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• World Cup 2010: will football fever get your organisation hot under the collar?

  Poll from Snap Survey Software With the Football World Cup less than 100 days away, what plans has your organisation put in place to allow employees follow their national team? Take part in our poll and it will link you to the latest IRS survey which... Posted Mar 03 2010, 01:43 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: health and safety, terms and conditions, employee relations, hr policy and practice, hr policy and strategy, business practices, hr policy, sporting policy

• "Bullying at No.10", alleges anti-bullying charity

  Gordon Brown has come under fire amidst bullying allegations by staff at No.10, Downing Street. According to Christine Pratt, CEO of the National Bullying Helpline, the charity has received several "confidential" enquiries from the PM's... Posted Feb 24 2010, 09:08 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: employee rights, employee relations, employee assistance, bullying

• Don't slip up on D&G procedures

  The statutory maximum unfair dismissal compensation award from 1 February 2010 is £65,300 - a high price to pay for not following a disciplinary procedure deemed to be fair and reasonable. In Metrobus Ltd v Cook (EAT/0490/06) the Employment Appeal Tribunal... Posted Feb 09 2010, 03:51 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: employee rights, terms and conditions, employee relations, grievances, disciplinary procedures, hr policy and strategy, research, compensation

• Employee engagement is key to avoiding a 2010 'brain drain'

  With economic recovery in prospect, employers need to turn their attention from organisational survival to employee engagement (external website), if they are to prevent their most valued staff from jumping ship as the labour market thaws. This is according... Posted Jan 28 2010, 07:15 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: recruitment, employee relations, retention, recession, employee engagement, war for talent

• Public sector pay 2010: Pay cuts in prospect?

  Many public sector workers already face low pay increases or pay freezes in 2010. Now, in an interview with the Sunday Times, Chancellor Alistair Darling has indicated that public sector pay will be subject to " restructuring " (external website... Posted Jan 25 2010, 07:15 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: pay and benefits, employee relations, public sector, pay awards, alistair darling, budget, pay freeze, pay cut

• Statutory time off work: what employers need to know

  Employees have a statutory right to take time off work for a myriad of reasons ranging from parental leave to dealing with care arrangements. One survey found that 34% of employees needed to take time off for an emergency involving a dependant. There's... Posted Jan 20 2010, 10:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: employee rights, employee relations, training and development, time off, training

• IRS conference on managing successful TUPE staff transfers - 10 February 2010

  The transfer of staff where TUPE applies on the sale of a business or transfer of a service is an area that invariably causes headaches for the HR teams involved. Getting to grips with even just the basics of TUPE can raise complex questions and practical... Posted Jan 18 2010, 12:06 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: employee rights, contracts of employment, terms and conditions, employee relations, tupe, IRS conferences, staff transfers

• France employment law guide

  Do you need to know about employment law in France? The latest European employment law guide added to XpertHR looks at key elements of employment law in Frances as it applies to: recruitment and selection; pay and benefits; employee rights; contracts... Posted Jan 14 2010, 07:56 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: pay and benefits, equal opportunities, termination of employment, employee rights, health and safety, contracts of employment, terms and conditions, employee relations, international, france, Europe, employment law

• Cameron promises hardline stance on unions if elected in 2010

  Conservative leader David Cameron has drawn the battle-lines for his relations with UK trade unions (external website) if his party wins the 2010 general election. The Daily Telegraph reports that Cameron has said he would be "very happy" to... Posted Jan 13 2010, 07:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: pay and benefits, trade unions, employee relations, public sector, general election, pay freeze, conservative party, david cameron

• New decade could see an end to "benign employment relations", says CIPD

  The new decade may have only just begun, but already there is speculation that it could herald a sea-change in UK employment relations. The CIPD argues that the aftermath of the recession could bring widespread unrest to UK workplaces (external website... Posted Jan 04 2010, 07:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: employee relations, xperthr, public sector, hr policy and practice, hr policy and strategy, cipd, HR

• HR questions on Twitter

  Want to receive the answer to a frequently asked HR question every day? If you're on Twitter, you can do so by following HRdailyquestion . The questions come from the popular XpertHR FAQs section , which contains over 1,000 frequently asked HR questions... Posted Dec 22 2009, 06:50 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: pay and benefits, equal opportunities, recruitment, termination of employment, employee rights, contracts of employment, terms and conditions, employee relations, twitter, employment rights, employment law, HR questions

• Employers can start preparing now for football World Cup

  The draw for the football World Cup (on the BBC website) taking place in summer 2010 has now been made, while the England cricket team's defence of the Ashes begins in late 2010 and the rugby World Cup takes place in 2011. And of course we have the... Posted Dec 11 2009, 09:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: equal opportunities, terms and conditions, employee relations, discrimination, flexible working, time off, absence management, sport, internet at work, World Cup

• How to respond to an employment tribunal claim

  A properly completed ET3 form in response to an employment tribunal claim can mean the difference between winning and losing a case. The importance of spending time preparing and completing the ET3, while keeping to the 28-day time limit for responding... Posted Nov 26 2009, 09:40 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: employee relations, hr policy and strategy, employment tribunal, ET3

• Employee engagement: "Being nice" is not the point

  Engaging employees is not just about "being nice". Rather, it should be a commercially-driven activity capable of delivering real impact on the bottom line. This is according to a very interesting report on a webinar conducted by Naomi Simson... Posted Nov 10 2009, 07:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: employee relations, employee engagement

• Bomb-disposing former Ulsterbus managing director dies

  Werner Heubeck, whose exploits as managing director of Ulsterbus during the worst of the Troubles included personally boarding buses to remove suspect packages, has died at the age of 85. The Daily Telegraph has published an obituary of Heubeck on its... Posted Oct 23 2009, 11:06 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: wellbeing, health and safety, employee relations, hr policy and strategy, leadership, terrorism, death