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How to be one of the UK's top HR Directors

(Click chart to enlarge) This week has seen the publication of Personnel Today's Top 40 Power Players list which aims to recognise HR's most prominent and influential professionals, those who have "played a part in bringing people issues...

Published 30 Sep 2009 5:55 PM by HR Case Studies

Filed under: Understanding HR Objectives and Strategies, Soft HR Strategy, Redundancy, HR Case Studies
Calls for France Télécom boss to resign as suicides reach 24

Regular readers of HR Case Studies will already be aware of the tragic cost of company restructuring at France Telecom, where there has been a rising number of suicides over recent months. The blame for these alarming statistics has been placed at the...

Published 29 Sep 2009 10:00 PM by HR Case Studies

Filed under: Hard HR Strategy, Understanding HR Objectives and Strategies, Developing and Retaining an Effective Workforce, HR Case Studies
HR: The Masters of Waffle

Reading through the otherwise excellent 2009 CIPD Recruitment, Retention and Turnover Survey this week drew to my attention the fact that as HR professionals, we don't half know how to waffle! In the clearly crucial section on current attitudes to...

Published 29 Sep 2009 12:57 PM by HR Case Studies

Filed under: Understanding HR Objectives and Strategies, Outsourcing, Developing and Retaining an Effective Workforce, HR Case Studies
Improving employee retention

A previous article mentioned that UK workers in the retail, leisure and catering industries were found to have the least job satisfaction, with 31% saying they rarely or never feel fulfilled in their job. It should therefore come as no surprise to read...

Published 29 Sep 2009 10:22 AM by HR Case Studies

Filed under: Soft HR Strategy, Developing and Retaining an Effective Workforce, HR Case Studies
Six million UK workers are unfulfilled in their jobs

According to a new survey by workplace assessment and development specialists SHL, apparently 22% of us find work unfulfilling. More than one in five UK workers consider themselves to be rarely or never fulfilled in their jobs. This dissatisfaction (which...

Published 28 Sep 2009 9:44 AM by HR Case Studies

Filed under: Soft HR Strategy, Recession, Developing and Retaining an Effective Workforce
Gordon Brown: the new Dirty Harry?

As readers of HR Case Studies will be aware, pressure has been mounting for government intervention on the payment of excessive bonuses, particularly to bankers. Apparently Gordon Brown has now said that "enough is enough" when it comes to the...

Published 27 Sep 2009 10:21 PM by HR Case Studies

Filed under: Hard HR Strategy, Developing and Retaining an Effective Workforce, HR Case Studies
To tip or not to tip?

The hospitality industry is claiming that new rules on tipping waiting staff could cost restaurants £130 million and as many as 5,000 jobs. The new rules which come into force on 1 October will make it illegal for tips to be used to make up staff wages...

Published 26 Sep 2009 3:33 PM by HR Case Studies

Filed under: Developing and Retaining an Effective Workforce, HR Case Studies
G20 leaders divided over "fat cat" pay

Previous postings on HR Case Studies have signposted this week’s G20 leaders' meeting in Pittsburgh as the time when new rules for bankers’ bonuses could be agreed and implemented. It currently seems as if Germany’s Angela Merkel (possibly influenced...

Published 25 Sep 2009 2:00 PM by HR Case Studies

Filed under: Hard HR Strategy, Developing and Retaining an Effective Workforce
Sven gets red card for fouling up on induction

Sven-Goran Eriksson this week revealed that in addition to not doing a particularly good job with the England football team, his HR skills are severely lacking! After recruiting ex-England defender Sol Campbell on a five-year deal last month, the ex-England...

Published 25 Sep 2009 10:15 AM by HR Case Studies

Filed under: Developing and Retaining an Effective Workforce
CIPD staff get pay freeze, CEO gets bonus. Hmmm!

As the major rival to the CIPD People Management journal, it will have been a source of glee to the Personnel Today editors to be able to report that although the CIPD has banned discretionary bonuses for employees this year because the organisation did...

Published 24 Sep 2009 9:08 AM by HR Case Studies

Filed under: Developing and Retaining an Effective Workforce
Book your party now and beat the Christmas rush!

It's interesting to read that apparently most companies are planning to go ahead with a Christmas party this year despite financial pressures caused by the recession. 24 per cent of 1,100 HR professionals polled by the CIPD said they would be putting...

Published 22 Sep 2009 10:07 PM by HR Case Studies

Filed under: Soft HR Strategy, Recession, Effective Employer/Employee Relations, Developing and Retaining an Effective Workforce, HR Case Studies
Does this job sound too good to be true?

The extracts below have all been lifted without alteration from adverts for HR roles in this week's HR online media. Although the HR Case Studies editorial team wouldn't recommend a total "warts and all" approach to attracting applicants...

Published 20 Sep 2009 6:47 PM by HR Case Studies

Filed under: Developing and Implementing Workforce Plans, Developing and Retaining an Effective Workforce, HR Case Studies
Coaching on the increase

Research undertaken in advance of the CIPD’s Coaching at Work conference has revealed that 90% of the 500 organisations invited to participate in the survey are using coaching a key part of learning and development. Many organisations consider it 'crucial...

Published 18 Sep 2009 8:42 AM by HR Case Studies

Filed under: Soft HR Strategy, Developing and Retaining an Effective Workforce, HR Case Studies
Archbishop attacks the bonus culture

Hot on the heels of the Trade Union leaders, The Archbishop of Canterbury has attacked the bonus culture of the City, and condemned the failure of bankers to repent for their excesses. Dr Rowan Williams believes that the Government should have acted to...

Published 17 Sep 2009 1:40 PM by HR Case Studies
Recruiting in challenging times

An article in Management Today suggests that as there appear to be some signs of life in the job market, the race may be on for businesses to attract the best people as the economy recovers Neil Wilson, managing director at recruitment consultancy Badenoch...

Published 17 Sep 2009 11:05 AM by HR Case Studies

Filed under: Developing an Effective Workforce, Hard HR Strategy, HR Case Studies

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How to be one of the UK's top HR Directors

Calls for France Télécom boss to resign as suicides reach 24

HR: The Masters of Waffle

Improving employee retention

Six million UK workers are unfulfilled in their jobs

Gordon Brown: the new Dirty Harry?

To tip or not to tip?

G20 leaders divided over "fat cat" pay

Sven gets red card for fouling up on induction

CIPD staff get pay freeze, CEO gets bonus. Hmmm!

Book your party now and beat the Christmas rush!

Does this job sound too good to be true?

Coaching on the increase

Archbishop attacks the bonus culture

Recruiting in challenging times