Employment law

This guide offers a brief introduction to some of the rights contained in employment legislation which benefit employees during their employment and on being dismissed.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/consumer/guides_to/employment_index.shtml

Translating business lingo

http://wilk4.com/humor/humorm69.htm

Biz Quiz for 26th Oct '08

http://www.tutor2u.net/business/bizquiz/261008/quiz.html

Biz Quiz for 9th Nov '08

http://www.tutor2u.net/business/bizquiz/091108/quiz.html

Trade Unions

Interesting s-cool notes on Trade Unions
http://www.s-cool.co.uk/print_friendly.asp?loc=ql

S-cool notes on HRM

Some interesting notes from s-cool on HRM, including what they do, employment laws, performance appraisal, personnel effectiveness
http://www.s-cool.co.uk/print_friendly.asp?loc=ql

Different payment strategies

See the tutor2u section on 'Motivation in practice' which has notes on different payment methods.
http://tutor2u.net/revision_notes_people.asp

How much to pay

Tutor2u notes on 'Motivation in practice - stucturing the pay package'
http://tutor2u.net/business/people/motivation_financial_package.asp

Performance related pay (PRP)

This article from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

• explains what is meant by performance-related pay (PRP)
• looks at how performance is measured and linked to pay
• examines the coverage of PRP and current trends in awards
• assesses key issues in the implementation of PRP schemes
• includes the CIPD viewpoint.

http://www.cipd.co.uk/subjects/perfmangmt/perfrelpay/prefrelpay?IsSrchRes=1&cssversion=printable

Dying from overwork

You can die from overwork, even in the modern workplace, and it has recently emerged that one of Toyota’s senior car engineers died from working too many hours.
http://www.tutor2u.net/blog/index.php/business-studies/comments/end-of-term-got-you-tired-and-stessed-dying-for-a-break/#extended

Is training the key to surviving the recession?

Many businesses will not have traded through a recession before, so it will be interesting to see how they respond in terms of cost control. My recollection of the last recession was that two of the significant cost categories to bear the brunt of cuts were advertising and staff training. However, an interesting article in the Sunday Times today suggests that better investment in training might be a key part of a strategy to survive the impending downturn…
http://www.tutor2u.net/blog/index.php/business-studies/comments/is-training-the-key-to-survival-in-a-downturn/#extended

People - Fuel drivers accept 14% pay rise

Tanker drivers delivering fuel for Shell, whose four-day strike disrupted UK fuel supplies, have formally accepted a 14% pay rise over two years.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7467314.stm

General - Honda makes first hydrogen cars

Japanese car manufacturer Honda has begun the first commercial production of a zero-emission, hydrogen fuel-cell powered vehicle.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7456141.stm

General - MG Sports Cars Plan Gets Into Top Gear

MG Sports cars will be made in the UK again from August, the firm's Chinese owners have confirmed.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30400-1319286,00.html

General - 50 office-speak phrases you love to hate

Management speak - don't you just hate it? Emphatically yes, judging by readers' responses to writer Lucy Kellaway's campaign against office jargon. Here, we list 50 of the best worst examples.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7457287.stm

General - Pet cover makes vets 'fat cats'

Barristers and chief executives are likely to come to mind when considering the UK's fat cats - but it turns out it's vets that are getting the cream.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7456726.stm

Finance - Profit and Loss accounts

Notes on calculating Profit and Loss
http://www.businessstudiesonline.co.uk/AsA2BusinessStudies/TheoryNotes/28723/3Hr/Flash%20Paper/10%20Trading%20Profit%20and%20Loss%20Account.swf

People, external influences - House builders announce job cuts

An economics expert said more house builders may have to announce job cuts in the future.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7438924.stm