IHrm in united kingdom

2. HRM IN UNITED KINGDOM
(UK)

3. Group Members are:
IQRA IQBAL 82
MAHNOOR ARSHAD 109
AYESHA FAROOQ 117
TANZEELA KAUSAR 83
RABIA RANA 63
RAZA RIZVI 58

4. History of United Kingdom:
• At the start of the Middle Ages, England was ruled by King John.
• In the 17th century, war broke out between king and Parliament, ending in the Glorious Revolution
of 1688. This established a constitutional monarchy, which is a 'king-controlled-by-parliament'.
• The 19th century saw a reform of Parliament in 1832, and a number of acts of Parliament giving the
vote to a greater number of people.
• However, Britain did not become a democracy until the Representation of the People Acts of 1918
and 1928 gave the vote to all men and women over the age of 21.
• Some historians in the 19th and early 20th centuries saw British history as an inevitable progression
– from tyranny and monarchy, to constitutional democracy.

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Population 65.5 million
Comprise of four countries England,
Northern Ireland,
Scotland and
Wales
Currency Pound sterling “£”
Area 242,500 km²
Religion Christianity
Language English

6. Hofstede's cultural dimensions in UK:

7. Characteristics of British Culture:
• Individualism
• Small power distance
• Conservatism
• Chauvinism
• Honesty, trustworthy, and trusting
• Past-orientation

8. HRM and employee related values and practices:
• Preference to have freedom to choose their own approach, using individual skills and abilities
• Job satisfaction derived from personal sense of achievement and superior’s recognition of individual
contributions
• Leadership style: persuasive
• Some evidence of discrimination among employees and job applicants on the ground of age, gender or
ethnicity,
• Ethnocentric attitudes towards foreign counterparts
• class distinction’s reflection within the workplace in the form of hostile them-and-us attitude.

9. Pre-Employment checks for expatriates:
• Carrying out a right to work check which is normally done on the first day of
employment, involves a 4 stage process:
• Seeking a copy of the employee’s original passport or visa
• Checking of the document
• Taking a copy of the original document
• If the employee holds a temporary visa, step should be taken

10. Challenges Faced By Expatriate:
• A different culture
• Loneliness and depression
• Local adjustments
• Language barrier
• Public transport
• Driving on the left-hand side
• Social life

11. Challenges Faced By Expatriate:
• Career concerns
• Food
• Standard of living
• Raising children
• Sorting out healthcare

12. HR Management Practices in United Kingdom:
Human resource practice in UK can be considered as a perfect example of successful
HRM techniques in developed countries.
• With hundreds of multinational companies and thousands of national companies all
over United Kingdom, a large workforce is working having a multi-cultural
background.
• In order to maintain the standard facilities, training and work conditions are also
better as standards are needed to be adhered to.

13. Human Resource Management Profile of UK by OECD:
• The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an
intergovernmental economic organization with 35 member countries, founded in
1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade.
• It is a forum of countries describing themselves as committed to democracy and the
market economy, providing a platform to compare policy experiences, seeking
answers to common problems, identify good practices and coordinate domestic and
international policies of its members

14. Aims and Objectives of OECD:
• To achieve the highest sustainable economic growth and employment and a rising
standard of living in Member countries, while maintaining financial stability, and
thus to contribute to the development of the world economy.
• To contribute to sound economic expansion in Member as well as nonmember
countries in the process of economic development.
• To contribute to the expansion of world trade on a multilateral, nondiscriminatory
basis in accordance with international obligations.

15. Recruitment:
• The United Kingdom uses one of the most highly position-based recruitment
systems of all OECD countries.
• Entry into the civil service is through open competition for a position and is
subject to audits to ensure recruitment adheres to the established guidelines.
• Some departments, and the Fast Stream graduate programmed, use assessment
centers.

16. Arcadia Group (Clothing Brand):
• With the help of “The Retail Management Trainee Program” (MTPT) Arcadia
is looking to recruit.
• Recruitment occurs both at store level (with each store recruiting its own sales
advisors) and centrally. Arcadia's Head Office is using specially designed
management development programs for recruitment.
• Attends career fairs and presentations, Produces advertisements and posters, Uses
in-store communications, Advertises on the company website

17. The internet as a recruitment method in UK:
• The use of recruitment has grown rapidly over the past 10 years, and the Internet
is now a widely adopted medium by both recruiters and job seekers within the UK
and across the world.
• 96 per cent of US companies, with spending on electronic advertising, were
expected to rise from $48 million in 2001 to $460 million by 2006.

18. Performance :
• The United Kingdom makes substantially more use of performance assessment in
HR decisions compared to the average OECD country.
• Assessment is used for almost all staff and takes the form of an annual meeting
with, and written feedback from, the immediate superior.
• United Kingdom uses performance-related pay (PRP) to a significantly greater
extent than the OECD average.

19. Work Conditions:
• The average yearly working hours in the United Kingdom is 1,667 hours in 2010,
is below the OECD average of 1,745 hours.
• This is driven by fewer weekly working hours and public holidays.
• paid sick days without a medical certificate are limited.

20. Promotions:
• Competency-based interviews are the main determinant of promotions.
• There are no formal restrictions to promotion between hierarchical grades.
• There is some use of assessment centers to ensure merit-based selection.
• No specific policies for under represented groups.

21. Training:
• The type and length of initial training varies with department and organizational
group.
• The Civil Service Reform Plan offers at least five days per year investment in
learning and/or development and covers a wide range of forms of learning.
• Methods of training like e-learning, traditional training and other development
activities.

22. Pay Setting in UK:
• Base salary and bonuses are set through decentralized collective bargaining.
• Base salary is usually revised annually.
• Ministry and relevant experience are the most important determinants of base
salary for all grades, with qualifications, job content, performance.
• Seniority based pay is still used.

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24. Work Condition:
• The average yearly working hours in the United Kingdom, 1 667 hours in 2016.
• The average number of working days lost due to sickness was 7.6 days in 2017,
and paid sick days without a medical certificate are limited.

25. Laws regarding HR polices in UK:
•Equality act 2010
•Protection from harassment
•Equality and human rights commission
•Minimum wage act 1998
•Gender discriminate act
•Disability act

26. Repatriate:
• Any expatriate who leaves the host country for some time and returns back to the host
country is known as repatriate.
• United Kingdom facilitates Repatriates in various ways.
• Any Repatriate can get back his previous rights by informing government about his
previous status.
• Repatriate can avail the right to become a UK resident if they complete a duration of
5 years in parts.
• Repatriate had to pay taxes on their income.

27. • UK government has created an accessible pension framework. If repatriate had a pension abroad,
he can shift it to UK.
• Foreign pension should be in a Qualifying Recognized Overseas Pension Scheme (QROPS).
• When an expatriate become repatriate and relocating to UK, he will pay an amount for
relocating.
• Can avail Children's education benefits by writing school there repatriate status
• National Health Service can also be availed by going through a process.
• National Insurance contributions (NICs) are payable in order to qualify for certain benefits
including the state pension.