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Under-performers; 360o appraisal; or bonuses? In linking bonus  to performance, recent research shows that fewer than half of all employers with bonus/commission/pay by results schemes assess whether the outcomes match…

As a student, I once spent a day as the guest of the owner (no less) of a New Jersey Department store. The suit came out of my backpack and,…

Employers are vulnerable to receiving “discrimination questionnaires”.  Individuals who feel they have been victims of discrimination can send a questionnaire to their would-have-been, actual or past employer to gather evidence…

Stop, look, listen. We know we can cross the railway line at these points; anywhere else and we could be committing a criminal offence. The teacher who seduces a pupil…

Employees who claim they were sick while on holiday may ask to take the holiday at another time. You will not necessarily have to allow it, but the rules are…

These are terms on which even HR professionals can be unclear; indeed the latter has different definitions depending on the source chosen. If you look at the Chartered Institute of…

Recent publicity about worrying levels of bullying at the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has a good side to it. But firstly, unfortunately, the report by an independent group, People Opportunities,…

The last few weeks have seen some incomprehensible tragedies, ones for which individuals seem destined to shoulder much of the blame. But is it completely fair to blame pilots for…