CIPD Community
CIPD Community
  • User
  • Site
  • Search
  • User
  • Community Home
  • Discussion Forums
  • Blogs
  • Help
  • Home
  • CIPD Blogs
  • Public policy
  • Tags
  • Subscribe by email
  • More
  • Cancel
  • One+All: Protecting workers from financial struggle

    One+All: Protecting workers from financial struggle

    CIPD Voice blog
    CIPD Voice blog
    Nicola Ryan MCIPD, Director of Colleague Support at school wear provider One+All.  Despite the rising cost of living, one in five workers feel their employer is not doing enough to support their financial wellbeing – rising to almost one ...
    • 3 May 2022
  • Five responsible people practices that can help people out of in-work poverty

    Five responsible people practices that can help people out of in-work poverty

    CIPD Voice blog
    CIPD Voice blog
    Katie Jacobs, Senior Stakeholder Lead, CIPD Membership Department.  News of the UK’s cost of living crisis has dominated the headlines since the Chancellor’s Spring Statement last week, with multiple stories of families having to cho...
    • 29 Mar 2022
  • PwC Middle East: Committed to hiring over 500 new graduates each year

    PwC Middle East: Committed to hiring over 500 new graduates each year

    CIPD Voice blog
    CIPD Voice blog
    Mona Abou Hana, Chief People Officer for EMEA and the Middle East, PwC Middle East.   At PwC Middle East, we have a successful graduate programme in place that is now on its sixth intake. Each year, we bring in over 300 new graduates to giv...
    • 8 Mar 2022
  • Qatar Cool: Providing the next generation with the tools, skills, and experience to take the country forward

    Qatar Cool: Providing the next generation with the tools, skills, and experience to take the country forward

    CIPD Voice blog
    CIPD Voice blog
    Hasan Imam MCIPD, Head of Talent Development and Acquisition, Qatar Cool and Zulfikar Jiffry, Internal Communications Specialist, Qatar Cool.  Our internship program is aimed at students who have studied in Qatar and international universit...
    • 1 Mar 2022
  • Now is the time for employers to take action on in-work poverty

    Now is the time for employers to take action on in-work poverty

    CIPD Voice blog
    CIPD Voice blog
    Morgan Bestwick, Policy and Partnerships Officer (Work), Joseph Rowntree Foundation For too many people, jobs are not working. Work should offer a clear route out of poverty, yet the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF)’s most recent UK Poverty rep...
    • 22 Feb 2022
  • Wirral Borough Council: Providing quality employment opportunities for young people

    Wirral Borough Council: Providing quality employment opportunities for young people

    CIPD Voice blog
    CIPD Voice blog
    Beth Wilson, Organisational Development Officer, Wirral Borough Council. At Wirral Borough Council, we strive to make a positive difference for all our residents and communities in Wirral, this is at the heart of what we do. Our employees lead t...
    • 7 Feb 2022
  • What can organisations and people managers learn from Nusrat Ghani MP and Azeem Rafiq’s story?

    CIPD Voice blog
    CIPD Voice blog
    By Lutfur Ali, Senior Policy Advisor at the CIPD.  Nusrat Ghani said that in February 2020, a government whip told her "Muslimness was raised as an issue" when she was removed from her Ministerial job. She was told that her “Muslimness was...
    • 7 Feb 2022
  • Four ways to being an effective ally

    Four ways to being an effective ally

    CIPD Voice blog
    CIPD Voice blog
    Lutfur Ali, Senior Policy Advisor, CIPD. Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) are increasingly becoming a top priority for organisations. Whatever the stimulus or motivation there is now a growing recognition that EDI is not just simply the r...
    • 1 Feb 2022
  • Neurodiversity – is your organisation missing out?

    Neurodiversity – is your organisation missing out?

    CIPD Voice blog
    CIPD Voice blog
    Lutfur Ali, Senior Policy Advisor, CIPD. By looking at my seven-year-old you may not be able to tell, but his brain functions very differently. If you were to meet him, you’d probably notice that beyond his ‘normal’ looks he do...
    • 28 Jan 2022
  • Peabody: Helping young people find a career where they excel

    CIPD Voice blog
    CIPD Voice blog
    Harry Clucas, Community and Mobilisation, Peabody. Our focus is to help young people find a career where they excel. We offer this through a range of mediums such as in-house kickstart placements, funding and training to...
    • 8 Nov 2021
  • Northumbrian Water Group: Creating an opportunity-driven culture

    Northumbrian Water Group: Creating an opportunity-driven culture

    CIPD Voice blog
    CIPD Voice blog
    Northumbrian Water Limited supplies 2.7 million customers in the North East with both water and sewerage services, trading as Northumbrian Water, and 1.8 million customers in the South East with water services, trading as Essex &a...
    • 1 Nov 2021
  • MTR Elizabeth line: Transforming travel in London

    MTR Elizabeth line: Transforming travel in London

    CIPD Voice blog
    CIPD Voice blog
    Alison Bell, People and Culture Director, MTR Elizabeth line. When the new Elizabeth line opens it will provide a fast, frequent service linking the east and west through the heart of London, improving customer journey times and increasing ...
    • 28 Oct 2021
  • William Hare: Bridging the engineering skills gap with the next generation

