CIPD Membership Value

In my last but one job, I was not allowed to use the Communities - I have since tried to make up for it and have found these pages to be a great resource. I am standalone and the ability to connect to everyone on this forum (with particular reference and honourable mention to Ray!) has been an absolute godsend for me and worth the membership fee. Has saved my bacon (and my sanity) on more than one occasion.

I have also used Perkbox which gave me access to a Boxxfit (on-line gym) subscription. I had started boxing when I was between jobs and this enabled me to keep my hand in a little when I started working again full-time whilst also trying to spend time caring for a disabled relative.

Lastly, in my last job, I had no access to employment law advice outside of previously agreed parameters for certain projects. I therefore did use the communities or the CIPD helpline. It is limited and in my view only useful for ad hoc questions, rather than more complicated case work, but in my situation, when I had no other access to legal advice, I did derive some value from it, with certain caveats.

In my current job, I can see myself using the H&S helpline more.

Thank you, Anka. This is our raison d'être.

Thank you, Anka. This is our raison d'être.