Hot HR Update 16-20 January

Welcome to this week's update from Hot HR, with updates from Ward Hadaway, Hot HR's only employment law specialist along with a sample of interesting discussions and updates for you to to read, join in and comment on.

From Ward Hadaway this week:

* Indemnifying employees – The importance of strict drafting
* An employee's duty of faith towards their employer
* Equal Pay disparity – Councils given the green light to tackle inequalities

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Discussions:      

*  I read this article on tough interview questions. Would you ask these tough interview questions? Have you ever asked them? Eight toughest interview questions

* Does anyone in the group have experience of going for ISO9001 accreditation?

I would love to hear your comments on the process and the benefit this has brought to your organisation.

* Hot HR member Karl Whittle shared his blog in Hot HR - My 2012 HR Resolution

To read more, comment or start a discussion join here  

Vote on this poll: If, as looks likely, the new 2-year qualifying period for unfair dismissal rights only applies to new hires post-6 April 2012, will this affect the timing of your 2012 recruitment?     
   

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Hot HR Update

With over 850 members the group is going from strength to strength. Thank you to all those that have contributed and are using the group, I hope you continue to find the group of use.

We welcome all new members, please recommend the group to all HR Professionals you may know and who are in your network.

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

Speed Read from Ward Hadaway:
1. Unfair Dismissal
2. All Aboard! A boost for employers as apprenticeship red-tape is slashed
3. Rest breaks

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Discussions:
1. I'd love your thoughts on how to motivate a large team who are doing a routine task. Ideas on friendly competition and free ways to encourage production and job satisfaction would be very welcome.
2. I'm putting together an employee communications survey - does anyone have any tips on how best to approach this? I'd like to achieve a good response rate if possible.
3. What are your thoughts on Investors In People?

Hot HR Content Members:
This week Hot HR welcomed Jenny Cooper from Key Steps Coaching for Stress Management.

Jenny specialises in stress management and will happily answer any questions you may have and will be sharing information within the group about this area that effects us all.

 Current 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 HR Hot Spot:
We have 4 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, Caroline Hackney from Cape 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.

Hot HR weekly digest 23 - 27 May

Hello and welcome to this week's Hot HR weekly digest and blog!  I hope you find it useful and informative.  

                                                   

Excellent news for the group this week; we reached the 500 members mark and now have over 520 members. So a warm welcome to all new members.   Thank you also to all those that are contributing to the group. This is what makes Hot HR such a rich, diverse and useful networking and communication tool. 

As usual, the format of this blog and Weekly Digest takes the form of:

• The week's Speed Read posted by Harmajinder Hayre from Ward Hadaway, the only employment law specialist within the Hot HR group
• Interesting Read - topical information posted in the group
• Question Time - most popular question or discussion from within the group

This Weeks Employment Law Speed Read From Ward Hadaway : 23/05/2011

1. Plans for a new system of flexible parental leave announced
2. Are you liable for legally seeking to retire an employee?

Question Time  - The key questions and discussions of interest started in the last week are:

1. Parental leave reforms - the Government has proposed changes to maternity and paternity     leave, holiday carry overs and equal pay audits. What do you think to some of the proposed reforms? Will they work? Are they too bold? Will it mean lots more work for us?
2. According to a recent article in Personnel Today - representation of women in HR is in decline. What do you think girls?

Interesting Read/Discussion  

Here's a welcome decision for employers who've bent over backwards to accommodate an employee's wishes and still find themselves in tribunal.

Refusal to allow Muslim employee time off work to attend mosque was not discriminatory

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Please continue to recommend the group to any HR contacts that you might have.  The aim of the group is for information and ideas to be available via Hot HR, with people feeling that they can contribute to an open discussion, focussing on real issues and quality discussion.