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RE: Occupational Heath Clearances for new starters

Elizabeth

Hi Jennie

I'm not sure that they no longer have any value. If harm befell to someone because of a condition they had concealed, you would be able to defend a personal injury claim. You might also be able to terminate their employment for dishonesty in…
- 18 hours ago
- HR in Schools and Academies
- General
RE: Gender pay gap - anecdotal evidence suggesting men are more likely to ask to start on a higher starting salary than women

Elizabeth

I can't remember where I saw the research but I am pretty certain that male and female graduates start out on parity but as the years go by, men outstrip the women in their cohort more and more. Some of this is attributable to women taking maternity leave…
- 5 days ago
- Diversity and inclusion
- General
RE: Racist comments to an employee

Elizabeth

Hi David

The questioner wasn't asking how Usman Khan could have done it but how people of your faith think that this is acceptable. The "people of your faith" comment is lumping the employee who was picked on and all Muslims together as a…
- 6 days ago
- Diversity and inclusion
- General
RE: Medical Suspension awaiting reasonable adjustments

Elizabeth

There are a lot of people who don't know the definition of medical suspension. It is a phrase that gets bandied about in all sorts of circumstances. It is something I learned about from these forums.
- 11 days ago
- HR in Schools and Academies
- General
RE: HR job hunting / success rate period

Elizabeth

Also, people hold off recruitment until after Christmas and New Year so you get those jobs coming onto the market in January too.
- 15 days ago
- Our Profession
- General
RE: Future career prospects after temporary role in HR

Elizabeth

Hi Iveta

WE get so many people asking for advice on how to get started in HR without experience. Even though your case is different because you have international experience, I would grab this opportunity, even though it is more junior. Sometimes il…
- 18 days ago
- Careers Clinic
- Working in HR/L&D
RE: Guidelines on poster hanging / flyers

Elizabeth

Hi Lisa

I wouldn't draw up a policy on this. Handle this complaint by the student as you would any other complaint. You really don't need policies for everything and will make yourself look hopelessly bureaucratic if you introduce a policy for such a…
- 22 days ago
- HR in Schools and Academies
- General
RE: Employment Law Assignment

Elizabeth

And once you have found relevant cases from citations in journal articles etc, the British and Irish Legal Information website is where you can look them up to see what was actually said: www.bailii.org/.../
- 22 days ago
- Community Feedback
- Feedback
RE: how to be an HR

Elizabeth

Hi Akas

If you are not getting invitations to interview at the moment, I wonder whether your written English is letting you down. "Lokking", "iam" and "an HR" might be typos, in which case you need to get better at checking, but muddling up singular…
- 22 days ago
- Careers Clinic
- Working in HR/L&D