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Alex Blyth

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    • Health and safety
    • HR practice

    Extreme weather policies

    by Alex Blyth 29 Nov 2005
    by Alex Blyth 29 Nov 2005

    Fifty-two percent of UK employers do not pay their workers when extreme weather conditions prevent them from coming into work, according to a poll by UK employment and health and safety adviser Croner

    • Recruitment & retention
    • Retention of staff

    A remedy for retention

    by Alex Blyth 22 Nov 2005
    by Alex Blyth 22 Nov 2005

    Pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca needed to improve its recruitment and retention. Alex Blyth reports

    • Coaching and mentoring
    • Learning & development

    Passing on the reins

    by Alex Blyth 1 Nov 2005
    by Alex Blyth 1 Nov 2005

    Coaching helped the owner-manager of a small company to step back from the day-to-day running of the business.

    • Pay & benefits

    Support pays off

    by Alex Blyth 5 Jul 2005
    by Alex Blyth 5 Jul 2005

    Staff at City & Guilds have benefited from an employee-assistance programme which has increased satisfaction levels and led to a fall in staff turnover. Alex Blyth reports

    • Employment law
    • Dismissal

    The cost of jury service

    by Alex Blyth 21 Jun 2005
    by Alex Blyth 21 Jun 2005

    Alex Blyth looks at how new rules for jury service will affect UK employers

    • Expatriates
    • HR practice
    • Global HR

    Leaving on a jet plane: transferring staff abroad

    by Alex Blyth 31 May 2005
    by Alex Blyth 31 May 2005

    Alex Blyth investigates the seven rules of employee relocation

    • HR strategy
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Outsourcing

    HR in practice: Firm control

    by Alex Blyth 31 May 2005
    by Alex Blyth 31 May 2005

    Two years ago, the National Air Traffic Service had virtually no control of its contractors in terms of both numbers and costs. But the introduction of a managed service has improved operations and saved the organisation 1m. Alex Blyth reports

    • HR strategy

    HR in practice: Creating something out of the ordinary

    by Alex Blyth 3 May 2005
    by Alex Blyth 3 May 2005

    Investing in its people as well as its infrastructure has transformed the fortunes of a West London hotel.
    Alex Blyth reports

    • HR practice
    • HR Technology
    • Performance management

    Spirit’s guide to designing your own HR management tools

    by Alex Blyth 22 Feb 2005
    by Alex Blyth 22 Feb 2005

    Off-the-peg performance management tools might seem like a quick-fix, but Alex Blyth reports on one company which discovered the benefits of going it alone.

    • HR strategy
    • Learning & development
    • Training evaluation

    Fringe benefits

    by Alex Blyth 25 Jan 2005
    by Alex Blyth 25 Jan 2005

    Training staff as consultants helped cosmetics giant Wella keep its clients happy, but it also had other positive outcomes, writes Alex Blyth

    • Employment law
    • Data protection
    • HR practice

    Don’t leave yourself open to liability for a temp’s misuse of IT

    by Alex Blyth 10 Jan 2005
    by Alex Blyth 10 Jan 2005

    Failing to ensure that temporary staff sign IT policy and procedure statements could cost organisations dear.

    • Recruitment & retention
    • Online recruitment
    • Psychometric testing

    With psychometric testing you can…

    by Alex Blyth 8 Jun 2004
    by Alex Blyth 8 Jun 2004

    Achieve at least 10 top business benefits.

    • Learning & development
    • Training delivery
    • Training management

    Getting personal

    by Alex Blyth 4 May 2004
    by Alex Blyth 4 May 2004

    Panasonic is targeting personal development needs rather than offering a training agenda. The business Panasonic is a global supplier of...

    • Business performance
    • Economics, government & business
    • HR strategy

    How will the Budget affect HR?

    by Alex Blyth 30 Mar 2004
    by Alex Blyth 30 Mar 2004

    Alex Blyth looks at the HR implications of the chancellor's Budget decisions for employers and staff

    • HR practice
    • Performance management

    Getting staff to focus on the task in hand

    by Alex Blyth 2 Mar 2004
    by Alex Blyth 2 Mar 2004

    Alex Blythe reports on how a performance management system helped the Co-operative Bank improve its service

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