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1. Managing underperformance 2011 survey: tools and techniques
This XpertHR performance-management survey examines the extent of underperformance, its perceived causes, and the most effective practices that are developed and used by employers to improve individual performance.
2. HR roles and responsibilities: the 2011 survey
The private sector is beginning to restore order after a turbulent couple of years dealing with restructures and redundancies, but the public sector is just starting to face these challenges, our ninth annual roles and responsibilities survey finds.
3. Business partnering at the AA
By introducing an HR business partner model, the AA has helped transform the company's productivity levels and has boosted other organisational measures such as staff retention and engagement.
4. Managing change survey 2010: lessons learned
Our research finds that recent major change programmes have helped increase profits at just one organisation in four. Employers have been hampered mostly by employee resistance and difficult economic conditions.
5. Effective selection tools: what works for employers
Our survey of selection tools finds that the face-to-face interview remains the cornerstone of the process, with most employers also rating this method of selection as most effective.
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Has the fit note helped employers to manage sickness absence?
The latest XpertHR research finds that although the fit note is bedding in well so far, it also presents challenges for employers.
Are fit notes fit for purpose?
This part of our research into fit notes canvases employer opinion on how the fit note system is working in practice, and whether or not it is living up to its promise of encouraging, where feasible, an earlier return to work.
How effective is the Fit for Work Service?
Fit for Work Service pilots were launched in an attempt to tackle issues with sickness absence management. Occupational Health magazine takes a look at an example of the scheme and what it has been able to achieve so far.
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Recruiting senior managers
Senior managers set the direction and strategy of organisations, and play a major role in their success or failure. This often means that a great deal of time, effort and expense is invested in finding the best recruits for senior managerial roles.
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Dismal data on UK unemployment rates
Latest official unemployment figures from the Office for National Statistics paint a rather dismal picture, including the fact that the number of unemployed women has hit a 23-year high.
Susan Popoola: Tackling HR's image problem
Popoola, an HR specialist at Conning Towers and author of a book on Milton Keynes, describes how she became aware of HR's apparent image problem, and prescribes what the profession can do to tackle it.
My year in HR so far: what's your experience of 2011 to date?
So how has your year in HR been so far? Is 2011 proving to be a year to remember, or one you might rather forget? What has been the most important thing you've learnt this year? And what are you hoping to achieve in the closing four months of 2011?
Employment tribunal decisions in the headlines 22.8.11 to 28.8.11
A round-up of links to news items on employment tribunal rulings in the week beginning 22 August 2011, including an award of £21,000 for disability discrimination against a charity after it failed to change fluorescent lighting that triggered an employee's migraine attacks.
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TOP FIVE ARTICLES ON XPERTHR
In this issue we include the top five most popular employment relations articles on XpertHR since January 2011.
Also, XpertHR's latest research among HR practitioners looks at how the new fit note system has bedded in. Here, we present both parts of our research, looking at employers' reaction to, and use of, fit notes.
Conducted just 12 months after the introduction of the new system, our research finds that employers are evenly split on whether or not they think the fit note is an improvement on the previous sick note system. Just under half of our respondents believe that the new fit note system is a significant step forward in managing sickness absence.
The system, which was to encourage an earlier return to work, has not had a major impact on absence rates - more than two-thirds of our respondents report no change in their sickness absence. However, we have found that employers generally welcome the changes that have been introduced, although many would like to see GPs using the fit notes to give clearer advice or instruction.
 Noelle Murphy
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