Hot HR update 23-27 July

Hello and welcome to this week's Hot HR update and activity from the group.

This week's Speed Read contribution from Ward Hadaway raised the following employment law points:

- Breakdown of trust and some other substantial reason dismissals
- Importance of employer identity
- Underhill Review of Employment Tribunal Rules

To read more click here

Top Spots

- Employee Survey's - Has anyone recently carried out an Employee Survey? how beneficial did you find this? How did you structure the survey and what questions did you ask? To join in this discussion click here


Top Info

- According to this article a sick note culture could be set to “engulf UK businesses” during the Olympics

-  Apparently more than half of employees prepared to take confidential business information when they change jobs

- Useful update on holiday pay and accrual in respect of employees off on long term sick

To read more join Hot HR

EVENTS:

Apprenticeships: The Voice of Business
This conference is about how we continue to grow apprenticeships in England. This conference is for businesses and training providers to come together to ensure that apprenticeships in England grow by working together in partnership.

Click here to view more about this event

HR JOBS:

Hot HR now has a Hot HR job blog specifically for HR professionals

To view HR jobs click here

JOIN US: Hot HR welcomes new contributors and partnerships, if you would like to discuss this further, please contact Alex via Hot HR.

Hot HR blog 18-22 June

Here is a roundup of what's been happening within the group this week:

This week's Speed Read from Ward Hadaway:

-Termination payment treated as PILON despite breach of contract
-Subjective criteria in redundancy selection process acceptable
-Discounting length of service with group companies not discrimination

To read more click here

DISCUSSION:
- Examining the social media black hole
- Your opinions please: when is the right time to adopt e-learning?
- Do you have apprentices in your business if you don't could you let me know why

EVENTS:

There are still a few places left on the FREE seminar 'How effective is your recruitment process? Is it compliant with the Equality Act?'

For more information or to book a place on this FREE seminar CLICK HERE

For members of Hot HR in the Yorkshire Area. Free Apprenticeship Networking event, 4th July, 5pm-7pm Queens Hotel Leeds.

UPDATES: Please see the blog for the new HR events schedule for: a summary for busy HR people.

HR JOBS: For up to date HR jobs please look in the job section

JOIN US: Hot HR welcomes new contributors and partnerships, if you would like to discuss this further, please contact Alex via Hot HR.

Hot HR Update 28 May -1 June

Here is a roundup of what's been happening within the group this week:

 

 

WARD HADAWAY SPEED READ:

• Employee working on one contract only was not an organised grouping
•  Discrimination claim allowed despite the Claimant not being the ‘victim’ of the alleged discriminatory comments
• Cheapness criterion' justified indirect age discrimination

To read more click here

DISCUSSION:
- Does anyone have a Safeguarding & Vulnerable Persons" Policy and/or a "Sustainability Development Policy" they are willing to share?
- How much compassionate leave do you give your staff, does it vary depending on the relationship?                   

 

To read more join Hot HR

 

EVENTS:

How effective is your recruitment process?

Is it compliant with the Equality Act?

This tailor made seminar is designed to help businesses improve the efficiency of their recruitment and deliver a first class candidate experience whilst ensuring the entire process is discrimination free.

  

Drawing on the wealth of knowledge of a leading online recruitment specialist together with one of the UK’s top 100 law firms this highly informative seminar will ensure that your recruitment process is reflective of best practise from start to finish.

  

Topics include:

Avoiding discrimination when recruiting in Relation to the Equality Act

• Make your job advert more effective
• Direct sourcing strategies – What methods work? (Including social media)
• Candidate Experience …Why it is important and how to deliver a good one!
• Selection and On-boarding Top Tips

Registration and Breakfast will commence at 9:00 with Presentations starting at 9.30 prompt. The presentations will last approximately 2 hours and will be followed by the chance to network and ask questions.

Who is this seminar suitable for? :

This seminar is dedicated exclusively for HR professionals and Internal recruiters. No requests to attend from recruitment consultants or agencies will be accepted.

 

For more information or to book a place on this free seminar CLICK HERE

 

UPDATES: Please see the blog for the new HR events schedule for: a summary for busy HR people.

 

HR JOBS: Please look in the job section for current HR roles

 

JOIN US: Hot HR welcomes new contributors and partnerships, if you would like to discuss this further, please contact Alex via Hot HR.

