HR Round Up

4 November: open meeting with Charlie Jeffery   

On Monday Charlie Jeffery will be giving an update on where we are with Brexit, with the opportunity to ask questions. Please book a place if you mean to attend:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/vc-brexit-update-monday-4-november-2019-tickets-76887186645

21 November: Settlement Scheme drop-in session

Staff from the City of York Council and Citizens Advice York will be on campus from 10am to 4pm to assist staff, students and their families with applications to the EU Settlement Scheme.  Location to be confirmed - please bookmark the page below or follow @UniOfYorkHR.

https://www.york.ac.uk/admin/hr/news/2019/10/1/eu-settlement-help/

Creating a more efficient recruitment process

From 28 October we have been inviting individuals to join the University of York candidate pool.  The pool will include:

• Grade 4 job candidates who, in the last six months, were interviewed and rated as appointable 

• Grade 4 and 5 staff that are subject to redeployment

The candidate pool will be made available to recruiting managers later in November. Recruiting from the pool will save you from spending time advertising and shortlisting.

https://www.york.ac.uk/admin/hr/news/2019/10/31/candidate-pools-recruitment/

Moving to online payslips from 2020

From January the University will begin the process of moving away from paper payslips.

Currently payslips can be seen in MyView, but only by University employees.  A new dedicated service, provided by Dataplan, will let us provide online pay advice to all our payees and phase out paper payslips.

For more info, see the Finance Shared Services Bulletin

Help for affected staff and managers

Our new guidance is intended to:

• raise awareness of menopause-related issues at work
• help managers support staff who are experiencing menopause and associated symptoms

https://www.york.ac.uk/admin/hr/policies/health-well-being/menopause-guidance/

Support for Dashboard users

To complement the online training package for Dashboard, we run drop in sessions for users of this new system. No need to book a space - just drop by!

https://www.york.ac.uk/admin/hr/news/2019/10/29/dashboard-drop-in-sessions/

New Equality, Diversity and Inclusion web pages

To ensure the pages are accessible, the latest page designs have been used. Accessibility and user testing with staff and students was undertaken.

If you encounter any issues, such as broken links, please do let us know at equality@york.ac.uk.

https://www.york.ac.uk/about/equality/

Upcoming In a Nutshell sessions

• 26 November, 11am—12pm
  The Gender Pay Gap, with Helen Selvidge and Iona Rodger
• 17 December, 12.30pm—2pm
  UX - User Experience, with Paul Harding

https://www.york.ac.uk/admin/hr/learning-and-development/professional@york/in-a-nutshell/

Thanks to Phil Bainbridge for our last session on Slack: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1MHar77Mkr8kuRohsroYTygEInnFh8-4ibWzrH7eJEZo/.

Talking about prostate cancer, testicular cancer, mental health and suicide prevention

Every November, Movember aims to start conversations about men's mental and physical health, and to remind all men of the importance of early detection and increased awareness of good health and wellbeing.

https://www.york.ac.uk/admin/hr/news/2019/10/28/movember/

The mentoring scheme is currently accepting new mentor and mentee applications

People and Organisational Development team are running four briefing sessions on what to expect if you apply.

https://www.york.ac.uk/admin/hr/news/2019/10/22/mentors-wanted/