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CMS Success
09/01/2012
During the last quarter of 2011 MDN Fusion successfully conducted an Executive search for a Senior Marketing/Fundraising role for CMS at their HQ in Oxford.
Not only did we find a great candidate for them but were able to place a second high quality executive, so two for the price of one!
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Government proposes reform for Employment Law
28/11/2011
The key points announced by Vince Cable include:
● Call for evidence into whether small firms can dismiss staff without their agreement and without the possibility of a tribunal
● Consultation on allowing employers to have discussions about poor performance without fear that they could be used as evidence in a tribunal
● Increasing the minimum period of employment to enable an employee to make claim of unfair dismissal from 1 to 2 years
● Consultation on the cost of tribunal to be transferred from taxpayer to claimant -
Long term sickness
28/11/2011
It is only 18 months since the Government brought in the Fit Note system to enable GPs to advise employers whether an earlier return to work may be possible for a sick employee if some work adjustments are made. Now an independent review has suggested that the Government should establish an Independent Assessment Service (IAS) to which employers and GPs can refer long-term absence cases for advice on long term sickness.
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Executive Leader - CMS
24/11/2011
Trustees of CMS are seeking to appoint a new Executive Leader to lead the CMS community in mission in the UK and globally. The CMS community has more than 2500 members and over 200 global mission partners. If you sense God’s call, have a heart for mission and experience in cross-cultural work please click on attached file, or for an informal discussion please call Mark Thomas on +44 (0) 1256 324328.
Please note that any applications or expressions of interest should be emailed to Mark Thomas -
Direct Marketing Manager - CMS
28/10/2011
The Church Mission Society is committed to seeing Jesus shared and lives changed in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East. To ensure this work continues we need a first class Direct Marketing Manager based in Oxford.
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Tribunal Claims
13/10/2011
During the party conference season one should be cautious about commenting or reacting to platform announcements. Just a day after the Chancellor of the Exchequer's announcement to the Conservative Party Conference about increasing the period of qualifying employment to lodge a claim of unfair dismissal and fees for employees to lodge Employment Tribunal claims, the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (CIPD) web site is reporting cautionary comments from HR professionals and specialist employment law firms.
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References
05/09/2011
Fearful of being sued for providing inaccurate information employers are sometimes reluctant to put more than simple facts in references - such as dates of employment, position held, etc. This does not assist the new employer and if you were on the receiving end, you would not be pleased with this sort of unhelpful response. So what do you do about this dilemma?
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Creating Healthy Workplaces
13/07/2011
A healthy workplace is in the best interests of the employer and the employees. Employees tend to be more productive, more able to deal with change and less absent. But how do you know if you have created a healthy workplace? What can you do to develop and improve the work environment?
ACAS, the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service, has six indicators of a healthy workplace:-
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Removal of the default retirement age.
01/06/2011
Following the legislative removal of the Default Retirement Age (DRA) on 6th April, one of the first questions employers should be asking is whether they have business aims sufficient to objectively justify retaining a retirement age and that this is a proportionate way of achieving those aims.
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Extra Bank Holiday in 2012
31/05/2011
The President of the Privy Council has announced that there will be an extra Public Holiday on 5th June to mark the Queen’s 60th Jubilee. The late Spring Bank holiday is to be moved to the 4th June. As in 2011 with extra Public Holiday for the wedding of Prince William, employers may be wondering whether they have to give employees the day off and if so, whether the day should be paid.