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By 15 May, 2018 15:59
There isn’t a more important issue in today’s workplace than people’s health and well-being, and we’re seeing that many of the main risks to our health are now psychological. Mental ill-health is one of the biggest public heal...
By 8 May, 2018 11:37
By Holly Ivins , Law Content Analyst at the CIPD The new General Data Protection Regulations come into force on 25 May 2018. The new rules are intended to meet the needs of a digital age, and require a change in organisational attitude towards data p...
By 1 May, 2018 18:03
By Ian Brinkley, Chief Economist, CIPD The latest estimates around zero-hours contracts confirm how difficult it has been to measure the number of people on these or similar contracts, let alone how much that volume has grown in recent years. The rea...
By 30 Apr, 2018 12:51
By Charles Cotton , Public Policy Advisor at the CIPD. The CIPD’s 2018 UK working lives gives us some interesting insights into employees’ satisfaction with their pay. Given that the survey only finds that only 45% of workers think t...
By 24 Apr, 2018 17:46
By Louisa Baczor , Research Advisor at the CIPD The CIPD’s UK Working Lives research demonstrated the importance of employee voice as a means of influencing other aspects of job quality. Having a voice at work is the primary vehicle through whic...
By 20 Apr, 2018 16:47
The UK Working Lives survey report 2018 finds that health and well-being is the single biggest driver of job quality and job satisfaction in UK workplaces. This isn’t surprising – if a job is designed in such a way that it has an adverse ...
By 17 Apr, 2018 11:13
By Ksenia Zheltoukhova , Head of Research and Thought Leadership at the CIPD Another week, another ethical issue in the spotlight – a group of AI experts are questioning whether collaboration between a South Korean research university and a...
By 9 Apr, 2018 16:44
Now the gender pay gap figures are laid bare, attention switches to the action needed to address the gap. An underrepresentation of women at the top of organisations is a heavily cited explanation for the difference in the average hourly earnings bet...
By 5 Apr, 2018 17:21
The deadline for firms with more than 250 employees to publish the average pay gap between male and female workers has now passed, and it’s been a year full of lessons. While some organisations struggled with the calculations, and many left rep...
By 29 Mar, 2018 16:05
By Helen Ablett , Public Relations Manager at the CIPD In the year that has marked 100 years of suffrage, women’s rights have rarely been out of the headlines. This feels like a pivotal moment for change and gender pay gap reporting has pr...
By 29 Mar, 2018 12:24
With one year to go until the UK officially leaves the European Union, the past week has arguably seen the most progress so far at the Brexit negotiation table. Additionally, the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has freshly published its interim fi...
By 28 Mar, 2018 16:10
My name is David D'Souza and I've been the CIPD's Membership Director for two weeks now. I wanted to share both why I am excited about the role and some of our plans as an organisation. I've been working in HR for over 15 y...
By 23 Mar, 2018 13:24
Hello, my name is Daniel and I am a college student currently studying at Saint Francis Xavier College. I am currently studying ICT at Btec Level 3 and I am thankful that the CIPD accepted my request to undertake work experience at this location. My ...
By 16 Mar, 2018 11:50
Andy Lancaster, Head of Learning and Development Content, CIPD. Twitter: @AndyLancasterUK . In our fast-changing world, organisations cannot stand still. In the context of disruption, organisations must actively seek ways to transform and innovate to...
By 9 Mar, 2018 16:01
By Dr. Anna Einarsdóttir and Professor Sharon Mavin Diversity in the workplace has been an important topic for some time, and many organisations of all sizes and sectors now recognize the importance of the agenda. Whilst ...
By 7 Mar, 2018 13:57
By Sheila Wild, founder of www.equalpayportal.co.uk and author of the CIPD guide to Gender Pay Gap Reporting With the reporting deadline fast approaching, over 1,600 organisations have so far published their gender pay gap reports.&nbs...
By 2 Mar, 2018 17:46
By Jill Evans, Law Content Analyst, CIPD Sex inequality at work is barely out of the headlines these days. But usually what we’re reading about is either fresh allegations of sexual harassment in one sector or another, or continuing fallout fr...
By 20 Feb, 2018 15:12
By Mary Connaughton, Director, CIPD Ireland We know most organisations operate an equality and diversity policy. This helps drive legal compliance as well as promoting a safe and inclusive working environment, enhancing organisational performance. A...
By 6 Feb, 2018 16:44
By Gerwyn Davies, Senior Labour Market Analyst The CIPD joined the Home Office’s primary employer forum on post-Brexit immigration policy and obtained an early preview of a vastly streamlined process for status applications from EU nationals. F...
By 25 Jan, 2018 16:28
By Dr Julie Wilson, Chair of BAM Leadership & Leadership Development SIG, British Academy of Management On 9th January at the Work Foundation in London, influential business professionals joined with academics to discuss best pra...
By 22 Jan, 2018 12:48
By Mel Green, Research Associate Technology is changing how we share and access content, giving us the freedom to learn anywhere, anytime on practically any topic. This presents a world of opportunity for the curation and delivery of learning. We e...
By 9 Jan, 2018 15:47
Happy New Year! And what another interesting, and probably unpredictable year 2018 is set to be. We are in times of significant change, and forces like Brexit, new disruptive technologies and changes to how, where and when we work will continue to sh...
By 8 Jan, 2018 13:34
New CIPD research aims to help employers address the stark racial inequalities in career progression evident in UK organisations. The report, Addressing the barriers to BAME employee career progression to the top , examines black, Asian and minority e...
By 18 Dec, 2017 16:01
By Charles Cotton, Senior adviser for performance and reward, CIPD The survey commissioned by the CIPD to help inform the report Addressing the barriers to BAME employee career progression to the top , also asked some questions about whether workers f...
By 15 Dec, 2017 14:48
By Gerwyn Davies, Senior Labour Market Analyst Former UK Prime Minister Harold Wilson once famously said that a week is a long time in politics. After a dramatic week of various twists and turns, Prime Minister Theresa May and Jean Claude Juncker, Pr...