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Public sector HR staff defend profession
Changes need to be made regarding laws surrounding dismissal procedures, human resources (HR) chiefs working in the public sector have stated as they defend their profession.
Angela O’Connor, chief people officer at the National Policing Improvement Agency, told Personnel Today that a greater drive is needed by the HR profession and their network partners across all departments to ensure that staff, including those working in regional recruitment portals, are able to deal with dismissal cases sufficiently.
Her comments come after Personnel Today revealed a quarter of civil servant sackings in 2006-07 were unlawful.
A subsequent study by the Civil Service Appeal Board suggested that departments are not following standard dismissal procedures, introduced three years ago.
She added that HR departments may also be overloaded with work and that the Cabinet Office should look at the cases highlighted in the report on a case-by-case basis to determine what, if anything, went wrong.
Pauline Lawrence, head of HR for Hertforshire Police, said: "The fact that the dismissal procedures are being repealed - that they didn’t work in the first place - means the system has got in the way.
"I’m not saying HR is perfect, but you are looking in the wrong place for the problem: it is the system that needs changing."
Earlier this month, research published by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development showed that over half of HR staff in the voluntary sector work between 40 and 50 hours per week.
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