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Summertime, and the Dress Codes Aren't Easy

With warm summer days around the corner and employees breaking out the short sleeve shirts and, in some cases, tank tops, sandals and flip flops and inevitably showing more skin, employers may need to start thinking about implementing a summer dress code...

Posted to XpertHR's Employment Intelligence blog by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence on 24 May 2013

Filed under: equal opportunities, employee rights, employee relations, usa, dress codes, grooming, tattoos

Two-factor authentication for Twitter

A couple of months ago I wrote about the security of corporate Twitter accounts following the #hmvXFactorFiring incident. This week, Twitter have announced an important new security feature – two-factor authentication, or “login verification”...

Posted to Laurie Anstis by Work/Life/Law on 24 May 2013

Filed under: tech, twitter

#HRTells 2: If you work in HR, are you 'only HR'?

What are the dead giveaways that you work in HR? What are your HR tells ? I published a blog post on this topic a week ago ( What are your HR Tells? You know you work in HR when... ). I'm delighted to report that there has been an amazing response...

Posted to XpertHR's Employment Intelligence blog by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence on 24 May 2013

Filed under: HR, HR 2.0, UK, hr 24/7, hrtells, iblameneil

Ten interesting facts about Canadian employment law

How are employment matters regulated in Canada given its significant size? In the event of a transfer of a business, do the employment relationships of the employees transfer to the new owner? How easy is it to terminate an employee's employment contract...

Posted to XpertHR's Employment Intelligence blog by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence on 24 May 2013

Filed under: international, Canada

What’s happened to the gender pay gap?

Last week’s post on the strange disappearance of Italy’s gender pay gap reminded me to do an update on what’s happening with ours. The ONS published its latest figures a couple of months ago so I have added them to … Continue reading...

Posted to Rick by Flip Chart Fairy Tales on 24 May 2013

Filed under: Uncategorized

A five-step approach to managing long-term sickness absence

Do you have an employee on long-term sickness absence in your organisation? Have you ever struggled to implement an employee's return to work when the medical advice is that he or she is fit to return? Getting the sickness-absence basics right could...

Posted to XpertHR's Employment Intelligence blog by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence on 23 May 2013

Filed under: reasonable adjustments, sickness absence, return to work

Do employee opinion surveys drive employee engagement?

In April 2013 I wrote a post, "Employee engagement surveys are dead, long live social media?" on this blog about a survey by Silverman Research for the CIPD which suggested that social media could fulfill some of the objectives of employee opinion...

Posted to XpertHR's Employment Intelligence blog by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence on 23 May 2013

Filed under: hr policy and strategy, employee engagement, HR, social media, talent management, HR strategy, employee opinion surveys

3 Ways Employee Engagement Surveys Fail

Recognise This! – Don’t bother to survey employees on their engagement unless you’re willing to invest time and money to resolve difficult, deep, cultural challenges their answers may bring to light. Sometimes, we need to air our HR...

Posted to DerekIrvineGloboforce by DerekIrvineGloboforce on 23 May 2013

Filed under: employee engagement, employee surveys, exit interviews

5 Reasons to Go The Extra Mile and Live Your Best Life

I couldn’t resist taking my most topical theme of the whole month and writing about it today! Yes, I am really proud and excited to announce that our monthly E-zine Launches today, and to celebrate I wanted to share with you, the reasons I think...

Posted to Christinapeoplediscovery by Leadership Development on 23 May 2013

Filed under: leadership, people discovery, development, Employee Engagement, Inspiration, Leadership and Management, Personal Development, Management Development, people, mindset, happiness, leadership development, self-development, employee relations, The Extra MILE

UK economy grew by 0.3% in Q1 2013, revised GDP estimates show

The risk of a triple-dip recession may have passed (for now at least), but economic growth remains weak at best. UK economy grew by 0.3% in Q1 2013, latest revised estimates reveal Gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.3% during the first quarter of...

Posted to XpertHR's Employment Intelligence blog by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence on 23 May 2013

Filed under: gdp, UK, economic recovery, economic outlook, economic commentary

What's the best way to 'sell' social media to HR?

What's the best way to 'sell' social media to HR? There're so many positives that can come from using social media in the workplace (if it's done right and done well). So what's the best way to convince HR of the benefits of social...

Posted to XpertHR's Employment Intelligence blog by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence on 23 May 2013

Filed under: twitter, social networking, HR, social media, HR 2.0, UK, social hr, hr 24/7

Falling employee engagement? Stop seeing staff as peas in a pod

A number of surveys, conferences and webinars in the past week on employee engagement and talent management shed some light on how to approach these central HR responsibilities. My key take away points are: Aggregated employee engagement data (some employee...

Posted to XpertHR's Employment Intelligence blog by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence on 22 May 2013

Filed under: hr policy and strategy, employee engagement, HR, talent management, HR strategy, innovation, employee opinion surveys, The Economist

#ECTalent Managing in the Great Reset / 1

A lot of the Economist's Talent Management conference did focus on changes in the world of work. Dean Royles even nicked Peter Cheese's phrase about work, the workforce and the workplace. Here are my highlights: Firstly, Will Hutton provided en...

Posted to Jon Ingham: HCM Consultant by HR to HR 2.0 and Human Capital (HCM) on 22 May 2013

Lessons for line managers on giving feedback to employees

Feedback. We know it's important to employee engagement. We know it can help to address poor performance before it becomes a capability issue. Yet many line managers are not doing it often enough or well enough. Why? Lack of time is one reason given...

Posted to XpertHR's Employment Intelligence blog by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence on 22 May 2013

Filed under: line managers, feedback, criticism

To fly. To serve. To learn. Meeting Mojo goes live at British Airways

On Monday, May 20th, Meeting Mojo kicked off for Adult Learners' Week live at British Airways, who was kind enough to invite Brightwave and 'the meeting doctor' David Pearl to fly in to make meetings more healthy. David Pearl guests blogs...

Posted to peterstyles by BW blog on 22 May 2013

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Summertime, and the Dress Codes Aren't Easy

Two-factor authentication for Twitter

#HRTells 2: If you work in HR, are you 'only HR'?

Ten interesting facts about Canadian employment law

What’s happened to the gender pay gap?

A five-step approach to managing long-term sickness absence

Do employee opinion surveys drive employee engagement?

3 Ways Employee Engagement Surveys Fail

5 Reasons to Go The Extra Mile and Live Your Best Life

UK economy grew by 0.3% in Q1 2013, revised GDP estimates show

What's the best way to 'sell' social media to HR?

Falling employee engagement? Stop seeing staff as peas in a pod

#ECTalent Managing in the Great Reset / 1

Lessons for line managers on giving feedback to employees

To fly. To serve. To learn. Meeting Mojo goes live at British Airways