The winner of CIPD Northern Ireland’s Best Apprenticeship Scheme Award is improving diversity and building a talent pipeline as well as supporting young people into jobs, says Lee Ann Panglea.  Northern Ireland Apprenticeship Week this yea...

By Deborah Stevenson, Chief People Officer, PwC Operate Lots has been said and written about the so-called Great Resignation - and rightly. COVID-19 gave people the time and opportunity to reevaluate their lives, what they value and what they want t...

By Marek Zemanik, Senior Public Policy Adviser at the CIPD in Northern Ireland  As the immediate concerns over the pandemic impact on the Northern Irish economy abated, new challenges reared their heads – be it labour and skills shortages ...

By Marek Zemanik – Senior Public Policy Adviser.  My last blog, looking at some of the political and policy issues that are likely to dominate the NI Assembly election, was published exactly two days before Paul Givan resigned as First Min...

By Marek Zemanik – Senior Public Policy Adviser.    It has been a tumultuous five years in Northern Ireland. The first three of these were marked by the collapse of the Assembly amid disagreements over power-sharing and policy. Then, ...

Domestic abuse has an impact at work where it can negatively affect those who are abused as well as their colleagues.  The CIPD and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) recently produced a guide for employers for managing and supporti...

By Olivia Carson, Public Affairs Officer The CIPD in Northern Ireland are a key partner of the Coalition of Bereaved Workers which is campaigning to see bereavement leave and pay extended to all employees in Northern Ireland bereaved of a close rela...

By Lee Ann Panglea – Head of CIPD Scotland and Northern Ireland    The CIPD’s public policy work in Northern Ireland is stepping up. And it is happening at a very opportune time too – skills policy has shot up to the top o...

Heather Palmer, founder KaleidoPeople and HR Business Partner Employee Relations and Policy BBC. 1) How do you think attitudes to flexible working have changed over the last year? The attitudes to flexibility a...

Bob van Geldere, HR Manager, Clanmil Housing. 1) How do you think attitudes to flexible working have changed over the last year? Many organisations already had some flexible working arrangements ...

Patrick Gallen, Partner, People and Change Consulting, Grant Thorton. We are no longer working from home, rather living at work. Or, as a colleague recently said, “The weekend now feels lik...

By Lee Ann Panglea, Head of CIPD Scotland and Northern Ireland Throughout the course of the pandemic, organisations from across Northern Ireland have been forced to adapt at pace and implement changes in the way they operate whilst navigating uncert...

By Marek Zemanik, Senior Public Policy Adviser.   Getting skills policy right is crucial – not just for our post-COVID recovery, but for longer-term prospects in the face of rapidly changing economies. This is just as relevant in...

By Marek Zemanik, Senior Public Policy Adviser.  With CIPD members driving workplace skills development across many businesses, skills policy is one of our key areas of interest. The Northern Ireland Executive, and the Department of the Eco...

By Beth McMaw Considine, CIPD Northern Ireland Branch Chair. As we settle into autumn, with cooler temperatures, shorter days and increasing COVID-19 related restrictions, I’d like to share with you, our members, some reflections on “well...

By Louise McAloon, Partner, Worthingtons Solicitors. With over 200,00 employees placed on ‘furlough’ in Northern Ireland as a result of COVID-19 disruption and the availability of the Government’s CJRS furlough scheme over a 7 ...

Belfast’s ICC was the venue as 250 HR and learning professionals from Northern Ireland and beyond gathered for the inaugural CIPD Northern Ireland annual conference on Tuesday. Wellbeing, inclusion and the impact of technology were the core con...

The second task in what Lord Sugar ominously calls “the process” was about designing a comic. The grizzled entrepreneur spots opportunities few can see the need for, which is probably why he developed the email phone. But a tablet compati...

I am an avid watcher of the series for all its shortcomings. I will highlight the great stuff the contestants do when skilful as well as the epic skill fails, which they all demonstrate and which hold them back. I will call out my winner after week 3...

This week CIPD Scotland and Northern Ireland gathered practitioners in Northern Ireland to discuss the challenge and opportunity of people analytics. CIPD’s Head of Research and lead on human capital Ed Houghton, Jonathan Ferrar ex VP of People...

After the Stormont squabbling and the Ballyhoo over Brexit and the border, there is one constant in the future world we face. The issue is can Northern Ireland build the kind of future fit workplaces we need? Can we bring more people into the workpla...