UK flagOn 13 May, the Chancellor announced to Parliament that, in order to reduce the impact of the removal of the 10% tax rate from April 2008,

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UK flagOn 14 May, the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, gave a preview of the legislative programme for the next parliamentary session that is to be announced in the Queen’s Speech. Several of the measures are of interest in the context of payroll and HR. Legislation is planned that will
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The Path to Revolutionizing Your Technical Support

By Randy Miller, Director of Services, Journyx

One of the hats hanging on my office wall says ‘Technical Support Manager.’ I have managed technical support at a software company for seven years now, and in that time, I have had to discover a way to revolutionize the team and its effectiveness for the benefit of the entire company. I was able to eventually hit upon a winning plan, and this article series will outline that plan as well as offer advice on how to implement it in your company.

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Isle of Man flagThe Income Tax Division, on 13 May, published a document outlining proposed changes to the taxation of company cars and fuel provided to employees by their employers. In line with the Treasury Minister’s announcement in his 2008 Budget speech, the proposals for a thoroughly updated system are based more on environmental impact and aligned with the new simplified annual vehicle duty bands used by the Department of Transport.

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CIPD responds to draft legislative programme

Responding to the government’s draft legislative programme, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has expressed concern about proposals to create an entitlement to apprenticeships; moves towards ‘positive measures’ to increase workplace diversity; and plans to introduce legislation on agency workers’ rights.  However, the CIPD has also welcomed proposals for simplification in both equality legislation and skills provision, together with plans to introduce a right to request time off for training.

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May 13 2008 - The Brendoncare Foundation, a leading care home provider in the south of England, is implementing Corporate Analytics, a business intelligence (BI) system from COA Solutions (formerly CedarOpenAccounts). This new system will help Brendoncare to monitor, analyse and improve its corporate performance by measuring it against an extensive number of financial, human resource and care sector specific key performance indicators (KPIs). The new system will go live late Summer 2008.

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Responding to the publication today (Thursday) of Imelda Walsh’s review and recommendations to extend the right to request flexible working to parents of older children, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has issued a warm welcome for the report.

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(London, 8th May 2008) Leading reward provider, Thomsons Online Benefits, has once more demonstrated its dominant position within the employee benefits market by winning the distinguished “Flexible Benefits Solutions Provider” award at the Financial Times Business Pensions & Investment Provider Awards 2008, for the third year running.

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Brown should be bolder on flexible working

Responding to reports in today’s papers suggesting that Gordon Brown is to extend the right to request flexible working to parents of children aged up to 12, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has called on the Government to be bolder and extend the right to request to all workers.

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Leadership: HR can make the difference

Leadership is needed in today’s organisations now more than ever, yet only 36% of British leaders have confidence in their organisation’s current leadership ability: this compares with 53% of global leaders, according to research from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and Development Dimensions International (DDI). The forthcoming Leadership conference from the CIPD takes place on the 3rd June, British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and will examine the latest CIPD/DDI global leadership forecast, and highlight how HR can help close the leadership gap.

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