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Recruitment Fees - what is acceptable?

I really need some help on recruitment fees! I am currently looking for a Team Leader within Financial Services. The Manager of the team is adamant that we should not be working with recruitment agencies for any more than a 15% fee no matter what the

Pension - contribution rates

I am looking at our pension scheme and wanting to understand what rates other companies use for a standard DC scheme, we currently use:

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Recognition for 5 years of service - ideas wanted!

Hi all,

I work for a small company (approximately 45 people) and we have a couple of employees who are coming up to their five year anniversary with us. We work in a pretty niche environment and place a lot of emphasis on how much we value our team (a

Mobility Clause

Hello, 

Does anyone have a mobility clause in their contract of employment that they could share? I need to add one to our contracts and would like some help with the wording!

Many thanks,

Milly 

It's Friday! Just for Fun.........................

Hi everyone

Some interesting interview questions from Google and Facebook!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/03/22/want-to-work-at-google-apple-or-facebook-answer-these-questions/

What's the strangest thing you've ever been asked at an intervie

Stay or Go?

Hi

I'm after some honest opinions from other HR professionals as at the moment I am unsure which way to turn?

I started a new role four weeks ago within a shared service environment (first time in this environment) as an Advisor. I am not involved with

Facebook- Strengthening employer brand to increase direct recruitment?

Hi All,

Our company has recently introduced a Facebook careers page and so far we have around 80 likes on our page. One of our objectives as a HR team is to drive direct recruitment, to reduce the money spent on agencies.

Does anyone have any experien

When my boss found out I was pregnant he fired me......

Hi all

Crikey interesting reading!

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/mar/24/when-my-boss-found-out-i-was-pregnant-he-fired-me-your-tales-of-discrimination?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-2

What do you think is HRs role in addressing this?

All the bes

Lone Working

Hi everyone,

I work in the convenience retail sector and we are looking at the possibility of introducing lone working in some of our stores. While we are also looking at the security aspects etc of introducing this, I was hoping to get some advice/th

Executive Pay - Share holder revolt

Interesting to see that HR are in the news again this time over a share holder 'revolt' re the bonus for the BP boss.

I thought this would be useful especially for those learners undertaking their Hot Topics for the Reward Management module

http://

Deductions from Salary for Software Licences

Hi Everyone,

I've had a request from our CEO and not entirely sure how to go about it...

Basically, when someone new joins us they have to be set up with a licence on the software that we use. The software provider charge £500 for this (£250 to remove

The TUC's view on Brexit

The TUC has published Advice by Michael Ford QC on the potential impact of Brexit on employment and health & safety laws.

There is a  summary at the end if you wish to look at this first, this is a great example of contemporary developments in HR, s

Living Wage - start of an era?

As the Living Wage takes effect interesting to read how some employers are reducing benefits to offset the additional costs.  Relevant for those completing Reward management at Level 5 perhaps Hell's Kitchen will consider something similar?

Caffe Nero

Employ me!

The BBC have done it again.

Employ me is a series that follows people with disabilities trying to find employment.

This week was all about two gentleman, on with Tourettes and the other who was autistic and the challenges that they face when looking

Don't be an April fool!

Here we go it's April and all change for employment law get yourself up to speed with this handy update from personnel today.

http://www.personneltoday.com/events/category/legal-timetable/

All the best

Sarah

End date of employment

I understand that an employee’s employment officially ends on the effective date of termination.  This is defined in the Employment Rights Act 1996 as:

• The date on which the notice period expires (if either the employer or employee gave notice to term

HR Shared Service Centre - setting up

Hi all,

We are creating an HR Shared Service Centre to deliver a consistent approach to HR process administration & management and I am keen to find out some best practices and pitfalls. The aim is to have one source of management information, efficie

CIPD Level 5 - HELP!

Recruitment

If we have advertised a role as a full time role.

Somebody has contacted us and said that they would like to apply but can only work on a part time basis because they are studying.

They have very good skills/experience which match the essential criteri

It's political correctness gone mad!

How many times has a manager said this to you in the workplace when you have gently reminded them that employees may find the use of certain nicknames offensive.

Below are some cases for your arsenal to share with those managers..................

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