Its the first episode of HR Wired brought to you by Africa Business Radio in collaboration with HR Pulse.
We shine the spotlight on the most important aspect of business and that is the talent because a well-run hr department improves productivity and aids in maintaining the organizations brand image. It also plays a huge role in developing the organizations' strategy as well as how the employee-centered activities are handled.
On this episode, we started with HR Updates presented by Sibo Guru.
This week on Productivity vs profitability, we look The productivity puzzle; talking about what your business can do with an extra 31 hours of productive time each week? Less sweat, better outcomes, especially for small businesses.
On HR Chat, we spoke to Farhad about Background checks and screening, what can potential employers do and what is against the law
Summary: According to the CareerBuilder survey, most hiring managers are not specifically or actively looking for negative information on candidates, but rather a confirmation of qualifications, a positive professional image, with 21% looking for reasons TO HIRE THE CANDIDATE.
On policy and compliance, we spoke to Ivan Israelstam from Labour Law Management Consulting, they offer expert labor relations advice to organizations and individuals in the private. We spoke about Double Jeopardy, which occurs where an employee is punished twice for the same incident of misconduct or poor performance. Normally, such discipline would be found to be unfair. However, one view is that a second disciplinary process might be justified if the employer is able to present evidence.
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