Hot HR Update 5-9 September

Hello and welcome to this week's Hot HR weekly digest and blog. 

Now the holiday period is over and the kids have returned to school, things will hopefully return to normal with the return of the regular speed reads and updates being posted.

This week there have been some really interesting discussions happening within the group. Thank you to all those that have contributed and are using the group, I hope you continue to find the group of use.

Here is a round of what happened in the group this week:

Discussions:

This week we have had lots of activity and discussion, here is a summary of the most popular (in no particular order):

1. An interesting article on buying a recruitment system for your organisation!
2. Can anybody shed some light on how to approach a situation where a long time employee has just gone missing (AWOL). We have     made numerous attemps to contact him. Could we terminate employment?  

If you would like to comment on any of these discussions please join Hot HR.

Hot HR Content Members:

• Harmajinder Hayre Employment Lawyer from Ward Hadaway Solicitors
 • Stephen Hart owner of Edenchanges training
 • Andy Whittle from Genesys Training
 • David Taylor from Data Protection Consultancy
 • Mark Terry from Edenred Employee Benefits

Please use Hot HR as a forum to ask the content members any questions you might have in their fields of expertise, no matter how big or small the question, our experts can help!

Hot HR continues to endeavour to add to the portfolio of content members who can add value to the group and to Hot HR members and to compliment each other's skills and expertise. If you have any suggestions for the group please contact me.

Hot Spot:

This week we welcomed another exciting new writer for the Hot Spot - Caroline Hackney, HR Manager from Cape UK. Caroline wrote a great article on the HR Balancing act. 

Caroline complements the  existing 3 regular writers for the Hot Spot - Michael Rabone, HR Manager for The Seafood Restaurant group owned by Rick and Jill Stein, Tim Rawson HR Manager from Travel Jigsaw and Alison Mulholland from nef.

Thank you to Michael, Tim, Caroline and Alison for their contributions. Please support their articles and dedcation to the group and feel free to respond, ask any questions or if you would like join the exciting Hot Spot writers please contact Alex via Hot HR.