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June 2014
Issue 94
the newsletter of
the CIPD South
East of Scotland
branch
Inform
From the Chair
I am delighted to introduce myself as the new
Chair for the CIPD South
East of Scotland branch.
Our Annual Meeting in
May saw some new faces
join the committee; some
established faces stepping down and a number
of members taking on
new roles.
A very warm welcome
goes to our new committee members, Jo Clay-
ton, Treasurer, Graham
Dickson, Secretary, Alison
Ballantyne, Continual
Professional Development Adviser, Mhari
Hunter, Centre Coordinator, Blyth McLucas
as new Events Team Lead
and Derek Liddell as Mediation Team Lead with a
big thank you to Hannah,
Linda and Ricardo who
stepped down as Treasurer, Secretary and Events
Lead respectively.
An especially big thank
you goes to Lorna Prince
who having served as
branch Chair for two
years stepped down at
the annual meeting. Lorna now undertakes the
role of Past Chair and will
remain on the committee
ensuring a valuable element of continuity.
looks to be a very interesting programme and a
great resource for Continuous Professional Development as HR and L&D
practitioners.
I hope you have a lovely
summer and relaxing
break.
Keith F Watson
The 2014/2015 Branch
Programme will be available from August, with
events running from September to June. Our
events are the bedrock of
‘what we do’ and the
branch events team and
SIGs have done great
work in creating what
Inside this issue:
Annual Meeting
The Branch Annual Meeting
took place on 6 May and was
hosted by Shepherd and
Wedderburn in Conference
Square. There was a good
attendance of around 40
branch members.
Lorna Prince, out-going
branch chair, presented the
Annual Report for 2013-14,
which can be found on the
branch web-site at
www.cipd.co.uk/branch/
sescotland/newsletter
New committee members
for 2014-15 were elected
(see page 6 for contact details)
John McGurk and Donald
Gordon from CIPD Scotland
gave an update on CIPD
activities across Scotland
and Recruit with Conviction
gave a presentation on their
national campaign for safe,
effective and sustainable
employment for people with
criminal records.
The evening finished with a
Gourmet Cake Tasting with
Lorna Pellet from Love Pure
Cakes, the UK’s first free
from cake company to incorporate superfoods, which
everyone enjoyed.
POD Group
2
Branch Event
2
West Lothian Group
3
Award
3
Programme preview
4
New Committee
4
Page 2
Management Room 101 Trusted Technique or Nefarious Nonsense?
People and Organisation Development
Group—23 April event
“It was
no great
surprise
that
appraisal
got
‘binned’“
This event was presented by Dr. Mike Bell
whose company, Simple Improvement, specialises in coaching, training and facilitation.
The subject, Management Room 101, sparked
a great deal of interest and lively conversation. So much so that we could have easily
run on for another hour!
Mike quickly identified subjects that we, as
Learning & Development and H.R. practitioners, feel strongly about and he presented the
pros and cons for each in an amusing and insightful way before opening the floor to comments and challenges. After about ten
minutes or so on each subject, Mike drew the
(sometimes heated) debate to a close and
asked us to vote on whether to consign the
subject to the organisational ‘dustbin’ or retain it as a trusted technique.
It was no great surprise that appraisal got
‘binned’ but it was fascinating to hear everyone’s
views on why it should be so. It was evident from
the conversations taking place the many people
considered that it wasn't the process or the system that was at fault, it was the negative ways in
which these were applied.
For example, the audience voted ‘no’ for appraisal but insisted that ‘frequent conversations’ were
the way forward; meetings ‘yes’ but they must be
managed properly and be appropriate to the subject; budgets ‘yes’ but on condition that they are
not used as a weapon.
Thank you to Brodies for hosting the evening and
to Dr. Mike Bell for an excellent and interesting
presentation.
Richard Thomson
L-R: Dr Mike Bell and Richard Thomson
Good Absence Management Practice
Our sincere thanks go to HBJ Gateley for
hosting and presenting this insight into
effective absence management and related employment law. A warm reception
from various representatives of the law
firm, in addition to a generous buffet,
kicked off a thought provoking main
branch evening on 2 April.
