The previous pages have highlighted only a fraction of the essential and positive input HR professionals can have on your business. The only constant is change, for example, the new holiday entitlement that comes into effect 1 April 2009, so regular reviews of your contracts of employment is essential. Significant HR Solutions can help you conduct your review at relatively low costs compared with the penalties for non-compliance.
Employment Tribunal compensation limits are currently as follows (cases from 1 February 2009):
Unfair dismissal: Basic award: £10,500 (maximum 30 weeks’ pay at £350)
Compensatory award: £66,200
(excluding legislation awards on many types of discrimination eg on grounds of race gender etc which are unlimited.)
AND HOW WAS YOUR DAY?
Do the following scenarios sound familiar?
You are the owner of your business and you have what you consider a good team of people developing your business and as far as you are concerned things are pretty good.
On arriving at your office one morning you are faced with several issues:
1. Bob didn’t show up for his shift as supervisor.
2. Tim, your manager is late again.
3. Tina has left a note for you stating that she had resigned with immediate effect because “She has had enough of Bob”.
4. Ginny has told you that she needs to arrange maternity leave.
What do you do? What aspects of employment legislation will you need to consider before you do anything? Do you have processes in place that will help you manage these situations?
Significant HR Solutions works in partnership with businesses of any size in any sector to enable them to avoid costly mistakes and to achieve the reputation of being good companies to do business with and good places to work. Significant HR Solutions will visit your business for a short initial free consultation.
The first steps:
· establish your business needs
· create a plan to meet those needs
· consider employee development and training which we can provide
· identify necessary changes in your HRM systems.
As we work with low overheads our rates are very competitive and our service will add value to your business.
Gudrun Stahl Sharpley
Chartered MCIPD
MSc Strategic Human Resource Management, Nottingham Business School
MA (Hons), University of St Andrews
References for text in RECRUITMENT
Herriot, P (1989) Recruitment in the Nineties. London, IPM
Michaels, E, Handfield-Jones, H and Axelrod, B (2001) The War for Talent. Harvard Business School Press
Significant HR Solutions
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LOUTH
LN11 9LW
Lincolnshire
0845 500 3880
07870 282824
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info@significanthr.co.uk
gudrunsharpley@significanthr.co.uk
Useful links
www.lewistraining.co.uk
