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Cat Jones

A lighthearted one for you all...

We've been recruiting a lot recently and a colleague in sales stated, "If we get more people in, you'll have to get a disabled person soon". He was under the impression that companies of a certain size MUST hire people with a disability. After pointing out that was totally untrue, we also had a positive conversation about disability is more than using a wheelchair...

What comments have you heard relating to HR that are totally not true?

Fake news? Fiction? Fantasy?

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  • That I can recite word for word the exact contents of every policy or process in the employee handbook
  • in reply to Gemma
    I was told by a senior member of a local authority that they were disappointed in me because I was unable to confirm the exact section of legislation which confirms the pregnancy protective period. This is also the same senior member who once asked my HR Manager at the time what our Bullying policy was.

    One myth that seems to follow me in my career is that I am aiming to con part timers out of annual leave when Christmas Bank Holidays fall on their working day (as you can imagine these individuals don't work on Mondays and Fridays)
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  • in reply to Gemma
    I was told by a senior member of a local authority that they were disappointed in me because I was unable to confirm the exact section of legislation which confirms the pregnancy protective period. This is also the same senior member who once asked my HR Manager at the time what our Bullying policy was.

    One myth that seems to follow me in my career is that I am aiming to con part timers out of annual leave when Christmas Bank Holidays fall on their working day (as you can imagine these individuals don't work on Mondays and Fridays)
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