Monday January 30, 2012 at 6:32pm
There is an interesting post from Money Management(Australia) highlighting one of the key society issues namely age discrimination and the ability of elderly worketrs to have a satisfactory income.
http://www.moneymanagement.com.au/news/age-discrimination-undermining-retirement-adeq--1
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Friday July 15, 2011 at 10:41am
According to the TUC there is a significant increase in the number of over-50s and people over the retirement age in work over the past two decades. The report shows that in April 1992, 56.5pc of people aged between 50 and 64 were employed. This rose to 64.9pc by December 2010. The number of over-64s in work rose from 5.5pc to 9pc over the same period. TUC general secretary Brendan Barber said low wages and poor pension provision had meant older workers increasingly felt they could not affo....
Saturday June 11, 2011 at 7:22am
Another day and more news that the public sector is entering the realm of more disputes.
According to the Yorkshire Post, strike action is looming at a troubled Yorkshire council after 700 job losses were announced on top of cuts that have already seen hundreds axed. Doncaster Council said the redundancies over and above 700 already carried out were needed to find savings of £71m. But the move triggered a furious response from unions, who warned that the decision put them on a collision c....
Thursday March 10, 2011 at 10:40pm
Much discussion with the public sector focuses on redundancies or adjusting pay or pensions.
Whilst these issues are important one of the key issues within the public sector is the management of the poor performer.
Why? Because organisations cannot afford redundancy payments. There is pressure to avoid paying these out and a consequence focusing on performance is key to managing staff.
But if you are human resource manager how do you deal with the poor perfomer. What are the key mediatio....
Wednesday February 16, 2011 at 11:33am
With news on more redundancies within the public sector, eagle eyed employees will be wise to focus on the selection pool for determining if the redundancy is fair or not.
Legally, the group from which employees will be selected for redundancy (the selection pool) must be carefully identified. It will usually consist of those who undertake a similar type of work in a particular department, who work at a relevant location, or whose work has ceased or diminished or is expected to do so. Obj....
Wednesday November 24, 2010 at 2:49pm
According to Acas, it has stopped 8,988 workplace grievances becoming claims, saving employers a total of £46.7m.
Of the 12,394 early conciliation cases completed at Acas so far, just 3,406 have ended up as tribunal claims, the arbitration body said.
Employers using early conciliation can also save on "hidden costs" associated with tribunal claims, such as stress and time dealing with cases, Acas said.
On average managers spend nine days on paperwork once a claim reaches cou....
Monday November 22, 2010 at 11:45am
The BBC reports that more than £612,000 has been paid out in salaries to 18 permanent staff who have been suspended from work in the civil service.
The information was given to the East Londonderry SDLP MLA John Dallat in response to a written question in the assembly. Mr Dallat said that on average, £34,015 has been spent on each suspended civil servant.
Unsurprisingly he says that money could be better spent.
Whilst I have not experienced such waste in my dealings with th....
Monday November 15, 2010 at 8:22am
I read that civilian police workers at Essex Police have criticised the way they were told their redundancy payments are to be cut by half. The complaint is that instead of having the bad news broken in a letter, e-mail or a formal meeting with bosses at Essex Police, the force told its thousands of workers by posting an article on its internal website. This move has upset some(most?)of the force’s support staff. Speaking anonymously, a civilian worker told the Ess....
Thursday October 21, 2010 at 10:24am
In my mediation training seminars, there is a very strong emphasis on the importance of soft skills in managing disputes conflict.
Where managers fall short is often not what they say which can often be totally justified, but rather how they say it.
When human resource staff become mediators as such they need to avoid the perception of pre-judging.
With this in mind, consider Peter Oborne is the Daily Telegraph's analysis on George Osborne's speech yesterday announcing the CSR....
Tuesday October 19, 2010 at 9:27am
One of the issues which the public sector has to decide is to what extent they should apply redundancies in order to implement savings.
No doubt redundancies will be announced flowing from Defence cuts today and the Public Sector Spending Review 2010.
What is interesting and an issue we are looking at our White Paper on Redundancies and Change Management is the possibility of costing how much a redundancy is to an organisation.
Yes, you have statutory redundancy costs which is set in a R....
Friday October 15, 2010 at 11:17am
I am pleased to inform clients and readers that Human Law Mediation is going to produce a White Paper on how to cope with redundancy and change programmes without staff disputes. This White Paper provides a complete road map for bodies who are going through redundancy programmes and other major change as a result of public sector funding cuts.
It discusses the key steps you can take to a pain free solution to public sector funding cuts. It includes details of how you can set....
Thursday August 19, 2010 at 5:02pm
A lot of work I have done as lawyer and mediator turns on the words "Constructive Dismissal."
Constructive dismissal is when an employee resigns in response to a significant and fundamental breach of their contract of employment by their employer.
To amount to constructive dismissal, the breach (which could stem from a single event or a number of them) must be a very serious one.
That is, it must be a fundamental breach of contract .
Historically lawyers are reluctant ....
Wednesday August 11, 2010 at 6:47am
In a more difficult employment market and world economy at risk, it is crucialo that business maintains focused on the positives as to what can be achieved. If you have not read it, please consider the Macleod Report. which is a high quality report Commissioned by the previous government.
Many of the leading HR practiioners whom I have spoken to at Conferences and work, heartily recommend it.
The report asserts that wider delivery of employee engagement could have a positiv....
Monday June 14, 2010 at 4:13pm
Something must be seriously wrong when a senior judge is advising people to keep as far away from the law as possible. The comments were made by Lord Justice Mummery in a Court of Appeal decision. He was considering whether to allow an appeal by a restaurant owner who had been ordered to pay £14,777 in compensation to a former employee for unfair dismissal and disability discrimination. The restaurant owner, David Piper, had attempted to lodge his notice of appeal with the Employment Appea....