Breakfast Forum newsletter – April 2009
Our Breakfast Forum on Friday 15 May is on the subject of performance management. It is probably the biggest single area of omission by employers that we see. In the absence of regular performance management and performance management that is honestly and dispassionately undertaken, it can be very difficult to:
select employees for redundancy
dismiss an employee on capability grounds
resist claims for discrimination
Several members will start the discussion by explaining why and how they use performance management and the benefits derived by their organisations from effective staff development.
The forum is an opportunity to discuss and share your experiences with other employers in the informal setting of the Rose and Crown in Elham, while enjoying the pub’s excellent cooked breakfast.
Mental health at work was the topic at our last Breakfast Forum on 13 March. The discussion was led by consultant clinical psychologist LJ Conradie, Managing Director of Psicon, a Canterbury-based company that promotes psychological health and wellbeing.
In 2003/4 38.8 million working days were lost due to work-place injury and work-related ill health, according to an HSE report. Although musculoskeletal disorders are the most common type of work-related illness, mental ill health gives rise to more working days lost.
Read more about this in our March newsletter.
If you are interested in attending the next forum on 15 May, please contact anne@employment-relations.co.uk, tel: 01303 840001.
