January 2012 Newsletter

 Happy New Year!
New Year, New Newsletter

Welcome to our revamped Newsletter bringing you all the news from noblehr and HR in general. Noblehr is not the only one undergoing a sea change it seems!

 I am sure you will agree it has been a busy few months for all HR practitioners with the introduction of the New Agency Temporary Worker Directive, removal of age limits for retirees, the change to unfair dismissal rules, not to mention further threats of public sector strikes, proposal to change gold plated public sector pensions, the banking crisis, looming financial clouds(did we ever come out of the last one!), and the great European debacle.

Phew! reminds me of a swirling hurricane, exhausts me even thinking about it. Now I'm wondering how we'll all manage to implement it all and what challenges it will bring.

We would love to hear from you with your views and news and also give you the chance to tell us what YOU think on our new blog, twitter and in the 'Your Views' section in this newsletter.

I'm sure you have plenty to tell us and you agree its certainly not dull  working in HR these days!

Enjoy the revamped 2012 edition.

Olga Crosse

Editor

noblehr News

Breaking news..Breaking news..Breaking news..

Changes to unfair dismissal rules

From April 2012 employees with less than 2 years service cannot lodge an unfair dismissal claim. Currently those with more than a years service can make a claim.

Its also rumoured that there are plans to make claimants pay an initial fee of £250 to actually lodge a claim and a further fee of £1,000 if the claim is to be heard. Both fees will be refunded if the claimant wins....

WATCH THIS SPACE....

What employment rules and regulations would you change if you could?

Noble's views

I take no pride in the fact that I am no stranger to Employment Tribunals and even less in admitting that most of the claims I have been involved with should never have reached Tribunal at all. It seems anyone with any grudge can and will bring a claim and in most cases lose them (not that the press would have you believe that) without any fear of consequence. The lack of sensible filtration is sorely missing once an ET1 lands on the mat of the Tribunal.

Now from April 2012 only those with 2 years service or more will be entitled to lodge an unfair dismissal claim and that is no bad thing.

I was heartened by this news, its a start and a very good one.

What silly and ridiculous claims have you come across?

Whats happening in February

Quite significant changes as it happens....

From 1st February there will be increased limits on employment tribunal awards
- a weeks pay (for calculating redundancy etc) will rise from £400 to £430
- the maximum award for unfair dismissal claims will rise from £68,400 to £72,300
-guarantee pay will increase from £22.20 to 23.50 per day!Busy times are ahead (when are they not!)

Your views

Now over to you....
We would love to hear your views on any workplace or employment matters email your comments to hrdsupport@noblehr.co.uk.....

Noble Blog
We have started our brand new blog on NobleHr's website which will keep you up to date with day to day HR topics and give you no nonsense, practical advice on how to handle these issues from a management perspective. It also gives you a chance to comment and ask questions and give your own views on the day to day issues HR and management face every day!
www.noblehr/newsletterblog

Now for the coffee break

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.........Henry Ford

(now there was a man who knew whats what in HR terms and he also built cars!)

Keep up to date with noblehr on

Noble Blog -www.noblehr.co.uk/newsletterblog

Twitter -@TheRecDoc
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Next month we'll be talking about the Olympics, changes to unfair dismissal rules, changes to flexible working......................................