HR News
Welcome to our regular HR news bulletin.
There has been little major change to employment legislation recently, but below are details on some of the key changes, along with an overview on managing redundancy. In particular we have commented on the Right to Work in the UK legislation that changed on 29th February 2008, outlined in our article titled Employing illegal immigrants could mean a fine of up to £10,000.
With the economy looking uncertain, some organisations are tightening their belts, but forward looking ones are keen to recruit and develop their employees. We therefore have taken this opportunity to remind you how you can best utilise one of your greatest resources, your people - successful businesses are those that attract, develop, motivate and retain the best people and therefore you should consider:
- Setting the standards and expectations required within your business through strong recruitment and selection procedures, relevant employment contracts and employee handbooks, and your people policies and procedures.
- Salary/benefits benchmarking to ensure that your salary and benefits budget is maximised and you remain competitive in your marketplace.
- Managing the performance of your employees through development, coaching, appraisal/review and where necessary managing underperformers to achieve the required standards or removing them from the business.
- Communicating with employees, keeping them updated on successes within the business, understanding their perception and developing, where appropriate, improved ways of working – this doesn’t have to be through formal systems, often informal approaches work better.
- Using statistical information to assist in managing employee turnover and sickness absence, and understanding the cost of activities to the business, helping you to identify areas of improvement.
We would appreciate your feedback and any comments on areas that you would like further information about, so please contact us.
Peta Fry
HR Director
For articles please see below:
22/4/2008 : Employing Illegal immigrants could mean a fine of up to £10,000
It is important that you are aware of the changes to the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.
22/4/2008 : Just one to be aware of….
On the 6th April 2008 the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 came into effect and it applies to all companies and corporate bodies that operate in the UK.
22/4/2008 : Redundancy Procedure
Unfortunately, many organisations have to consider making redundancies at some stage. It is important that you get the process right for the employees affected, the employees left in the business and to make sure you stay on the right side of the law.
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