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New to HR, best way to enhance general knowledge and stay up to date?

Hi All,

I am an apprentice and I have recently started working towards my Level 3 CIPD role and I have just started a Human Resources Administrator role. I have never worked in HR before and I am looking for ways to expand my general…

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The gender pay gap widens

 

A good article here that looks at the increase in the median gender pay gap and explains this is an easy to understand manner.  I find this is often confused with equal pay.

Interesting to read when we are in a period of wage…

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How to manage people

I've heard this question come up a few times. A few years ago, when I was a manager myself, one of my team members was successfully promoted. They were certainly good at their job and were very helpful in helping others to be good at theirs too.…

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Pre-agreed Holiday prior to Starting Work - does it come out of an employee's leave entitlement?

Hi all,

I have just started in my new HR role and one question i've been asked is an employee query with regards to holiday that was pre-agreed before joining the company. the Employee seems to think this shouldn't come out of their annual…

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PDP/Appraisal Template

Hi All ,

 

I have been tasked with setting in motion the Personal Development and Appraisal strategy and all paperwork - we currently do not have this in place at all .

I was wondering if anyone has any helpful pointers or links…

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Mental Health Awareness

Hi Everyone,

 

Just after some advice/feedback, within my organisation we really want to get our employees talking about mental health as this is still very much a taboo subject. We have initiated a new HR zone, for where we want to…

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Induction Checklists following long term absence.

Hello 

I've been tasked with looking into drafting a checklist for those returning back to work from a long term absence such as maternity leave, sickness, career break, and although we have new to the company checklists and induction face…

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Request for Part Time Working hours following Maternity

Hi folks, 

Some help please. 

Would anyone have a template or form of words they could direct me to that would provide a comprehensive case for an employee moving from Full time to part time hours following maternity. 

The…

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What are your tips for maintaining a healthy HR head?

Hi all,

To put it into context, I am the only HR representative in an organisation of about 250 staff.  I joined the org 4 years ago as an HR Assistant and when the HR manager left 2 years later, I adopted the HR management role and…

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Talent & Resourcing

Hi Everyone,

I currently am working towards my level 3 CIPD qualification, and I am in a administrator role for a company with a high turnover of ages 20-29. We are looking to attract a more mature age group and I was wondering if anyone…

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Employee Handbook

Hi - I'm currently in the process of updating our Company Employee Handbook, could anybody advise what the legal requirements are, what summary of policies need to be covered.

Thanks

Jeni

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Advertising for EU nationals with settled status (Permanent residency)?

A bit of a back story-The nature of our work means that we work with many European language speakers (Native tongue) on a contract basis. Due to (Brexit) we are analysing internal data that includes if our contractors have permanent residency in…

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