Are young people ill equipped for life at work? We blame schools for not giving youngsters the skills to be effective when entering the workforce. However, it is not just school leavers, graduates also lack the necessary skills. So is it just our education system or is it a failure by managers to work with […]
Why Do You Appraise Staff? Do you experience tangible benefits for the time invested? Appraisal is one of the practices that we seem afraid to terminate in case we are branded as backward managers. We could rename our process as performance management which may sound more effective but that will not solve the underlying tiredness […]
[Editor’s note – text edited 30/08/2018] Can We Improve Our Success Rate in Recruiting or Promoting Individuals? How often do we find ourselves writing phrases such as, “the successful applicant will possess 4 – 5 years experience in the leisure industry …”. Quite a few individuals will have such experience but for many it will […]
When the economic climate is troubled, industrial action tends to increase due to several factors – differing political views, general uncertainty, frustration and accentuated problems within organisations. You can be caught up by such action even though your organisation is not a target. For example, delivery drivers and service engineers may encounter picket lines when […]
The law relating to unfair dismissal was the starting point – the emphasis being on the right not to be unfairly dismissed. Employers and employees realized that dismissals would be deemed fair but not if substantive or procedural points were ignored. However, today we have ended up with a complex maze of law in which […]
The high level of executive pay in some companies has been occurring for many years. The recent publicity and reports have focused on the widening gap between the top management and employees. Solutions have been proposed of links to the median pay of employees; reversing the trend of higher performance and lower basic pay. In […]
The basic pay gap continues to widen between top management and the lowest paid employees. The total remuneration gap is much wider when share packages, pension and other benefits are considered. The size of the gap attracts controversy but at times becomes confused with adversity against wealth creation. The latter is needed to enable the […]
The first step in addressing staff absence issues is to gather the facts. That may seem obvious but in practice managers seem uncomfortable with holding a detailed discussion with the individual. The result is that referrals are made to occupational health departments with poor information and without having first considered other options. A discussion will […]
From April this year, key changes will be made to employment law which on the surface are designed to make matters easier for employers and to reduce costs. Are we witnessing over simplification and building up issues for ourselves? Let us examines some of the issues. Reduced Use of Lay Members In Unfair Dismissal Cases […]