    CIPD Voice blog
    CIPD Voice blog
    Ceri Travers, Organisational Development & Early Careers Manager, William Hare in Bury, Greater Manchester. William Hare is a global leader in engineered solutions. It is crucial for us to attract and retain young talent as 48% of ...
    • 21 Oct 2021
  • SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK: Providing opportunities for young people to succeed and be their very best self

    SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK: Providing opportunities for young people to succeed and be their very best self

    CIPD Voice blog
    CIPD Voice blog
    Dr Tracey Leghorn, Chief HR and H&S Officer, SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK. For young people, summer should be a rite of passage marked by exams, graduation and perhaps travel, or a first real experience of the world of work. But just as th...
    • 6 Oct 2021
  • Workplus: Apprenticeships - offering new opportunities and broadening participation in Northern Ireland

    Workplus: Apprenticeships - offering new opportunities and broadening participation in Northern Ireland

    CIPD Voice blog
    CIPD Voice blog
    Richard Kirk, CEO, Workplus. Apprenticeships have been around for decades but perhaps have never before been so prevalent in our societal psyche. In Boris Johnson’s Skills Speech last year, the predominant theme was the...
    • 30 Sep 2021
  • PKF Francis Clark: Why we’re supporting the One Million Chances campaign

    PKF Francis Clark: Why we’re supporting the One Million Chances campaign

    CIPD Voice blog
    CIPD Voice blog
    Amy Taylor, chief people officer at PKF Francis Clark.  Training and development for aspiring accountants has come a long way since our founder Frank Clark was an articled clerk in Southern Rhodesia more than a century ago.Today the fi...
    • 6 Sep 2021
  • South of Scotland Enterprise: Attracting and retaining young talent

    South of Scotland Enterprise: Attracting and retaining young talent

    CIPD Voice blog
    CIPD Voice blog
    Carly Walker, Equalities Intern, South of Scotland Enterprise (SOSE). South of Scotland Enterprise (SOSE) has recently employed five Modern Apprentices on a two-year programme in five areas of the organisation:&nbsp...
    • 3 Sep 2021
  • Devenish Nutrition: Developing a bespoke Early Talent programme

    CIPD Voice blog
    CIPD Voice blog
    Rebecca Scollan, HR Advisor, Devenish Nutrition. As an organisation we recognise and understand that to be a truly high performing organisation both now and into the future, we needed to develop an internal pipeline of talent, incorporating the ...
    • 3 Sep 2021
  • Compass Group: Unlocking opportunities for young people in the hospitality sector

    Compass Group: Unlocking opportunities for young people in the hospitality sector

    CIPD Voice blog
    CIPD Voice blog
    At Compass Group UK and Ireland we believe passionately that everyone must have the opportunity to develop and progress. While we are food and support services business – we describe ourselves as a “people” business first....
    • 27 Aug 2021
  • Veolia: Fresh talent to shape a better tomorrow

    Veolia: Fresh talent to shape a better tomorrow

    CIPD Voice blog
    CIPD Voice blog
    Author: Beth Whittaker, Chief Human Resources Officer, Veolia UK and Ireland.  Never before has the environment been such a hot topic. Driven by generation Z, the concern about the care of our planet's health is gaining traction in a bi...
    • 25 Aug 2021
  • Tesco: Outlook inequality is stopping thousands from going after their career goals. One chance can change that.

    Tesco: Outlook inequality is stopping thousands from going after their career goals. One chance can change that.

    CIPD Voice blog
    CIPD Voice blog
    Author: By Natasha Adams, Chief People Officer, Tesco.  Like the CIPD, at Tesco we believe in supporting young people to build meaningful futures. A whole generation is currently grappling with the disruption that COVID-19 has caused to edu...
    • 20 Aug 2021
  • DWP: Tackling youth unemployment

    DWP: Tackling youth unemployment

    CIPD Voice blog
    CIPD Voice blog
    Debbie Alder, the People, Capability and Place Group Director General, DWP. Movement to Work (MtW) began in 2013 when a group of UK companies set out to tackle youth unemployment by helping employers ...
    • 13 Aug 2021
  • Supporting employees experiencing domestic abuse and a new workplace pledge

    CIPD Voice blog
    CIPD Voice blog
    Claire McCartney, Senior Resourcing and Inclusion Policy Adviser, CIPD.Polly Harrar, Founder, The Sharan Project, Lead Delivery Partner, EDAC. Last year, the CIPD and the Equality and Human Rights Commission(EHRC) launched comprehensive guidance...
    • 2 Aug 2021
  • HR’s key role in creating net-zero organisations

    CIPD Voice blog
    CIPD Voice blog
    Ben Willmott is CIPD’s Head of Public Policy. The unprecedented heatwave that at the time of writing is gripping parts of the US and Canada is a sharp reminder that the pandemic is not the only ...
    • 15 Jul 2021
  • Remote working: A double edged sword

    Remote working: A double edged sword

    CIPD Voice blog
    CIPD Voice blog
    Mona AbouHana, Chief People Officer for EMEA and the Middle East, PwC. The past 18 months have caused a massive shift in the way we work and live. We all were faced with new challenges and had to adapt to a different environment as we made ...
    • 1 Jul 2021
>