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Level 5 - recommended books

I was just wondering if there are any books that you would recommend for level 5 diploma? There's a couple of CIPD books on HRM by Stephen Taylor and Carol Woodhams aimed at students studying level 5 and I'm not sure whether to get them…

Started by Amy Dowse in Being An Effective Practitioner

5 Replies · Reply by khushbu singh yesterday

Gaming recognised as a mental health condition by WHO

Morning all

News that the WHO have classified gaming disorder as a mental health condition may be of interest in am employment perspective.

It will be interesting to see whether this could also possibly meet the definition of a…

Started by Sarah Loates in Being An Effective Practitioner

1 Reply · Reply by Steve Davis on Friday

As an HR practitioner are you able to work remotely/from home?

My husband works 'remotely', he works for a tech company whose main office is in America but they have a small office in Ireland. His company have embraced remote working and appear to have happy and engaged…

Started by Carla White in Workplace Matters

3 Replies · Reply by Sarah Loates on Friday

Repayment of training fees - investigation urged

The government has been urged to investigate Capita and FDM Group after former employees revealed that they were ordered to pay thousands in training costs when they decided to leave

I had not heard of this practice for graduate schemes…

Started by Sarah Loates in Being An Effective Practitioner

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HRIS or Intranet

Hi all,

Really hoping to get some HRIS advice please.....

I joined my current company at the end of last year and they have no electronic HR system in place at all. I am in the process of scanning and filing all paperwork in just HR…

Started by Jennifer Louise Shipton in HR Technology

1 Reply · Reply by Sue Lingard Jun 15

Supreme court ruling on Pimlico Plumbers

Morning all

HR in the news again today with the ruling on the Pimlico Plumbers case.

Employment lawyers are of the view this will shake up the gig economy as it was upheld that Gary Smith who worked for Pimlico was a worker and not…

Started by Sarah Loates in Being An Effective Practitioner

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UIN Assignment - Help Required!!

Hello,

I'm currently undertaking a small research project for my UIN Assignment, and would be really grateful if you could spare a couple of minutes to complete this short survey in line with the scenario in the…

Started by Amy Shackleton in Workplace Matters

4 Replies · Reply by Gary Norris Jun 13

Help required - UIN Assessment

Hello,

Could you help me filling in a survey to collect data for my UIN assessment?

I am using City College as the basis, in which there is a high turnover of teaching staff. You get to pretend to be a teacher that is currently…

Started by Martha Luz Asbún in Workplace Matters

6 Replies · Reply by Martha Luz Asbún Jun 13

Reward Programmes

Hi there

I've been asked to look at implementing a recognition and reward programme. We are a charity so don't have a massive budget but would be interested to hear some low cost ideas for rewarding and recognising employees without being…

Started by Joanna Friedli in Workplace Matters

6 Replies · Reply by Karen Cottam Jun 12

Trade union officials and discrimination

The update below comes courtesty of PLC, an employment law resource I subscribe to.

The Court of Appeal has upheld an employment tribunal's decision that two workplace union officials were agents of the union for discrimination law purposes…

Started by Sarah Loates in Being An Effective Practitioner

1 Reply · Reply by Ady Howes Jun 7

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…

Started by Claire Allen in HR Policy and Reward & Recognition

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