The HR Forum

Drugs & Alcohol Policy

Hi all,

Not sure if this is the right forum for this, or if this is allowed but after some help please...

I am in the process up updating our Drugs & Alcohol policy to include some stuff about using MHE, warehouse work etc……does anyone have anything th

Training Bonds

Morning All

Can anyone advise me where I could find some standardised wording to add to a contract of employment which covers a 2 year training bond. 

Just in case my terminology isnt right (I'm still pretty new to this) - We have paid for a pilot com

Employee Handbook

Morning All

I am new to HR and just embarking on my HRM Level 5.  I work for an SME with big ideas, and the reason I am here is that we currently dont have an HR function, or any written policies and procedures supporting the business. 

My role in the

Education - Support Staff through Supply Agencies

Hi,

Please can anyone help - We currently use supply agenceies to cover staff shortages in school due to illness. We can depending on how long staff are off for book and use the same supply staff person for a length of time. On occasion we have advert

Social Value Act - HELP!

Hi fellow HR professionals....I need help....

I have been asked to put together a Social Value Act policy (by 2nd July!!) covering the 'HR bits' (to quote my MD)

We are a private business and, consequently, I'd never heard of this act until now!

Having

New national pay spine for Local Government employees

Hi everyone

I've been asked to prepare and present a briefing paper for our Executive Management Team on the key actions and steps to prepare the council for the implementation of the new national pay spine in April 2019.

I've not worked on a document

Bereavement Leave at Work

I am studying my Level 5 CIPD Diploma in Learning & Development with DPG but really this is a discussion for all of us and more related to HR.

 On 3^rd May 2018, I lost my 8 year old niece to cancer. It tore our worlds apart. The business policy on be

Working from home

Good morning all,

We are getting increasing numbers of staff wishing to 'work from home' for reasons varying from lack of child care to building works being undertaken at the home.

In the past we have allowed staff to work from home when they are on a

Childcare Choices for you and your people

Since April 2017, HM Revenues and Customs has been gradually rolling out Tax-Free Childcare and a couple of weeks ago, opened this up to all elgible families whose youngest child is under 12.

The scheme could save thousand of pounds each year through

Guessing ethnicity based on name

Hi all

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 just found someone el

Help and advice: Staff dissatisfaction turns into disciplinary

Hello Everyone

Hoping to get some guidance about the best way approach to a case that has just been brought to my attention by a Line Manager (LM).

I also hope I have posted this in the correct forum.

The LM received an email this morning from a team me

Staff Health and Wellbeing Survey - Thoughts and advice appreciated.

Hi all, 

Interns and work experience

Hi All,

Does anyone have a policy on Interns and also work experience, I need to generate one for both and not sure where to start.

Thanks

Mandy

GDPR - how is it going?

Hi all

I wondered if I could start a discussion on GDPR, as the implementation date for the legislation looms it would be great to share:

Anecdotally I am hearing that with the perfect storm of GDPR, and Gender Pay Gap reporting aligning that some orga

Sick pay during pregnancy

Hi Everyone

Can anyone help me with a concern I've got over sick pay during pregnancy? We have a member of staff who is in their 1st trimester of pregnancy and has been off work since the beginning of the year. Her medical certificate says early pregn

Help required - GDPR

Hello,

I am looking for some assistance with the dreaded GDPR with a special focus on what is classed as transfer of data outside the EEA.

We are currently recruiting for a designer to work in our HQ in Scotland however the manager/team leader of the d

Careless disclosure of confidental information

Hi, I have a case currently where someone stored a word document about a grievance on a shared drive by accident thinking the folder he put it in was secure. Someone accessed it.

Has anyone come up against this and if so, did you consider the accident

online facilitators

hi guys

Does anyone know the email of the duty online facilitator for HRM level 5, please? As ours are on holiday and I need help urgently.

kind regards

Kaoutar

Refer a friend scheme

Good afternoon all,

I was hoping someone could please give me some examples of simple successful refer a friend schemes they have in the workplace, to aid recruitment.

I am looking to bring this in next year, so far I haven't been able to find many exa

Adoption allowance query

If an employee is not entitled to sat maternity due to length of service, they get maternity allowance. If an employee has not worked for 26 weeks when they are matched with a child (for adoption purposes) will they get adoption allowance?