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We’re now a quarter of the way through the 21 st century. The last 25 years have seen immense change, from technological developments, to geopolitical change and environmental concerns, and I think we...
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...
By 14 Dec, 2017 08:08
Professor Stephen J. Perkins (co-author, CIPD annual reward management survey) It is common to refer to ‘reward systems’ and, reflecting on our findings in the CIPD 2017 reward management survey, clarity to inform understanding of this t...
By 13 Dec, 2017 11:36
For the past few months, the CIPD has been actively supporting the Royal Foundation’s Heads Together campaign which brings together The Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry, in partnership with eight ...
By 13 Dec, 2017 09:27
Professor Stephen J. Perkins (co-author, CIPD annual reward management survey) How can we begin to interpret findings from the 2017 CIPD reward management survey around fairness and transparency? Theory-informed commentary helps us by referring to i...
By 12 Dec, 2017 16:39
By Sarah Jurado, Head of Brand & Communications, CIPD It’s an appalling fact that sexual harassment is a pervasive reality in our work places, an area that has garnered an avalanche of media headlines post-Weinstein. Those headlines have be...
By 8 Dec, 2017 09:54
Performance appraisal has been a common point of discussion over recent years, in particular with descriptions of how to dump, ditch, axe or abolish it. Often the arguments and case studies cited don’t live up to the sensationalist headlines, i...
By 5 Dec, 2017 15:43
By Ben Willmott, Head of Policy PR and Public Affairs, CIPD You can be forgiven if you failed to notice the launch of the latest version of the UK’s industrial strategy last week given it was somewhat overshadowed by coverage of Prince Harry&rs...
By 28 Nov, 2017 11:52
By Toni McAlindin, barrister and CIPD tutor Out of nowhere, employers have suddenly become interested in data protection. Having lectured for over 20 years on the subject, it all seems rather bizarre. Of course, it is not because employers have sud...
By 23 Nov, 2017 16:13
By Louisa Baczor, CIPD Research Adviser I recently attended the Institute of Business Ethics’ event on creating a ‘speak up’ culture, which is of course particularly topical given the multitude of sexual harassment accusations in We...
By 20 Nov, 2017 18:29
Carers Rights Day on 24 November is an important opportunity to raise awareness to recognise and support the role of carers in UK workplaces. Often, caring is a hidden responsibility but the latest State of Caring report by Carers UK estimates that 3...
By 14 Nov, 2017 13:58
By Jill Evans, Law Content Analyst, CIPD The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) recently decided that drivers working for the taxi app, Uber, are not self-employed as the company maintained, with no employment rights, but workers, entitled to paid hol...
By 13 Nov, 2017 12:31
By Charles Cotton, CIPD Senior Adviser for Performance and Reward The 13th of November marks the start of Financial Capability Week , the purpose of which is to celebrate, showcase and amplify existing financial capability initiatives and ultimately ...
By 6 Nov, 2017 11:07
The UK has made considerable advancements on sexuality inclusion at work over recent years, but we’re a lot further behind with trans awareness and inclusion. The next two weeks are UK Transgender Awareness Weeks, and, although this should defi...
By 3 Nov, 2017 15:18
I have written a lot recently about job quality and how important that is to raising the level of economic growth and productivity in Scotland. HM Treasury recently released some doleful news on Britain productivity performance, with estimates that i...
By 1 Nov, 2017 10:29
Today marks International Stress Awareness Day and newly-published HSE statistics show an estimated 0.5 million people were affected by stress in 2016/17. These statistics are important as they highlight why tackling work-related stress remains a pr...
By 1 Nov, 2017 09:13
By Katerina Rudiger, Chief Community Officer, Community Investment, CIPD 'So much of the narrative seems to be ‘oh I didn’t know that wasn’t normal’. HR should take a lead on setting clear expectations about what beha...
By 25 Oct, 2017 14:18
By Katerina Rudiger, Chief Community Officer, Community Investment, CIPD “(I feel) true disgust at the director who assaulted me when I was 16 years old and anger at the agents and producer who made me feel silence was a condition of my e...
By 13 Oct, 2017 12:54
By Sheila Wild, founder of www.equalpayportal.co.uk and author of the CIPD Guide to Gender Pay Gap Reporting Six months in to the process of gender pay gap reporting, what can we say? Not a lot. Of the several thousand or so organisations required t...
By 9 Oct, 2017 15:02
World Mental Health Day is observed on 10 October every year, providing an opportunity ‘for all stakeholders working on mental health issues to talk about their work, and what more needs to be done to make mental health care a reality for peopl...
By 3 Oct, 2017 13:19
By Sandra Madigan, Law Content Manager HR, CIPD As you work through your organisation assessments in readiness for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), take stock and consider the Data Protection Bill , which came out this month . The Bill a...
By 28 Sep, 2017 14:09
By Gerwyn Davies, Labour Market Adviser, CIPD Having spent three periods studying and working in mainland Europe and having voted remain, it should come as no surprise to hear I was disappointed with the EU referendum result. However, despite my own ...
By 26 Sep, 2017 12:22
By Ian Brinkley, Chief Economist, CIPD The recent decision to revoke the licence of Uber in London by TfL has attracted both supporters and detractors, some influenced by wider questions and concerns about employment in the gig economy. The TfL decis...
By 22 Sep, 2017 12:23
By Sandra Madigan, Law Content Manager HR, CIPD Following the introduction of the employment tribunal fee system in July 2013, claims dropped dramatically, by over 70 per cent. The Supreme Court’s recent ruling that the requirement to pay a fe...
