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UK Employment Law E-News from steeles

December 24 2003 E-News
* Snoring lay member did not render trial unfair
* Agency regulations

December 1 2003 E-News
* Employers may be liable for employee's use of mobile phone
* Queen's speech 2003
* Diversity v uniformity
* £8,000 injury to feelings award

November 5 2003 E-News
* £33,000 race discrimination award
* Commission for Equality and Human Rights
* EC Road Transport Directive
* EU agency worker law delayed

October 3 2003 E-News
* On call and at work update
* National minimum wage
* Email ban
* Time off for dependents
* Age limits approved
* Autumn seminars

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Guest articles

Hitting the Ground Running: Considering Early Management Integration
Wayne Ormond says that the challenge, put simply, is how best to bring "new managers" up to speed as quickly and efficiently as possible while not overwhelming them.

How to Improve the Effectiveness of Performance Management and Appraisal
Julie Freeman explores why existing formal and informal approaches to employee performance management and appraisal tend to work well enough in theory, but fail to meet expectations in practice.

Career opportunities are the ones that never knock
The notion of a job for life was a creation of the last century which never really made it in to this one, says John Scott.

Straight & Wobbly lines to the US
Are web-based recruitment methods so wonderful? London-based John Scott tries to find a job in the USA.

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Human Resource Articles

General HR

Chancellor's measures not enough
11 December 2003 - UK human resources will still be behind in the productivity stakes, according to Will Hutton.

Internal communications - don't just do it - USe it!
29 October 2003 - Dave Oliver says that the internal communications industry is at last shaking off its 'house newsletter' image to become a critical business discipline and a key driver of change.

From fire fighter to strategic partner
23 October 2003 - A new CIPD survey of 1,180 human resource professionals presents a picture of a HR function that has a clear sense of direction, confidence in its role, and committment to demonstrating its contribution to the business.

Employee relations

Work dispute system reform 'squandered'
21 December 2003 - According to the TUC, new laws being introduced to resolve more workplace disputes represent a 'squandered' opportunity that might lead to an increase in Employment Tribunals and threaten an employee's right to a fair hearing.

Equality

Female Directorships Up By 20%
25 November 2003 - This year's Female FTSE Index shows that, for the first time, there are more than 100 female directorships in the FTSE 100.

Barriers To Entry for an Unemployed American in London
5 November 2003 - Try Finding A Job with U.S. companies in London when you are 48, American & Black

Work-life Balance

Few men taking up new flexible working rights
23 October 2003 - But flexible working regulations introduced in April 2003 have proved to be user-friendly for both private and public sector organisations

NHS

Bullying rife in the NHS
13 October 2003 - A survey of 537 community nurses across the UK has found evidence of widespread bullying in the NHS - with managers doing little to eradicate it.

Job market

Legal migration vital
13 November 2003 - Home Secretary David Blunkett argues that effectively managed legal migration is vital to Britain's economic and social interests.

Performance

'Fat cats still getting fatter'
17 December 2003 - More than three quarters (77%) of UK employers have bonus schemes but managers are the most likely to benefit.

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