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DeRazzledDeRazzled - Ghostbusters (2016), Part 2 - Someone Married MeWe wrap up Spooky Season activities by wrapping up our coverage of 2016's Ghostbusters: Answer The Call! Special guest and Ghostbusters-superfan Matt (AKA Toaster) walks us through the lengthy development hell that got us from Ghostbusters II to now, Jack presents his fix for this film, we get sad about celebrity deaths that had particularly large impacts on us, and we have a thorough discussion about the state of franchise filmmaking and whether nostalgic legacy sequels can actually work as good narratives. Buckle up to learn more than you could have expected!
For more information about the Unofficial Willem Dafoe...2023-10-311h 33
HR UnpackedHRUnpacked Episode 8 - Quiet Quitting and the importance of employee engagementThe notion of ‘quiet quitting’ has been around for centuries with trade unions using ‘working to rule’ as a means of industrial action. However, there is now a contemporary trend where Generation Z workers are encouraged to do the bare minimum at work in order to avoid burnout, as they 'recalibrate what's important to them' after Covid. In this episode we are delighted to welcome Dr Ashley Weinberg who is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Salford as well as a Chartered Psychologist. He has 20 year’s experience in lecturing, researching and consultancy work, having produced four books on well-be...2022-11-0338 min
HR UnpackedHRUnpacked Episode 7 - Value Based Leadership with Morson Group CEO Ged MasonWelcome to this podcast where we will be looking at ‘value-based leadership’
We’re delighted to welcome Ged Mason the CEO of Morson International, Britain's leading manpower services company. The organisation specialises in supplying skilled white-collar staff - engineers, quantity surveyors and project managers - to the aerospace, defence, nuclear, rail, oil, gas and construction sectors. With an annual turnover of 930+ million(TBC), and on target to reach over £1 billion turover, Morson's clients include: BAE Systems, Airbus, Network Rail, Transport for London and the British Nuclear Group.
We discuss values based leadership where leaders draw on both...2022-07-0529 min
HR UnpackedHRUnpacked Episode 6-How HR can support victims of domestic violenceWelcome to this podcast where we will be looking at how HR can help identify and support staff facing domestic violence
We’re delighted to welcome Sophie Travis who is Counselling Manager at Health Assured, an award-winning employee assistance programme and the UK and Ireland’s largest EAP, giving caring and compassionate support to over 15 million lives.
2022-06-2836 min
HR UnpackedHRUnpacked Episode 5 Bitesize - Embracing Real Diversity & InclusionWelcome to this EXTRA podcast where we are delighted to welcome Sami Ben-Al who is Vice President, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Wood, a company with 40,000 professionals, across 60 countries and are one of the world’s leading consulting and engineering companies operating across Energy and the Built Environment. Sami talks about how Wood have made meaningful changes to workplace E,D & I and some of the innovative strategies to tackle bias, both conscious and unconscious.
2022-05-2605 min
HR UnpackedHR Unpacked Episode 5 - Embracing Real Diversity & InclusionWelcome to this podcast where we will be looking at the issues of discrimination in the workplace. A new Netflix documentary White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch has highlighted the ongoing issue of how companies are defending their acts of discrimination through blaming abstract forces that impact life, in this case beauty standards, but also structural racism. Organisations that have a top-down system have relied on existing biases but with ever increasing equality legislation and changing societal attitudes what can employers do to ensure they meet Equality, Diversity and Inclusion standards?
We are de...2022-05-2637 min
HR UnpackedHRUnpacked-Episode-4-EXTRA - P & O - The-Redundancy-VoyageWelcome to this EXTRA podcast where we are delighted to welcome John Lansdown, a P & O staff member for 15 years who has worked as a sous chef on the Pride of Canterbury and has refused his redundancy terms of £30,000 as well as signing a non-disclosure agreement. John talks through his tribunal claim and why he will never accept the methods undertaken by P & O in terminating his 15 year career with the company.
Send your questions to j.d.lord@salford.ac.uk and we will answer these during the podcast.
2022-04-0605 minHR UnpackedHRUnpacked Episode 4 - P & O: The Redundancy VoyageWelcome to this podcast where we will be looking at the implications of P & O’s decision to sack 800 staff members without consultation, the affect this will have on staff members & their families as well as the wider implications for employment relations in the UK.
We are delighted to welcome John Lansdown, a P & O staff member for 15 years who has worked as a sous chef on the Pride of Canterbury and has refused his redundancy terms of £30,000 as well as signing a non-disclosure agreement.
Throughout the episode we look at:
Why businesses are allow...2022-04-0531 minHR UnpackedHRUnpacked Episode 3 - Recruitment in a post-COVID worldWelcome to this podcast where we will be looking at the future of recruitment and what it will look like in a post-COVID world. COVID has affected all our lives in numerous ways and some will argue that it’s changed the way we live and work for good. More employers are recruiting for those with a different set pre-covid and candidates will be looking for job roles within businesses that allow for more flexibility which means that businesses will need to be prepared to offer this in order to attract the top talent. But, what does all this me...2022-03-2238 minHR UnpackedHR Unpacked: Episode 2: Bite Size- An Employment Tribunal decision on mandatory vaccinationsJames Potts, Legal Services Director at Peninsula UK, outlines the tribunal decision in the Ms C Allette v Scarsdale Grange Nursing Home Ltd case. which found that the refusal by an employee to be vaccinated constituted a failure to comply with a reasonable management instruction, justifying a dismissal on the grounds of conduct.
2022-02-2202 minHR UnpackedHR Unpacked: Episode 2: Mandatory Vaccination in the workplaceWelcome to this podcast where we will be analysing mandatory vaccination in the workplace and how tribunals have reacted to claims around this contemporary area of employment law.
We welcome special guest James Potts to cast his expert eye over the finite details and how employers can support all stakeholders navigate the continuous changing nature of government policy .
Send your questions to j.d.lord@salford.ac.uk and we will answer these during the podcast.
You can also download our episode companion guide HERE which provides more information & guidance.
2022-02-1731 min
HR UnpackedHR Unpacked: Episode 1: The workplace post-covidWelcome to this podcast where we will be focusing on the covid rules that have affected all of us over the last 2 years and impacted permanently how the world of work will look in the future.
1-Welcome to the podcast
2-What have been the Covid regulations?
3-What are the current changes to covid workplace regulations?
4-The Great Resignation v The Great Reshuffle
5-Support / advice around post-pandemic workplaces
2022-01-2836 min