch here and what events are happening. Remember attending these events are great CPD evidence.
Hi everyone,
I've just read this from People Management, looks like it was posted today
Last week I applied for a job via a Recruiter. They rang me on Tuesday and we had a discussion about the role and my experience, I also mentioned my personal situation that I had taken time out of work to care for my daughter, I then received a…
Read more…So this is a topic that often comes up in DER and when discussing family friendly policies.
The EAT's most recent decision is below, courtesy of Practical Employment Law (PLC):
Capita Customer Management Ltd v Ali and another…
Read more…Someone where I work has suggested we give an extra days holiday to people who don’t take time off sick for that year.
Personally I thing this is a terrible idea but is there a legal basis that I can use to object (ie…
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I work for a family run business with 230 employees. Senior management have requested that we look at the transition from weekly to monthly pay.
At the moment the majoirty of employees are hourly paid and we have a few…
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Recently, I was asked by a senior member of staff to guess the number of ethnic minorities we have in the business based on employee names.
I was really uncomfortable with this request and refused to do it, but the business…
Read more…So making breakfast today and listening to the radio for a brief period and I felt I had been teleported into an employee relations workshop!
So first up we have a discussion on employment status, and the government response to the Taylor…
Read more…Hi all - Happy Friday :)
I have recently been discussing pensions with my colleague who manages employee benefits and we are considering moving our pension scheme from a defined benefit to a salary sacrifice scheme. We understand the…
Read more…Hello everybody. First time I have created a discussion but I just need some help at work and hope you can help!
We currently have a situation where we have amended a sales team (2 people) commission structure because it had been deemed a…
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Very sad to see the collapse of Carrillion and that it has entered liquidiation. Not only for the direcly engaged employees who have lost their jobs but also for the many sub-contractors who undertake services on behalf of…
Read more…About to trial hot-desk set up in couple areas of the business and everyone is being given laptops. When asking about the other equipment (e.g. docking station, monitor, keyboard and mouse) I was advised that they're not needed. When I've looked…
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Just reflecting on a discussion with one of my level 5 groups last week when we were talking about external factors and how they impact organisations.
We got onto the debate (naturally) about Brexit and how this may affect…
Read more…Did you know your local CIPD branch will put on relevant events that are free to CIPD members.
Take a look for your local branch here and what events are happening. Remember attending these events are great CPD evidence.