Hot HR: 14-18 May

Another great week in Hot HR. A warm welcome to all new members and thanks to all 1,558 members. We hope that you are finding the group useful and informative.  

Here is a roundup of what's been happening within the group this week:

WARD HADAWAY SPEED READ:

- Past employment under fixed term contract allowed
- Stringfellows worker held to be an employee
- Employment Law Implications of the Queen's Speech

Read here for more information

For more indepth information on the Quashie v Stringfellows Restaurants please read May's Ward Hadaway Insight. 

DISCUSSION:

-How to express yourself on LinkedIn
-Time to re-think absence managment
-Government moves to abolish law on harassment of staff by third parties
-Why can't I let go of my clutter?

To read more join Hot HR 

EVENTS:

There is still time to book your place on the 'dealing with workshops' running in conjunction with Ward Hadaway and Protostar.

The 'dealing with' workshops are running at the Ward Hadaway offices in Leeds and Newcastle on various dates and cover 'dealing with':

-Difficult people
-Capability and performance
-Political correctness
-Dealing with absence issues

Click here to see more information or email alex.murgatroyd@networxrecruitment.com

UPDATES: Please see the blog for the new HR events schedule for: a summary for busy HR people.

HR JOBS: Please look in the job section for current HR roles

JOIN US: Hot HR welcomes new contributors and partnerships, if you would like to discuss this further, please contact Alex via Hot HR.

TWITTER: Please see the Hot HR blog for other articles and updates. Also follow Hot HR on Twitter @Hot_HR. Not already a member, click here to join Hot HR.

CV UPDATE: Have you thought about giving your CV a spring clean or an update for summer? For more from tips to re-writting please click here.


Feedback and suggestions for the group are always welcome.

The Hot HR Update 7-11 May

Hot HR continues to grow from strength to strength with over 1,535 members this week. Welcome and thanks to all members.

Here is a roundup of what's been happening within the group this week:

DISCUSSION:

- Learning at Work day is just around the corner - What do you have planned? For more information go to the offical website campaign for learning.

- AWR - First case

- Thank you to everyone who responded to my post regarding HR consultancy work, what a great response and I have passed your details on to my contact.

EVENTS:

There is still time to book your place on the 'dealing with workshops' running in conjunction with Ward Hadaway and Protostar.

The 'dealing with' workshops are running at the Ward Hadaway offices in Leeds and Newcastle on various dates and cover 'dealing with':

-Difficult people
-Capability and performance
-Political correctness
-Dealing with absence issues

 

Click here to see more information or email alex.murgatroyd@networxrecruitment.com

UPDATES: Please see the blog for the new HR events schedule for: a summary for busy HR people.

 

HR JOBS: Please look in the job section for current HR roles

JOIN US: Hot HR welcomes new contributors and partnerships, if you would like to discuss this further, please contact Alex via Hot HR.

TWITTER: Please see the Hot HR blog for other articles and updates. Also follow Hot HR on Twitter @Hot_HR. Not already a member, click here to join Hot HR.

 

Join us next week for the Speed Read from Ward Hadaway and I look forward to seeing you in Hot HR!

What's happening in Hot HR this week 23-27 April

Great news for Hot HR, this week we welcomed our 1,500th member!

A warm welcome to all our new and existing members, I hope that you find the group useful and informative. Please use the group to ask any questions, start discussions and share information.

DISCUSSION FOCUS:

* Why you need to take social media seriously

To read more, click here

Please join us next week to read the Speed Read from Ward Hadaway.

EVENTS:

Hot HR and Ward Hadaway are pleased to announce a fantastic opportunity for Hot HR members - we are running a series of workshops on 'managing - absence, capability and performance, political correctness and dealing with difficult people'. The workshops will take place at the Ward Hadaway offices in Leeds and Newcastle. For more information please view this link 'Managing' workshops.

Thank you to all those that attended the recent Employment Law updates with Ward Hadaway in Leeds. Hopefully you found the session interesting. We hope to run some further events later in the year, which will be advertised here and via Hot HR.

UPDATES: Please see the blog for the new HR events schedule for: a summary for busy HR people.

