Strategic HR

Legal-ease: Employee loyalty

Can employers demand loyalty from their employees?

Political uncertainty hits wages

As the UK waits to hear if parliament will approve Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal, research reveals that uncertainty has already taken its toll on salaries

My experience of working with the menopause

For World Menopause Day HMRC's Debbie Hayman shares how various symptoms have affected her working life

HR must use data to talk “culture problems” not “process problems”

A panel at the CIPD People Analytics Conference and Workshop discussed how HR can gain recognition in the business for its data and analytics insights

Employees' views on engagement

HR magazine went out and about to discover what employee engagement really means to the UK workforce

How employers can help with housing

Lack of affordable housing and spiralling rents are affecting multiple generations of workers

Employees feel they don't need managers' help

Creating collaborative cultures could help overcome difficulties in the employee-manager relationship

Siemens: The power of partnering on sustainability

Partnership working at Siemens has enabled HR to engage employees with sustainability and the circular economy

Queen's Speech: Workers’ rights, pensions and immigration

Government announces commitment to the Good Work Plan, pensions dashboards framework and a new migration system, though it is unclear if any of the 26 bills will become law

Is flexible working for menopausal women a step too far?

There is a danger that legislative measures to improve menopause support for women in the workplace constitutes special treatment

Young women warn of 'talk but no action' on sexual harassment at work

?Two years on from #MeToo, one in four (25%) women still fear they’ll be fired for reporting sexual harassment, according to research by the Young Women’s Trust

How to support employees with sickle cell disorders

Many of the adjustments needed are small and inexpensive, but enable people with a condition to work much more effectively