Looking ahead: What are the main challenges facing HR today?
Continuing our spring guest blogging season here on the LCP blog, we’re today pleased to welcome Greg Moran; Greg is Founder and CEO of Chequed.com, a Pre Employment Screening technology for pre employment assessment and reference checking. You can stay up to date with Greg on twitter @CEOofChequed.
When I asked some of the foremost thought leaders in the HR space, they all seemed to say the same thing: HR needs to more strategically connect what they do to bottom line results and their company’s success. The challenge is that HR professionals are often viewed as administrative paper pushers who are responsible for resolving complaints and employee grievances. The truth is that HR is often one of the most important departments in any business and contributes so much more to the organization than one may suspect. The challenge then becomes, how do we demonstrate our value?
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Why investing in employee health could literally save companies a fortune
Here on the LCP blog we’re continuing our spring guest blogging season in which we write for others’ blogs and welcome you to write for us! Today Stuart Henderson provides a compelling argument for investment in workplace health. Stuart runs a health insurance blog and produces content based on various types of policy including personal, expatriate and corporate healthcare.
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LCP’s Caption Competition: Performance
- £5 Amazon vouchers for the winner!
This month’s newsletter includes an introductory guide to using competencies for performance management – if you’re reading this before Friday the 27th of April sign up here for a copy.
In line with this, the theme for this month’s caption competition is ‘performance‘ – looking forward to reading your suggestions!
We’ll announce the winner on Friday the 4th of May; follow @ClaireWalshLCP or @LCPNatasha on Twitter or check the blog comments. Thanks to a4blank on Flickr for the photo.
Thinking about implementing an ID card system? Some of the benefits to consider…
Some employers may have been put off by the extra cost and time required to set up a secure ID card system. However, whilst primary aims are often security and monitoring staff, ID cards need not always be about ‘policing’ your employees and if used effectively they can actually be a way to improve employee engagement. Today’s guest post – part of our spring ‘guest blogger season’ highlights some of the main benefits which could be taken advantage of.
High-quality employee ID cards offer many benefits for businesses as well as employees. These plastic cards—which can feature the employee’s photograph and name, job title, or the department in which he or she works—can be worn around the neck, attached to a retractable cord or clipped to a belt or badge. Mid-sized businesses issue employee ID cards for a variety of reasons to help streamline processes and give their employees multiple benefits. These can include:
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Do we need such a distinction between academic and vocational higher education?
In a recent article, Lord Glasman repeated his suggestions made at last year’s Labour Conference, which were to halve the number of universities and to replace them with vocational training institutions. In his response GuildHE CEO Andy Westwood disagrees, expressing that a return to a system of academic universities and vocational polytechnics is ineffective and besides the point: ‘in higher education, we all have a responsibility to encourage more innovation, more investment, more mobility, more active and prosperous communities and yes, more people with degrees… Yes we need more emphasis on high-level skills and new types of vocational training. But it won’t be achieved by re-establishing a “sheep and goats” system of higher education.’
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Top tips for maintaining focus and productivity when working remotely
Thank you to Thomas Wheelson for this post; Thomas writes for OnlineClock.net who are the creators of free, web-based time tools designed to boost your productivity. Whether or not you work at home, you can try their free online timers here. Online Clock’s range of simply designed timers and counters are intended to help those of us who sometimes work from home to be more efficient – if you try them out do let us know how you get on! This spring on the blog we’re welcoming guest posters; please get in touch if you would like to write for us.
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The end of the default retirement age: what does it mean for employers?
Continuing LCP’s spring ‘guest blogger season’ today we warmly thank guest poster Laura Jennings – from Gordon Dean Solicitors, employment solicitors in Norfolk – for writing this helpful outline on what employers should be aware of following the abolishment of the default retirement age (DRA) last year.
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Are your internships fair? Five steps to ensure placements run smoothly for both business and intern
With the current flurry of news items on unfair unpaid internships, now is not the time to be slipping up on how your business is treating its interns. Whether you decide to pay your interns the national minimum wage or not – which is the legal requirement for interns that are adding value and performing tasks of a paid worker – there are several steps you can take to ensure your intern will be treated fairly, feel valued, and be developed by the experience.
For more on the unpaid internship debate see our past blog – What’s the latest on unpaid internships?
Not only will a fair intern policy keep your business safe from potential employment tribunals and the building media and public outrage against exploitative internships, it will help you to stand out from the crowd and attract the top talent from young people and graduates – who may turn out to be employees. Continue reading →
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