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It's that time again! Appraisals - who needs 'em?

For many businesses this is the time to do appraisals. You can almost hear the despondent sighs accompanied by the excuses ‘we’re doing OK , we can all see that’, or ‘I’m too busy delivering the work to have time to see how we are doing’ or – worst of all – ‘what’s the point? We never do anything with the information.’ How can we make it better? ...........

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Absence management

With The Sun delighting in yet more 'arctic chaos' how well were you prepared for the snowy weather? The impact on British industry of this winter will have been enormous. It can often appear that employees have the upper hand as far as their 'rights' go - with 'domestic emergencies', 'equal rights' and 'flexibility' being bandied about. How did you get on this winter?
Are you clear on what the law says about domestic emergencies? Do you have a policy yhat covers what should happen if an employee can't get to work because of bad weather? It should be in your absence policy and the sanctions for what happens for failing to follow it should be unmissable.


Our hints on managing absence in your organisation .........

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Managing your overheads or risking it all?

The recession has focussed everyone’s attention on pay. Celebrities, bankers, MPs – in fact most high earners other than Premier League footballers – are all being badgered to take pay cuts. Kate Garraway, Jonathan Ross, Jeremy Clarkson, Lorraine Kelly and others are all facing the remuneration committee from hell; the general public. Why is this?

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