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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 2 Feb, 2022 09:47
Mary Connaughton, Director, CIPD Ireland It’s a mark of changing times to read the government’s Transitional Protocol: Good Practice Guidance for Continuing to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 for workplaces published on 31 January 2022. Do...
By 1 Feb, 2022 18:30
Mary Connaughton, Director, CIPD Ireland. As we continue to cope with the unpredictable path of COVID-19, organisations and employees remain adaptable in their responses. A growing number of companies are holding off plans for office re-ope...
By 1 Feb, 2022 11:59
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...
By 1 Feb, 2022 11:57
By Marek Zemanik – Senior Public Policy Adviser. It has been a tumultuous five years in Northern Ireland. The first three of these were marked by the collapse of the Assembly amid disagreements over power-sharing and policy. Then, ...
By 1 Feb, 2022 11:52
Daphne Doody-Green, Head of CIPD Northern England. CIPD Student Members invited to join for free I’m delighted to be chairing this year’s online CIPD Student Conference on Saturday 2 April, which CIPD Student Members are invited...
By 1 Feb, 2022 10:16
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...
By 28 Jan, 2022 09:32
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...
By 17 Dec, 2021 16:08
By Jill Evans, Law Content Analyst. The government has announced new minimum wage rates for 2022 but has not said when the long-awaited Employment Bill will be published. The Bill is expected, among other measures, to: Make flexible working th...
By 7 Dec, 2021 12:37
Domestic abuse has an impact at work where it can negatively affect those who are abused as well as their colleagues. The CIPD and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) recently produced a guide for employers for managing and supporti...
By 6 Dec, 2021 14:51
Peter Cheese, Chief Executive, CIPD. When we consider the future of the people profession, it’s important we engage with and listen to those coming into the profession. Students studying for CIPD qualifications will bring new expectations, idea...
By 24 Nov, 2021 08:00
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...
By 15 Nov, 2021 13:27
By Charles Cotton, Senior Policy Adviser for Reward at the CIPD. In the UK, it’s Living Wage Week (15-19 November), The Living Wage Foundation has announced the new rates for its voluntary ‘real Living Wage’ and is celebrating...
By 8 Nov, 2021 13:44
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...
By 2 Nov, 2021 11:24
National Stress Awareness Day provides an opportunity to increase public awareness and help people recognise, manage and reduce stress in their personal and professional lives. This blog has been written by Olivia Carson, Public Affairs Officer...
By 1 Nov, 2021 09:21
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...
By 1 Nov, 2021 08:05
By Marek Zemanik, Senior Public Policy Adviser The impact of the pandemic on nearly all aspects of our personal and working lives will be felt for years to come. In the world of work, both employees and employers had to quickly learn to navigate new...
By 28 Oct, 2021 08:00
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 ...
By 21 Oct, 2021 10:29
Carl Greenwood, Senior Development Officer, Paths for All. Keeping physically active in-and-around the working day has lots of benefits for both employees and employers. Staff who are physically active are more productive, take fewer sick days, and a...
By 21 Oct, 2021 06:00
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 ...
By 15 Oct, 2021 13:58
By Charles Cotton, Senior Policy Advisor at the CIPD. Just as we see started to see the end of the coronavirus pandemic, the UK’s great cost of living crisis starts to come into view – bringing with it a new source of stress and anx...
By 15 Oct, 2021 06:00
By Dr Nadia Kougiannou, Dr Sarah Pass and Professor Helen Shipton, Nottingham Trent University. Although voice has been seen as an instrument for mutual gain, it is also integral to employee attitudes and feelings at work (Wilkinson et al., 2014...
By 6 Oct, 2021 14:15
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...
By 30 Sep, 2021 09:27
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...
By 24 Sep, 2021 14:04
By Jake Young, Research Associate at the CIPD. Multicultural teams are not an emerging phenomenon – they have grown over the long term from globalisation, migration and greater workforce diversity. But the COVID-19 pandemic has seen organ...
By 6 Sep, 2021 09:00
By Olivia Carson, Public Affairs Officer The CIPD in Northern Ireland are a key partner of the Coalition of Bereaved Workers which is campaigning to see bereavement leave and pay extended to all employees in Northern Ireland bereaved of a close rela...
