HR tip: New recruit fails to arrive

HRD & Payroll Solutions continues to bring HRZone.co.uk members a range of HR and payroll tips in 2007. A market leader in the provision of HR and Payroll training and nationally recognised professional qualifications, HRD & Payroll Solutions are highly experienced in teaching about common HR and payroll problems. A wide selection of tips, tricks and guidance can be seen below. HRZone.co.uk highly recommends that any tips are taken as a starting point for guidance only.

Question:
"We recruited a man and waited for him to serve his notice with his current employer. However he has failed to turn up to work. What can we do?"

HR tip:
Contact him and find out. He may be sick and therefore subject to your sickness absence arrangements. However if he has just decided not to join you there really is nothing you can do. Do 30 press-ups to get the evil feelings out of your system, then move on.

Previous HR and Payroll tips:

May 2008
Recovering training costs from departing employee
Employing husband and wife in same unit

April 2008
Employee relocation
Does raising standards require new contract?
Return after redundancy
Mobile phone use

March 2008
Proof of drunkenness
Satisfactory references
Time off for funerals
Redundancy – bumping

February 2008
Companion at informal warning
Advising retirement age employees of their rights
Alcohol on site
Lawful discrimination

January 2008
Reducing company car standard
The disappearing employee
Pre-employment medicals
Monitoring bullying
Controlling absence

2007 tips

2006 tips

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