Personal attacks are common place now that the internet has opened up a huge can of worms, trojans, rogues, trolls… the list is endless. Being flamed is the fancy name given to abusive internet attacks. There are even websites set up so these so called flamers can let loose their rage in their own environment. [...]
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Women in the Workplace
If the shoe doesn’t fit, must we change the foot! Gloria Steinem All this talk in the news about female bosses, women on the board and in senior management roles… are we really still living in these dark ages? It is a difficult world for a woman, it doesn’t seem to matter how we play [...]
To Tweet or not to Tweet
Like it or not we are now living in the age of social media and companies are beginning to relax their thinking on social networking and media sites. Rather than rigid and inflexible policies, there is a growing feeling that a lighter approach can benefit the company by complementing the organisations search engine optimisation strategy [...]
Pension Reforms
By the end of September 2016 all companies, no matter how large or small, will legally have to automatically enrol all eligible employees into a pension scheme and make minimum contributions into it. Already more than 100 employers have signed up to the government backed NEST (National Employment Savings Trust) pension scheme in advance of [...]
Employers could face 370,000 extra tribunals over next three years
Businesses could face 370,000 extra employment tribunals over the next three years, costing about £2.6bn. Research by law firm Dickinson Dees has found that if employment laws continue to be enacted at the present rate, the number of tribunals will rise by 46% over the next three years, the Daily Telegraph has reported. James Wilders, an employment [...]
Debt advice for employees should be provided by employers
Personnel Today has published research from the debt charity, Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS). After a sharp increase in calls to its helpline, they are now urging employers to help employees with money problems. The CCS revealed that it has seen calls from people for help with their debts increase by 34% to 93,000 for [...]
CEO survey shows people management changes will follow recession
Helen Gilbert of Personneltoday reported that Employers are planning on overhauling the way their organisations manage people post-recession, which could spell significant changes to HR models over the next decade, according to new research. A study of about 70 UK CEOs found that 85% are planning to alter the way their organisations manage people as [...]