Archives for February 14th, 2008

STUDY SHOWS CHILDREN SAY BULLYING IS GETTING WORSE

Headlines, PublicNet: 14 February, 2008

A report published today looks in detail at the extent of bullying experienced by children and young people living away from home or using social care services. In spite of anti-bullying campaigns two thirds of the young people in the study say bullying is getting worse.

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CALL FOR INVESTMENT TO PREPARE FOR THREAT OF MORE FLOODS

Headlines, PublicNet: 14 February, 2008

The man leading the inquiry into last summer’s floods has told council leaders that information on flood risk needs to be more localised. Sir Michael Pitt said the country had not been prepared for the scale of the disaster, which he believed ranked alongside almost anything that had happened during peacetime.

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MANAGING CONFLICT GUIDE FOR LINE MANAGERS

Book News, PublicNet: 14 February, 2008

The Guide from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development is designed to help equip line managers with the skills and confidence to intervene at an early stage to prevent disputes from escalating to the point where the formal disciplinary or grievance procedures has to be used or an employment tribunal application lodged. It is based on joint research by the CIPD and the HSE involving interviews with managers and employees in the healthcare, finance, education, and local and central government sectors. It highlights the management behaviours that were identified by the research as being most important to help line managers to prevent and manage conflict in the workplace.

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