major hr changes in the last 10 years
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By Julie Sykes As I head towards the end of my tenth year trading as JCS HR, I thought it would be interesting to look back at some of the major changes that have taken place in the world of human resources during that time. There have been quite a few, resulting in significant changes that employers have had to take on board; and that HR consultants like myself have had to understand in order to advise our clients. So what are some of these changes and how have they impacted business? To find out more read on...TRANSCRIPT
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Major HR Changes in the Last 10 Years By Julie Sykes, JCS HR
As I head towards the end of my tenth year trading as JCS HR, I thought it
would be interesting to look back at some of the major changes that have
taken place in the world of human resources during that time.
There have been quite a few, resulting in significant changes that employers
have had to take on board; and that HR consultants like myself have had to
understand in order to advise our clients.
So what are some of these changes and how have they impacted
business?
- Unfair Dismissal: An increase in the qualifying period for unfair dismissal from 1 to 2 years.
- Retirement: Unless it can be objectively justified, it is no longer legal to force employees to retire at
a specific age. Read more…
- Improvements to Family Friendly Legislation: A number of significant legislative changes have
occurred over the past ten years, which are aimed at making it easier for employees to balance
their work and home commitments. In addition, there have been significant changes in
employers’ attitudes to options such as home working and flexible working patterns.
- Social Media Policies: This was an area that was virtually unheard of ten years ago, but with the
advent of platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, a range of new challenges have
arisen in terms of employee management. The importance of companies having a social media
policy was highlighted when a PPC ruling said that material published on Twitter should be
considered to be public not private. Read more…
- Fit Notes: In April 2010 sick notes were replaced by fit notes, which provide GPs with an
opportunity to advise how employees can be supported back to work. Read more…
- Automatic Enrolment Pension Scheme: This places a duty on all employers to automatically enrol
‘eligible jobholders’ into an automatic enrolment pension scheme and pay minimum employer
contributions or provide a minimum level of benefits. The timing of implementation is dependent
on the number of employees in a particular company. Read more…
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- Bribery Act 2010: Prior to the Act the law relating to bribery was contained in a number of
different pieces of legislation, which caused quite a degree of confusion. This Act now brings all
the legislation together into one place. Read more…
- Equality Act 2010: Legislation on discrimination was brought together into one piece of legislation
in October 2010. The new Act has two main objectives – to harmonise discrimination law, and to
strengthen the law to support progress on equality.
For more information click on the links within the text.
For more information on JCS HR visit http://www.jcs-hr.co.uk or call 01484 602708. You can also follow
Julie at http://www.twitter.com/@HRJulie.
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Notes to editors:
• Julie Sykes has worked in the human resources industry for 25 years and celebrated 10 years
running her own consultancy in 2012.
• JCS HR Consulting is based in Huddersfield and services Yorkshire and Manchester areas.
• JCS HR provides consultancy across all sectors including manufacturing, government, media,
financial services, medical and engineering.
• JCS HR has provided consultancy for groups of up to 1000 people.