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The Writing’s On The Wall: Dismissals Via Facebook

As businesses continue to navigate the minefield of employment related issues arising from social networks, a new concern emerged recently with the first ‘Facebook firing’. read more

 

Home Deliveries — At Work

We all know about the growth in home shopping. The development of high-speed broadband internet connections has made it so easy to browse an on-line shop, decide on a few items and place the order. Many on-line retailers offer a choice of delivery service (next day, 3 day, 5 day and so on), but with the exception of home grocery shopping where 2-hour delivery slots are common, very few retailers offer timed deliveries, or even a choice of morning or afternoon deliveries; and even fewer offer evening or weekend deliveries. read more

 

How To Bridge The Money-Meaning Gap

Once upon a time, leaders didn’t have to worry too much about satisfying the requirements of different groups of individuals. Employees shared common expectations — usually focused on pay and job security. And most managers shared a traditionalist, autocratic management style. Bosses told employees what to do and employees did it. Studies have shown that this type of leadership results in low levels of employee engagement and motivation. read more

 

Can Employers Refuse To Pay Staff Stuck Overseas?

"Employees have no general right to be paid if they do not come into work unless there are specific provisions in their contracts of employment which require the employer to pay employees in these circumstances. read more

 

Employers Advised On How Best To Handle Staff Stuck Abroad

Employers with staff stuck abroad due to atmospheric volcanic ash cancelling flights are being advised on their legal options regarding holiday and payment. read more

 

How Do You Develop A Graduate Scheme To Attract Top Talent?

With thousands of university students set to graduate this summer and a lack of available jobs, gradate unemployment has never been so high and competition for jobs is going to be fierce. Employers need to ensure they have the right strategies in place to attract the best graduate talent. Chris Earle, operations director at Unicom and head of the firm’s graduate scheme, discusses in this article how employers can harness their graduate schemes to effectively draw the right candidates and stay in tune with graduates’ needs. read more

 

Staff Motivation - Keeping Motivation Levels High

You don’t need to spend a lot of money to make your people feel motivated and valued. Quite often a telephone call from a senior manager congratulating a team member on a ‘good week’ is equally as effective as an offer of a training course or gift voucher. You can’t be seen to be withdrawing from investing in your people. Of course you may have to make decisions to protect the profitability of your business that may not be popular so the messages you communicate are extremely important read more

 

Staff And Their Personal Blogs

When an employee maintains a personal blog, the employer is unlikely to incur liability for its content unless there is some connection between the personal blog and the blogger's work. The boundary is sometimes unclear and will be determined by the particular facts in each case. There may be occasions when the employee is using his or her personal blog in a way which could be said to bring the company into disrepute even though they use it outside of working hours. An employer may wish to use disciplinary sanctions against the employee in these circumstances. read more

 

Beyond The Call Of Duty – Reward And Recognition

Think of employee reward and recognition strategy and you may be forgiven for seeing no further than the use of incentive rewards to encourage staff to meet and exceed their sales targets. While the financial drive is certainly a significant aspect of incentive reward programmes, to take the wider term, employee motivation strategy now covers a much broader range of disciplines. read more

 

CV Verification Processes

CV verification processes are traditionally seen as the preserve of the big blue chips but according to Mathew Armstrong, Head of Business Development at NorthgateArinso’s PeopleChecking, it is precisely this attitude that has led to the rise of undesirable employees applying to small to medium enterprises (SMEs). read more