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Trends 2012: Rewards
Nearly two thirds of UK private sector organisations plan to change their rewards strategy over the year ahead, with almost half saying that the shift will be significant.
Ask the Expert: Is there a minimum hours requirement for lodging a tribunal claim?
Legal experts explore the options when dealing with a disruptive part-time worker.
The Costa Concordia disaster: A personality problem?
How easy is it really to predict how someone will respond under extreme pressure and what can HR do to help?

CIPD and CfA to offer Higher Apprenticeship in HR management

2012-01-27 19:00 - 77 reads

The aim is to create 725 on-the-job training places by 2016.

Analysis: Reed loses £158m 'salary sacrifice' case

2012-01-27 18:32 - 114 reads

Abercrombie & Fitch accused of 'lookism' gavel law legal judge

But the recruitment agency has called for a judicial review of its treatment by HM Revenue & Customs, which brought the lawsuit against it.

Bonus payments at RBS and easyJet cause outcry

2012-01-27 16:30 - 101 reads

But yet more outrage is likely next month when the UK's biggest banks unveil their bonus schemes too.

Blog: Taking a leaf out of marketing's magic book of metrics

2012-01-27 14:41 - 125 reads

A lot of HR metrics are 'after the fact', but analysing the reasons behind the numbers could yield a treasure trove of talent information.

Employers adopt 'wait-and-see' approach to hiring

2012-01-27 14:18 - 129 reads

The caution extends to graduate recruitment, where the number of job vacancies is expected to fall 3% year-on-year.

Update: Redknapp allegedly had sole control of Monaco bank account

2012-01-26 18:12 - 308 reads

Jurors were told that the only signature on records for the account at the centre of £189,000 ‘bung’ allegations belonged to the Tottenham Hotspurs manager.

Clegg calls for urgent action in upping income tax thresholds

2012-01-26 15:36 - 155 reads

...as compliance with pensions auto-enrolment is delayed for two years for small employers.

Blog: Cultivating a success culture

2012-01-26 14:01 - 178 reads

'Culture' dictates whether organisations succeed or fail, which is why those that proactively cultivate theirs' have a competitive edge.

Shift over last year in way HR viewed, reveals survey

2012-01-26 13:21 - 184 reads

The news came as studies revealed a mixed picture for HR employment.

HRD Summit: 'HR's biggest failure has been an over-focus on process'

2012-01-26 08:35 - 275 reads - 1 comment

A panel discusses HR's past as well as what the future holds.

EU data protection law proposals to make "huge demands" on HR

2012-01-25 18:13 - 227 reads

Luckily, however, they are expected to take as much as two years to come into force.

Vince Cable unveils plans to curb excessive executive pay

2012-01-25 17:51 - 175 reads

But the Shadow Business Secretary has said that the proposals do not go far enough.

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Editor's Welcome

Hello! And welcome back as we enter 2012, with a busy year ahead of us all. With talk of double-dip recessions, a possible partial or even full break-up of the Eurozone and unemployment rates set to hit nearly 9%, topics such as organisational streamlining, staff resilience and talent management are likely to be on many an HR professional's lips over the next 12 months.

But to lighten the gloom here in the UK, we also have the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and its attendant public holidays to look forward to at the start of June. Followed by two weeks of Olympic Games from 27 July to 12 August and the Paralympics from 29 August to 9 September, each generating their own excitement, but also issues to work through for hard-pressed HR departments trying to sort out the multifarious staffing issues in advance.

So with an interesting but challenging year to come, HRZone promises to be with you, supporting you all the way and providing our usual insightful blend of news, analysis, community blogs and expert comment to help you sort the wheat from the chaff. As ever, we love to hear from you too so feel free to either post your words of wisdom to our blog section yourself or, in the case of longer, more in-depth ‘expert voice’ articles, drop me a line with any ideas to cath.everett@siftmedia.co.uk.....

Cath Everett

HRZone Editor

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What's going on

Here are some events you may find useful over the next few weeks:

Learning technologies and learning and skills conferences 2012. London Olympia, 25-26 January.
Online recruitment conference 2012: The year ahead. London, 26 January.
NEST roadshow. Selected dates in selected cities during February.
CIPD corporate responsibility for HR professionals conference. London, 7 February.
CIPD well-being for high performance conference. London, 23-24 February.
Keeping your talent on top form. Free webinar, 28 February.
The learning, development & talent management forum. London, 13 March.