HR JOBS: Please look in the job section for current HR roles

JOIN US: Hot HR welcomes new contributors and partnerships, if you would like to discuss this further, please contact Alex via Hot HR.

TWITTER: Please see the Hot HR blog for other articles and updates. Also follow Hot HR on Twitter @Hot_HR. Not already a member, click here to join Hot HR.

We look forward to seeing you in Hot HR!

Hot HR this week

What's happening in Hot HR this week

Welcome to all new members - we now have over 1,460 members and the group is really warming up with some great discussions and activity.

 

DISCUSSIONS: Lots of great discussions this week, here's a snap shot:

* The still popular offer of a practical guide to changing terms and conditions. If you are interested please contact me with your email address.

* I am interested to know the different ways others have found to motivate and reward employees in these tough economic times?

* What do you look for in an HR system? What does it need to do? What is important to help with your day to day people management? All thoughts welcome.                                       

Focus on: Social Media to Recruit:
* Have you used social media to recruit? Any success stories / tips your happy to share?    
* HR Directors believe social media is ineffective for recruitment, survey finds

To share your experiences join here

EVENTS:
Hot HR and Ward Hadaway are pleased to announce two free Employment Law updates held at the Ward Hadaway offices in Leeds. These will be held on 18th and 19th April. Please note the event on  18th April is now fully booked and there are only a few places left on 19th April - click here to book your place now.


UPDATES:
Please see the blog for the new HR events schedule for: a summary for busy HR people.


HR JOBS: Please look in the job section for current HR roles

JOIN US: Hot HR welcomes new contributors and partnerships, if you would like to discuss this further, please contact Alex via Hot HR.

Please see the Hot HR blog for other articles and updates. Also follow Hot HR on Twitter @Hot_HR. Not already a member, click here to join Hot HR.

We look forward to seeing you in Hot HR!

Schedule of HR Events 2012: A summary for busy HR people

Here at Hot HR we understand how busy you are and we want to make life easier for you, with all your resources in one place. We have put together a summary of the major events in the HR calendar for the year, so they are easily accesible.

This events listing is up to date as at 7/3/12. This will be maintained on a regular basis, please keep checking for updates on HR and associated events. 

 

Month	Date	Organiser	What	Location	Link
MARCH	15-16	CIPD	HR Business Partner Conference	London	http://bit.ly/z3E74l
MARCH	15	Ask Grapevine HR	HR and Talent Management Conference	London	http://bit.ly/yruBJF
MARCH	29	Networx and Hot HR	Social Media & Recruitment – The Right Way	Birmingham	http://bit.ly/zolLWP
APRIL	17	Symposium Training	Successful Change Management	London	http://bit.ly/yNBTvT
APRIL	18 & 19	Hot HR and Ward Hadaway	Employment Law update	Leeds	http://bit.ly/x9ExC0
APRIL	25-26	CIPD	HRD conference and exhibition	London	http://bit.ly/bk9YGX
MAY	9	Symposium Training	Successful Change Management	Birmingham	http://bit.ly/yNBTvT
MAY	15-16	CIPD	Annual Reward Conference	London	http://bit.ly/wPjQF3
JUNE	20-21	CIPD	Recruitment , Retention and Talent Conference	London	http://bit.ly/kT8UD2
JUNE	20-21	CIPD	Recruitment  Exhibition	London	http://bit.ly/d4yckk
JUNE	20-21	CIPD	Software Show	London	http://bit.ly/2zVFF
JULY	3	CIPD	Employment Law Conference	London	http://bit.ly/d4UuFP
SEPTEMBER	21-22	CIPD	Organisational Development Conference	London	http://bit.ly/9AAUi7
SEPTEMBER	27-28	CIPD	Coaching Conference	London	http://bit.ly/UqrRk
OCTOBER	11-12	CIPD	Performance Management Conference	London
OCTOBER		CIPD	Talent Management Conference	London
NOVEMBER	6-8	CIPD	Annual Conference and Exhibition	Manchester	http://bit.ly/xzVZKY
DECEMBER		CIPD	Social Media for Recruitment	London
2013		CIPD	Employee Engagement Conference	London
JAN 2013	22-23	HR EVENT	11th Annual HR Directors Business Summit 2013	Birmingham	http://bit.ly/6ewwAp