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By 27 Feb, 2023 10:03
Jill Evans, Law Content Analyst, CIPD, looks at employment law developments in January and February 2023 for England, Scotland and Wales. Teachers’ strikes On 1 February 2023, 85% of schools in England and Wales were either fully or...
By 24 Feb, 2023 12:13
Peter Cheese, CEO of CIPD, on why skills utilisation and job quality are key to improving output Last month I talked about the immediate challenges confronting us as a profession, but also holding on to a longer-term vision and sense of purpose, both...
By 21 Feb, 2023 13:12
Definition A living wage according to the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions is the amount of income needed to provide an employee with a basic but socially acceptable standard of living. It is different fr...
By 13 Feb, 2023 01:57
Claire McCartney, Senior Policy Adviser - Resourcing and Inclusion, CIPD explores how organisations can harness their employer brand to improve recruitment and retention. Amid a worsening economic outlook, organisations are still grappling with...
By 6 Feb, 2023 01:00
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 31 Jan, 2023 13:44
Radical change in the way we work is needed to improve wellbeing, productivity and society, argue Lizzie Penny and Alex Hirst, founders of social enterprise Hoxby, and authors of 'Workstyle: a revolution for wellbeing, productivity and socie...
By 31 Jan, 2023 02:00
As the amount of Apprenticeship Levy funding spent on generic management apprenticeships reaches an estimated £2bn, Ben Willmott, head of public policy, and Lizzie Crowley, senior skills advisor consider their pros and cons. New analysis ...
By 26 Jan, 2023 14:24
We caught up with one of our five new Chartered Companions to find out more about her career and experience working in the people profession. Chartered Companion is the highest accolade and level of membership awarded by the CIPD. The selection is ma...
By 26 Jan, 2023 09:59
CIPD Voice On... the latest working from home trends, by James Cockett, the CIPD's labour market economist. As the dust settles on the pandemic, working lives for many have been transformed. The biggest change for many is the increased prevalen...
By 23 Jan, 2023 14:28
CIPD Voice On... industrial and employee relations, by Rachel Suff, CIPD's senior policy advisor on employee relations Many organisations in the UK have faced extensive employment relations challenges recently. The cost-of-living crisis, falling rea...
By 18 Jan, 2023 14:25
Jill Evans, law content analyst, CIPD, looks at UK employment law developments in December 2022 and January 2023.The statutory rate for maternity, adoption, paternity and shared parental pay rises in April this year from the current £156.66 to ...
By 18 Jan, 2023 13:30
*This post was written in January 2023, for the most up-to-date information on legislative changes under RUEL please see our member-support page https://www.cipd.org/uk/knowledge/employment-law/retained-eu-law-bill-employment-changes/ CIPD Voice ...
By 19 Dec, 2022 11:21
As another year turns over, we naturally look back as well as forwards. Sometimes, single words can sum up a complex view. If the word of the year last year was ‘unprecedented’, the word of the year this year, according to the Collins Dic...
By 15 Dec, 2022 13:51
Do you have what it takes to become an HR director one day? What skills and behaviours do you need to achieve the highest-ranking HR position in your organisation? Senior people professionals from across the North heard the honest answers to th...
By 6 Dec, 2022 08:00
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...
By 5 Dec, 2022 10:12
Continually improving the perks helps financial advice and investment firm OpenMoney provide their people with a work-life balance that suits them, says Clair Staines, group people director. It will be no surprise to anyone that the cost-of-liv...
By 2 Dec, 2022 13:31
CIPD Voice On…cost-of-living support, by Charles Cotton, CIPD's senior policy advisor on performance and reward. Inflation in the UK is near boiling point, and so is the financial situation of workers in the UK. In a sign of things t...
By 23 Nov, 2022 15:53
Jill Evans, Law Content Analyst, CIPD, looks at employment law developments in October and November 2022 for England, Scotland and Wales. Minimum wage 2023 The government has announced a 9.7% increase across most categories of the Nationa...
By 17 Nov, 2022 13:39
Employee health and wellbeing are at the heart of everything we do at CIPD to promote better working lives, says Mags Mc Monagle of CIPD Ireland. The global effects of the COVID pandemic emphasised more than ever the importance of maintaining ...
By 9 Nov, 2022 12:32
CIPD invited the Low Incomes Tax Reform Group’s Meredith McCammond to highlight the risks of some cost-of-living support to employees receiving universal credit. The cost-of-living crisis has prompted an explosion of suggestions for how employe...
By 2 Nov, 2022 14:18
CIPD Voice On... the labour market, by Jon Boys, CIPD's Labour Market Economist. Last month I talked to the Lords economic affairs committee for their ‘enquiry where have all the workers gone?’. This is a topic of particular inte...
By 28 Oct, 2022 12:42
Peter Cheese, Chief Executive, CIPD. The statement, ‘may you live in interesting times’, has often been attributed to an old Chinese curse. Whether accurate or not, the fact is that we are living in times of great turbulence and uncertai...
By 20 Oct, 2022 12:19
* This post was written in October 2022, for the most up-to-date information on legislative changes under RUEL please see our member-support page https://www.cipd.org/uk/knowledge/employment-law/retained-eu-law-bill-employment-changes/ Jill Evans, Law...
By 20 Oct, 2022 09:29
CIPD Voice On… operating in a downturn, by Katie Jacobs, CIPD’s senior stakeholder lead. After the challenges of the last two years, it would be fair to expect or, at the very least, hope for a break. Instead, we are facing the exac...
By 5 Oct, 2022 15:29
This month, we’re highlighting black professionals across varied work backgrounds in celebration of Black History Month . This year’s theme is ‘Time for Change: Action Not Words’ so we’ve asked about how to make a tr...