Alastair Brown, Author at hronline

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Average salaries in North West increase to over £30k

28th July 2015

The recent UK Job Market Report carried out by job website Adzuna suggests the average rate of pay in the North West has increased to over £30,000 in the last 12 months.
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Research points to gender specific motivation to improve productivity

23rd July 2015

Productivity is often cited as a major issues facing the United Kingdom’s economy at the moment and the HR profession is ideally placed to collectively increase the productivity of the country so it’s welcome news that researchers at Leicester University believe they have discovered the secret to motivating male workers.
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Do you recognize your employees fears about retirement?

21st July 2015

Most of us have a target of the age we think we’ll be when we retire however recent research suggests more of us are uncertain about the age we’ll be when we come to retire.
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Making a case for HR and the benefits to the bottom line

20th July 2015

Too many managers and business owners around the UK still perceive HR as being a fluffy, with limited, if any impact on an organisations profitability.
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How to make your CV stand out from the crowd

14th July 2015

They say ‘You never get a second chance to make a good first impression’. And when it comes to writing your CV, this statement couldn’t be more spot on. Most CVs that are sent to employers end up in the bin. Harsh I know, but it’s true. If you can make your CV interesting, whilst […]
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Employee Engagement – Putting fun back into the workplace

13th July 2015

Over the past decade the notion of employee engagement has positioned itself at the forefront of management thought. Generally viewed as an internal state of being, employee engagement encompasses the physical, mental and emotional states of individuals, building on the earlier concepts of work effort, organisational commitment, job satisfaction and productivity. Several definitions of engagement […]
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Engaging millennials in the workplace

10th July 2015

At HRonline we believe people have to have an emotional connection with our product and our brand in order to buy it and continue to use it, core to this brand is creating the kind of culture that people aspire to work for, that makes our employees super engaged evangelists who take the brand with […]
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Annual Leave Around the World

7th July 2015

In the UK, there doesn’t seem to be a call for the national minimum annual leave to be increased or cut. That figures when you look at the annual leave required by employers around the world – with our 28 days off per year, we’re about average. Workers and employers seem to have found a […]
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Should you develop friendships in the workplace?

6th July 2015

The old saying goes “those that play together, stay together” but perhaps it goes a bit deeper than that; it’s not just about playing together, but forming friendships with the people you work with. We are firm believers of the benefits of play in the workplace, not a day goes by without a NERF gun […]
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Holiday Pay Claims Cap Imposed

3rd July 2015

HR-watchers will no doubt have taken note of some landmark Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) rulings over the past several months regarding annual leave payments. The crux of the issue surrounded the amount of pay employees usually got rather than their basic pay. That is, those who habitually work overtime or who earn commission would suffer […]
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HR Professionals need to get up to speed with behavioural sciences

1st July 2015

There’s an ever increasing amount of evidence from the behavioural sciences sector that reward strategies are the most important element of getting the best out of a team, however many businesses lack understanding about getting the recipe right for rewarding their team.
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Do your employees feel stressed about taking time off?

30th June 2015

One of the biggest advantages of absence management software for many employees is they don’t have to face someone when submitting a holiday request! New research suggests that 73% of employees in the UK feel stressed out before they take a holiday.
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The Red, White & Blue, Do

26th June 2015

The HRonline team will once again be dressing up, this time in an American theme, on Friday 3rd July ahead of American Independence Day on Saturday 4th July and we’ll be raising money for the hugely deserving Sparks.
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How to Deal With Maverick Employees

In the movies and on TV, the maverick cop is always the hero who doesn’t do things by the book but always solves the crime. Needless to say, in the office environment, the maverick employee is the last thing you need. Or is it? While companies spend years developing a set of procedures, a persona, […]
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CIPD Report suggests “Demographic time bomb” as 30% of the workforce to retire by 2035

25th June 2015

The most recent survey by the CIPD suggests the UK is facing a “demographic time bomb” as 30% of the workforce retires by 2035 which is likely to leave the country experiencing severe skills shortages throughout the next 20 years if businesses continue to approach workforce planning in the manner they currently do.
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