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Staff healthcheck

I work for a company who have staff based at HQ as well as a number of staff who work remotely all over the world. My Directors are wanting me to have informal chats with all staff members to find out about what motivates them, what their pain…

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Evalu-8 Cloud based employee management tool

Evalu-8 is a cloud based tool designed to support organisations in the management of their employees.  There are four core elements;

1. A full HR suite which includes holiday booking and absence management.
2. Bespoke competency…

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Ex Employee - Personal Belongings Left In The Office

Hi,

An employee that left the organisation almost 1 year ago left behind personal belongings, one of the items being medication.

We have attempted to contact the individual on numerous occasions to arrange for them to collect the…

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Flexible Working - Unusual Patterns

Hi All

I am currently on a project team looking at what our Company can do to expand our currently policy on flexible working.  I would be extremely grateful if you could give me your thoughts on the following:

• Have you implement…

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Employee cleaning office- rate of pay

Hi all,

We have two office locations and both have employed independent cleaners at a rate of £10-12 per hour. One of our cleaners has just left and an employee has offered to take it on, however our Accounts Dept. has said that we cannot…

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New role and sudden job description change

Hi, Add Discussion

I am looking for some advice on a subject I…

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Flexible Working Policy

Good afternon all,

I am starting to work on a more detailed flexible working policy at work and am looking for some pointers.

Basically we have the bulk standard policy, which explains employee rights to request fglexible working but…

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Check this out the Japanese approach to workplace bullying

Morning all

I came across this on BBC news and thought I would share.

I wonder how long before this comes across to the UK? An interesting approach to raise awareness…

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UIN Assignment

Hi,
I am currently working towards completing my UIN assignment and would be grateful if you could fill out the attached survey to give me some data to analyse.
Please follow the link:

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HR manager jailed after blackmailing employees

An HR manager from a Food factory in Derby has been jailed for 14 months after he tried to blackmail two employees on separate occasions. 

Sukhjimder Gandoo was employed by S&A Foods as HR manager at their…

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CIPD Level 7 Book Hunt :)

Hi there

I'm starting my CIPD Level 7 shortly and was wondering whether anyone has a hard copy of the book for module one please; Developing Skills for Business Leadership.

I'd prefer a hard copy so I can make notes and highlight…

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