L-R: Kim Pattullo and Bob Stewart
Kim Pattullo of HBJ Gateley covered a
range of topics, highlighting the importance of awareness and understanding
of the expectations upon employers to
make reasonable adjustments in all absence management cases. Kim advised on
the pitfalls of relying too heavily on occupational health reports, and took us on a
deep dive into disability discrimination.
This opened up the floor for discussion,
particularly around the difficulties of
working with a disability, and the onus
being on employers to recognise signs of
disability. The event closed off with a
look ahead to new Government proposals, which will hopefully assist employers in managing absence more effectively.
Thanks to all at HBJ Gateley for providing
such an interesting and practical overview of good and bad practice in absence
management.
Mhari Hunter
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Employment Law Update
West Lothian Group—19 March
event
As always Craig received fantastic
feedback from attendees.
Craig Bennison, Head of Litigation at Empire HR Limited, is an experienced Employment Law specialist and a Barrister with
17years experience of Employment Law.
He came along to West Lothian College to
present at our last event for the season.
Craig will be coming back to host an
event in the 2014/2015 calendar so
keep your eyes peeled for the details.
Craig started the event by presenting an
over view of up and coming changes to
employment law. He then covered pit falls
and changes concerned specifically with
redundancy. This was an interactive session with Craig using case law around redundancy to host a quiz for the attendees.
The events are seen as an ideal opportunity for HR Practitioners and
students in West Lothian to meet,
network, hear and discuss current HR
topics.
If you require any further information
regarding the West Lothian Group
please contact Sam Leek, Group Lead.
[email protected]
L-R: Sam Leek and Craig Bennison
Committee meeting hosts
The branch would like to thank Right Management for hosting the
committee meeting on 20 March, and HBJ Gateley for hosting the
meeting on 19 June.
Award
Congratulations to Tony Reeves on
receiving the National Award for his
outstanding voluntary contribution
to the CIPD Branch Committee over
the last 21 years. Starting in 1994 he
was part of the team that oversaw
the merger of the IPM and the ITD.
Since then he held a variety of positions including the founder and
leader of the Training and Development group (now POD), Education
Liaison Officer, Representative to
Council, Policy Advisor, Sponsorship
Officer and Events Team Leader.
The photo shows Peter Cheese, CEO
CIPD (R) and Dean Royles Chair of
the CIPD Board (L)presenting the
certificate to Tony at a ceremony
held in Glasgow City Chambers in
March.
For a list of all CIPD
events taking place
across Scotland visit the
CIPD Scotland web-site
Programme preview 2014-15
the newsletter of the CIPD
South East of Scotland branch
The new branch programme
for 2014-15 will be posted
out to all branch members in
August and details will also
be available on the branch
web-site.
Bookings for all events can be
made from the branch website.
Here is a preview of some of
the events coming up -
14 August—Introduction to Mentoring
10 September— POD Group—Networking
16 September—Borders Group—Employment Law Update
16 September—Branch Evening—Reward
Visit the Branch
Web-site
24 September—West Lothian Group—Equality and Diversity
Committee contact details 2014-15
Chair
Vice-Chair
Vice-Chair
Treasurer
Secretary
Council Representative
Membership and CPD Adviser
Policy Adviser
Centre Co-ordinator
Past Chair
Keith Watson
Tony Sharkey
Donald Lindsay
Joanne Clayton
Graham Dickson
Keith Watson
Alison Ballantyne
Corinne Gillies
Mhari Hunter
Lorna Prince
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Sponsorship Officer
POD Group Lead
KIP Group Lead
Events Group Lead
Mentoring Group Lead
Mediation Group Lead
Border Group Lead
West Lothian Group Lead
Bob Stewart
Andy Lippok
Helen Francis
Blyth McLucas
Katherine Graham
Derek Liddell
Deborah Taggart
Samantha Leek
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