July 2011 - Guru Blog

Image: Rex Features Police need to go to toilet every 45 minutes, according to The Mirror ( Riot police are rude because they are desperate for the loo ), or they get cranky. The Mirror reports that officers are meant to be relieved every 45 minutes, but often have to wait longer than this and consequently get very grumpy. This strikes Guru as a fairly...

Image: Rex Features According to The Sun, builders who work topless and wear jeans that slip down are nine times more likely to get skin cancer than other workers ( Builder’s bum faces cancer crackdown ). Guru is not usually supportive of new health and safety initiatives, but would be fully supportive of an anti-builder’s bum regulation...

Image: Rex Features Back in 2007, Guru successfully prized some jokes out of the HR community ( More jokes for Guru’s HR laughter file ). Well, it’s time to try again. Obviously, this is not an enviable task, especially if the Daily Mail is to be believed ( Death of the office joke: Coalition enacts Harriet’s PC equality law which...

Image: Rex Features The government has cut the guidelines on school trips from 150 pages to eight. Those wishing to read the new guide will find it here: Department for education advice on legal duties and powers for local authorities, head teachers, staff and governing bodies . Anybody who followed that link should seek help immediately. Just to repeat...

Image: Rex Features Guru would think that in a recession people would count themselves lucky to have a job, however tedious and unpleasant it might be. Not so, apparently. In today’s world of equality acts and tribunal claims even the smallest condition can be grounds for an uprising. Take the case of former Harrods concession employee Melanie...