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Watch out for bogus fit notes

Two months on from the new fit-note system being introduced, Guru has spotted a website that openly sells fake fit notes - for under a tenner. Doctorsnotestore.com claim they are for novelty use only, but they also boast they are exact replicas and do indeed look like the real thing. All an employee has to do is provide their name, address, supposed...

Published 10 Jun 2010 10:47 AM by Guru

Filed under: absence, internet, nhs, fake, fit note
Teacher pays the penalty for porn mishap

Thanks to disciple Dan for pointing Guru in the direction of the unfortunate James Cooney, a teacher in South Wales. According to newspaper reports , Cooney is now fighting to save his career after accidentally showing a porn movie to pupils during a lesson. He decided to use his own laptop when the DVD player in the classroom failed to work. But a...

Published 24 May 2010 12:54 PM by Guru

Filed under: technology, internet, school, porn, teacher
Video games top poll for pulling a sickie

Depressing research arrives via Mrs Guru's favourite discount voucher codes website MyVoucherCodes.co.uk. They polled 1,920 employees in the UK and revealed that the number one reason men skive off work is to spend some quality time with their games console. A quarter of the men that admitted to pulling sickies to stay at home and play videogames...

Published 10 Dec 2009 9:25 AM by Guru

Filed under: technology, internet, men, video games, sickies
Super diabetic detecting dog

Disciple Tim emails to point Guru in the direction of this odd story on the BBC website. "This is the funniest article I have ever read and is complete nonsense. The article is regarding my mother and step-father and I can assure you that the dog most certainly doesn't test his blood sugar levels by putting her paws on his stomach!" Disciples...

Published 20 Oct 2009 2:58 PM by Guru

Filed under: bbc, internet, dog
London Underground tube worker shows great customer service

This video is going viral and shows Tube worker Ian showing great sympathy to an elderly gentlemen that has just been trapped in a train door. Guru thinks he could do with some extra training... For the full story check out Jonathan MacDonald's blog. Read More...

Published 16 Oct 2009 12:38 PM by Guru

Filed under: internet, london underground, tube
Facebook 'breaks' backed by bosses

Thousands of British bosses are set to enforce ' Facebook breaks' in a bid to stop employees wasting time with this awful social media. Well, that's according to a press release that dropped into Guru's inbox. Employment lawyers say an increasing number of firms want to take action against staff who they claim are being distracted by...

Published 17 Sep 2009 8:52 AM by Guru

Filed under: workers, internet, Facebook, social network, breaks, smoking
Facebook Lying Down Game gets hospital staff suspended

Dozy NHS workers have been suspended and could be sacked for posting pictures of themselves on Facebook playing the Lying Down Game. The workers at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon snapped themselves lying down on resuscitation trollies, ward floors and a helipad. Fifteen other workers were involved in the game during a night shift last month....

Published 9 Sep 2009 5:31 PM by Guru

Filed under: work, internet, nhs, lying down game
Best out of office message competition: final entries

Here are the final entries into Guru's competition to find the best out of office email. Disciples can read the previous entries on the blog here and also here as well. The winner of the super-cool HR Ninja T-shirt will be revealed on the back page of the 8 September issue of Personnel Today. At the beach - no laptop, no Blackberry, no iPhone.....

Published 1 Sep 2009 12:02 PM by Guru

Filed under: internet, out of office
How to lose your job via Facebook

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Published 11 Aug 2009 12:07 PM by Guru

Filed under: internet, Facebook
When I grow up I want to work in HR

The funny kids of US website HR.com remind us all why we first got into this life we call human resources. To be overworked, overlooked and underpaid, basically. Guru wanted to be a dustbin man and astronaut when he was young... Read More...

Published 28 Jul 2009 3:57 PM by Guru

Filed under: HR, human resources, internet
Swine flu - a worried employee calls work

Hat tip to financial gossip and news site Here is the City for this transcript of an employee worried he has swine flu and wondering whether to come to work. It has got hold of the transcript of a recent call to a third-party call centre that several banks are using to deal with employees who suspect that they have contracted swine flu. Operator Hello...

Published 27 Jul 2009 3:39 PM by Guru

Filed under: internet, health, employee, swine flu
Best out of office message: competition update

Thanks to those disciples who have sent in examples of the best out of office email messages they have received. Here are some cracking examples: Remember - the best wins six bottles of HR wine! Sent: 19 September 2008 13:56 Please note that I am currently unavailable as I am down the pub for the next two weeks. The pub is situated on a tropical island...

Published 24 Jul 2009 4:42 PM by Guru

Filed under: HR, internet, out of office, competition
Play HR-Mageddon and rule the office

Here's a new online game to keep disciples amused over the long summer months. It's called HR-Mageddon and the aim is to take over the office before your rival does. You have to capture cubicles and ultimately win by destroying all of your rival's employees. So not entirely dissimilar to a redundancy situation then. Read More...

Published 29 Jun 2009 9:21 AM by Guru

Filed under: internet, games, HR-mageddon
Hunch - a site that makes decisions for you

Making decisions for some is notoriously difficult. Questions such as: "What should I have for lunch?" "Shall I do a sickie today?" and "Shall I try and get off with the bird in marketing?" have perplexed generations of office workers. Now there is a website that will answer those tough questions for you. In just 10 simple...

Published 26 Jun 2009 12:58 PM by Guru

Filed under: work, internet, website, decisions, hunch
Facesquatting - a new way to make yourself unemployable

This week's new word is the deeply unpleasant 'Facesquatting' (a term Guru advises not Googling in an open plan office), coined as a result of timewasters' favourite Facebook 's decision to let users give their profile pages simple addresses. Most users simply wanted to bag their own name - facebook.com/joebloggs for example. But...

Published 16 Jun 2009 11:26 AM by Guru

Filed under: jobs, internet, Facebook, social network

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