Imagine that you run a business and have a small team of employees. They are people knowledgeable in different fields, they always do a good job, and they help to develop your business. You, as an owner of this business, definitely want to make it more prosperous and profitable. Needless to say, you cannot do it alone, but with the help of your employees. Yet, how are you going to make your employees work more productively and effectively?

The case of Bell v The Spirit Group Ltd [2005] concerned a claim for unfair and constructive dismissal. The employment tribunal held that a series of acts, by the employer, cumulatively amounted to repudiation of the employee's contract of employment. The employee was a manager of a national chain of pubs and restaurants. He brought a complaint of unfair constructive dismissal against his employer in the employment tribunal on the grounds of failure to support him throughout a period of a year during his career. He alleged that:

The case of Thornley v Land Securities Trillium Ltd [2005] concerned a claim for unfair and constructive dismissal by an employee who alleged that her employer imposed a new job description on her and she contended that her contract of employment was fundamentally breached by such changes to her duties imposed by her employer. The Tribunal upheld this claim. The employee was originally employed by the BBC as an architect in its construction management department. On or around 12 November 2001, a substantial part of the construction department was transferred to the appellant employer, Thornley, under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1982. Following this transfer, the employer announced its plans to restructure the department. This meant that the employee's role would have changed to that of a managerial role from the hands-on architectural work she had previously done. On or around 1 October 2002, the employee attended a meeting where she indicated that she believed her position was being made redundant. She wrote to the employer stating that as a result of the proposed restructuring, her professional expertise was being dissipated and she was becoming de-skilled as an architect. She also stated that her position was being made redundant. On or around 8 December, she again wrote to her employer raising a grievance in respect of the new role, which she claimed was not comparable with the job specification of the role she had when she was transferred to the employer.

Motivation is a psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal (Princeton University). In today’s competitive and challenging world of business, getting good and efficient people for any business enterprise is like asset building. A good management of a successful organization always retains their human assets because the success is traced back by their motivated team of staff and workers.

The employee is a vital part of a company’s business. In fact, one can even say that the employee makes a company for surely without him, the company can never be. Employees are the workforce that keeps a company going. They serve as the fuel that keeps business operations going like a well-oiled machine. For this reason, hiring individuals to become prospective employees of a company are serious matters of interest and one that can never be relegated as dismal. Why Conduc...

Repetitive work for 8 hours a day, day after day can often cause health problems for employees as well as lead to ineffectiveness. In order to reduce the negative impact of monotonous jobs, improve the organization of tasks to streamline efficiency, job design concept was introduced. Job design and work organization is the specification of the contents, method and relationships of jobs to satisfy technological...

In recent years, there are increasing numbers of people who turn up work under the influence of alcohol and drugs.

Have you got employees working outside the UK? If so, are you complying with the laws? In the case Saggar v Ministry of Defence [2005] , it was held that an overseas based employee of a British business, who was a UK resident when recruited or at any time during the course of the employee's employment, is entitled to bring a discrimination claim in the UK . The claim can be brought even if the employee did no further work in Britain after the move overseas. After 16 years at a Ministry of Defence base in Britain , Lieutenant Colonel Surinder Nath Saggar was permanently stationed in Cyprus from 1998 and was still there when he made a claim for race discrimination. The Employment Tribunal decided that Lieutenant Saggar worked wholly outside Britain and could not file a race discrimination claim in Britain . He appealed against this decision to the Employment Appeals Tribunal ("EAT").

Electronic Mail and Employee Relations essay
Whether you work for a corporation, a nonprofit organization, a public relations firm, or a government agency, chances are high your employer has--or will soon acquire--an electronic mail (e-mail) system. In 1991, e-mail users were estimated at 12 million persons, and that number continues to increase.(1) E-mail is popular for good reason: it allows workers to communicate quickly and efficiently between computer terminals, replacing both phone calls and paper mail.

But life after e-mail is not all roses, as several employers have recently discovered. Problems can arise when employees view their e-mail messages as private property, sacrosanct from employer inspection. Because workers access their e-mail via secret passwords, users may incorrectly assume that their messages are truly private. This assumption can lead employees to use e-mail for messages about off-hours activities, or to express complaints about supervisors, co-workers or company policies. Employers, on the other hand, may see the e-mail system as company property to be used only for appropriate job-related communications. Employers may decide that legitimate business reasons exist to monitor their employees' e-mail, including the need to ensure that the system is being used solely for business purposes.

As an HR manager's job profile is very vast; writing an HR manager resume involves a lot of thought on what to include and what to exclude. Read the article to find an example of an HR manager's resume...

Many employees pay too much tax on their Compromise Agreements. Some solicitors are not aware of how payments will be treated for tax purposes and their clients end up paying far more than they need to.

Your treating physician has reported that you have reached maximum medical improvement and you may return to work but

Employment background checks are becoming increasingly common these days. The reasons for this include the fact that negligent hiring lawsuits that result from the actions of an errant employee can damage a company’s credibility and lead to hefty fines;

Do you know how many hours your employees are working per month? n the case of Mark Hone v Six Continents Retail Limited (2005), a pub landlord having collapsed due to overwork successfully sued his former employers in the County Court for breach of duty of care. Mr Hone, the claimant, started working for Bass (now Six Continents) as a pub manager in 1995 and in 1998 was awarded "Pub Manager of the Year". However, in 1999 he started working at The Old Moat House where he found himself working 13 hour days. He repeatedly complained to his employers that he was overworked but the employers took no action. He had no assistant manager and other staff members, who left, including two chefs and an administrative worker, were never replaced. Mr Hone, who had refused to sign a clause opting out of EU legislation that limits the number of hours an employee works, began suffering from headaches and insomnia. In May 2000, he collapsed at work suffering from an anxiety disorder. In 2004, Mr Hone sued Bass for breaching the duty of care owed to him as an employee.

Nowadays, companies store almost all of their pertinent information in databases that run from personal computers. Over are the days of giant folders, scattered all over the office. Also, with a proper DBA degree program, the days of not being able to find the exact information you are looking for could also be over. Although creating and maintaining a successful database does not require an immense amount of knowledge, there are certain things that you absolutely must know....