Managing Risk: The HR Contribution

John Stevens, Vicki Jeynes, Elvis Cotena, Mark Edelson

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2006
• Print ISBN: 9780406971456
• eBook ISBN: 9781136382185
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Business General
• Index: Business

This handbook is a one-stop guide that sets out a strategic approach for understanding and managing HR risks. Managing Risk: The HR Contribution will enable the user to understand how managing HR risks will benefit their organisation. It will also assist the user to put into place a practical strategy for managing risks associated with employees from recruitment through to the close of the employee/employer relationship. This book will be of particular interest to organisations looking for a strategic, integrated approach linked to business risk management and corporate governance.

Index

[all references are to paragraph number]

A

Absence management

administration and records, and

generally, 5.76–5.81

summary, 5.16

human capital risk, and, 2.8

policies and procedures,

and, 4.148–4.149

Risk Register, and, 8.70

Accidents

and see HEALTH AND SAFETY

records management, and, 5.32

Risk Register, and, 8.70

Accountability

trust, and, 7.48–7.53

Administration

absence records, 5.76–5.81

adoption leave and pay, 5.116–5.119

attendance monitoring, 5.76–5.81

computerised records

generally, 5.63–5.70

Internet-based systems, 5.71–5.75

data protection

Code of Practice, 5.22–5.40

correction of inaccuracies, 5.25

employee’s responsibilities, 5.27

introduction, 5.20

medical information, 5.38–5.40

monitoring at work, 5.35–5.37

principles, 5.21

protected information, 5.26

protected workers, 5.24

records management, 5.32–5.35

recruitment and selection, 5.30–5.31

relevant records, 5.23

effectiveness of HR function,

and, 2.51—2.58

employee records

data protection, 5.20–5.40

generally, 5.18–5.19

external impact, 5.139

family-friendly policies

adoption leave and

pay, 5.116–5.119

introduction, 5.106

maternity leave and

pay, 5.107–5.115

parental leave, 5.124–5.126

paternity leave and

pay, 5.120–5.123

flexible working arrangements, 5.127–5.133

holiday records, 5.76–5.81

implications for HR resources, 5.142–5.143

internal impact, 5.137–5.138

Intranet-based records systems, 5.71–5.75

introduction, 5.1–5.4

maternity leave and pay, 5.107–5.115

medical information, 5.38–5.40

minimisation of risks,

and, 5.140–5....

Table of contents

• Cover
• Halftitle
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Table of Statutes
• Table of Statutory Instruments
• Human Resources risk management
• Changing mindsets and setting the scene
• Organisational and human factors
• Human Resources policies and procedures
• Human Resources administration
• Business transformation
• Building partnerships – the way forward
• Getting started – increasing your contribution
• 9. Pulling it together
• Index