Sian Harrington

Epsom and Ewell saves money with single HR system

Epsom and Ewell Borough Council has replaced its outdated, manual HR and payroll system with a single, web-enabled system.

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Environment Agency adopts HR approach to climate change

As the main body ensuring England and Wales adapt to the consequences of climate change, the Environment Agency is leading the way by bringing the discipline into HR. What can others learn from its...

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Slashing training budgets is false economy

Cutting training budgets in the face of a slowing economy is short-sighted business is warned

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HR must learn to communicate better

A criticism often levelled at HR professionals is that they are useless at communicating. Bewildering, I know, for people whose role is to act as an interface between the business and its employees....

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Corporate accountability - Called to account

Human Resources magazine unveils its first ranking of UK companies specifically measured on how well they are embedding accountability for their environmental and social impacts into their HR...

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Conference Update: What you Missed - Change management - Change that taxes leaders' skills

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Change is either major and structural or constant like a dripping tap, delegates at a recent workshop were told.

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Health chief agrees GPs should create 'well note' culture

Human capital

<p>The Department of Health is backing the idea for GPs to become more involved in getting people back into employment. </p><p>Health secretary Alan Johnson wants to look into how GPs can change our...

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Volunteering makes a difference for employees

Staff volunteering schemes are a popular CSR activity. Sian Harrington joined a Coutts banking group team helping to build homes in southern India and saw first-hand the effect on members and the...

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Editorial: It's your chance to make a difference

Employee engagement, enhanced employer reputation, talent attraction, leadership development ... these are just a few of the benefits gained from embedding corporate social responsibility into your...

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CSR research: Make a Difference

There is little doubt that good CSR practice encourages employee engagement and is a source of competitive advantage. This is why we have chosen to focus on it for our first ever campaign.

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Editorial: Let's cut the jargon and speak plainly

<i>Human Resources</i> has a new editor - and she looks forward to hearing from you.

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