5 October 2009: Research carried out by the CIPD has indicated that organisations have continued to invest in Coaching despite the downturn. The Taking the Temperature of Coaching survey indicated that more employers (90%) are using coaching than might be expected in the economic current economic climate.

John McGurk, CIPD adviser, learning and development, said “Instances of coaching revealed by the survey were higher than expected with 90% of organisations doing it. This is a reflection of less money for training”. He continued that the survey may also reflect a reappraisal and re-labelling of other management practices. A majority of survey respondents (70%) said that they have increased or maintained their coaching spend. Most coaching was for performance management and leadership development. There is now a trend towards performance-based coaching.”

The survey found that a majority of organisations evaluate the impact of coaching. Globis is experiencing a surge in the number of coaching assignments it is undertaking. Globis is also providing more training for people who want to become accredited coaches as part of its ILM Accredited courses.    

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5 October 2009:  The Department of Health has ordered Sandwell and West Birmingham Trust to pay a health worker £370, 550 plus an additional £24,000 per year for every year of his life following a claim he made that working for the NHS caused him stress. The former employee retired more than 13 years ago.

There is an ongoing dispute about who is responsible for paying the compensation as the original Trust was disbanded in 2002.

Clive Lewis of Globis said “This is another example that shows the importance of building better relationships in the workplace. It is important for organisations to get the balance between task and people management right. Employees are much more likely to resort to litigation now than they would have been, perhaps as recently as 5 years ago.

The business case for these principles has been proven. Organisations that are putting preventative HR solutions in place are already experiencing benefits. One benefit is where management does not have to devote any time to dealing with litigation issues”.

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2 October 2009: The 2008/9 Employment Tribunal Statistics were published on 30th September. Some highlights from the statistics are that:

• The maximum amount awarded was £1, 353,432 (Race Claim)
• There was a 20% increase in the number of claims accepted
• The number of unfair dismissal, redundancy pay and breach of contract claims went up
• The number of Working time, equal pay and sex discrimination claims fell
• Costs were awarded in 367 (0.2%) cases
• The average award for costs was £2470
• The EAT rejected over 50% of all Appeals for the first time

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October 7, 2009 to October 9, 2009

October 19, 2009 to October 20, 2009

The National Employment and Workplace Mediation Certificate is our flagship course and the UK’s benchmark for employment and workplace mediation training.  During 2009 we will train over 500 people to become accredited mediators. To view more information and to book a place on our October course please click here:

This course is also available on an in-house basis, subject to a minimum of 4 delegates attending. Please contact us for more informaion about our in-house courses.