Scotland the Blog

The 2024-25 Scottish Budget: Key takeaways for the profession

2024-03-06T15:24:58Z

Last week, the Scottish Government’s 2024-25 Budget Bill passed its final Parliamentary vote. Marek Zemanik, Senior Public Policy Adviser at the CIPD, outlines some of the key decisions that impact the people profession. Headlines Nearly &pound...(read more)

Inclusive recruitment – look around your organisation…

2023-03-21T16:09:43Z

…do you see people of different colour, culture, appearance, family status and socio-economic background, asks Enoch Adeyemi? The CIPD in Scotland invited the founder of Black Professionals Scotland, and a speaker at the 2023 CIPD Scotl...(read more)

For a healthy HR profession: prioritise self-care to avoid burnout

2023-03-14T17:25:03Z

Emma Mamo of Scotland’s national mental health charity SAMH, highlights the need for people professionals to care for themselves. Most roles have an element of pressure, such as targets or deadlines, but stress is when we feel that what i...(read more)

Top 10 tips to make hiring apprentices work for your organisation

2023-03-06T11:07:55Z

Marek Zemanik, CIPD’s senior public policy adviser for Scotland, shares tips on how to get the best out of apprentices. Work-based learning, and apprenticeships in particular, benefit employers and young people in many ways. Organisations...(read more)

Supporting your employees through financial uncertainty

2023-03-03T14:38:34Z

CIPD Scotland invited Stephen Pearson, chair of Financial Inclusion for Scotland, to share some good examples of organisations supporting employees through the cost-of-living crisis. Evidence shows that financial worries can have a detrimental ...(read more)

What is the scale and impact of graduate overqualification in Scotland?

2022-12-06T08:00:00Z

By Marek Zemanik, Senior Public Policy Adviser at the CIPD in Scotland The last few decades have seen significant transitions in Scottish and UK labour markets. One of the most notable changes has been the exponential rise in the number and sha...(read more)

Many employers still missing out by not advertising flexible working

2022-10-04T06:00:00Z

By Nikki Slowey, co-founder and director of Flexibility Works It’s never been so crucial to have the right people with the right skills and experience in your teams. Yet many employers are facing recruitment crises with some roles persistently...(read more)

Putting people professionals on the road to net zero

2022-09-26T08:40:23Z

By Marek Zemanik, Senior Public Policy Adviser at the CIPD in Scotland Nearly a year ago, the eyes of the world were on Glasgow as it hosted the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26). One year on, governments across the world are slowly starting to t...(read more)

Hybrid presentations – a challenge and an opportunity

2022-07-05T12:56:21Z

Public speaking trainer Gavin Brown offers tips for presenting to people working in multiple locations. Fifty-five percent of employees want to work from home at least some of the time. This was one of the headline statistics from the recent CIPD Wo...(read more)

Persistent gaps in fair work remain but change on the way, finds CIPD Working Lives Scotland 2022 report

2022-07-01T12:29:58Z

Marek Zemanik, Senior Public Policy Adviser at the CIPD in Scotland. For the third year in a row, our Working Lives Scotland report further enhances our understanding of fair work in Scotland. Last year’s report revealed remarkable consist...(read more)

Career Ready – empowering Scotland’s young, undiscovered talent

2022-04-29T08:30:00Z

The pandemic has hit young people the hardest in terms of unemployment and economic inactivity, with UK youth employment rates at a near-record low. The CIPD’s One Million Chances campaign aims to create a million opportunities for young people...(read more)

Scotland's National Strategy for Economic Transformation

2022-04-04T07:00:00Z

By Marek Zemanik, Senior Public Policy Adviser at the CIPD in Scotland Last month, the Scottish Government published its new 10-year economic strategy - Scotland's National Strategy for Economic Transformation. Scotland is certainly not sho...(read more)

Understanding older workers in Scotland

2022-03-28T15:29:34Z

By Lee Ann Panglea, Head of the CIPD in Scotland and Northern Ireland Introduction Scotland’s population – and workforce – is ageing. While about 400,000 more people live in Scotland today than in the 1990s, the number ...(read more)

The design of buildings and organisational culture: The Scottish Parliament

2022-02-01T11:59:25Z

By Sabina Siebert and Kevin Orr The 20th anniversary of the Scottish Parliament offered an excellent opportunity to take stock of the work of Parliament and its wider impact, but also to consider Parliament as an organisation and workplace. As busin...(read more)

Marking Carers Rights Day in Scotland

2021-11-24T08:00:00Z

This blog was written jointly by Marek Zemanik, Senior Public Policy Adviser at the CIPD in Scotland, and Paul Traynor, Head of External Affairs at Carers Trust Scotland 25 November 2021 marks the annual Carers Rights Day. Its purpose is to hel...(read more)