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Legal | What do employers need to prove in defending discrimination claims?
A legal case involving Royal Mail last month serves as a reminder to be aware at all times of how discrimination claims work in practice.
Team dynamics | Micro-cultures may be better for wellbeing
With more of us working from home, workplace ‘micro-cultures’ have started to form among tight-knit groups of people over the past 18 months. Rather than a dangerous erosion of a company’s culture,...
Data | People analytics: what decisions should HR be making?
HR should bring data to every decision. This does not mean every decision should only be driven by data – but every decision should be informed by data.
Job market | Outlook inequality is holding back young talent
Businesses need young, diverse talent, but many struggle to find them. Not because young people don’t want the roles on offer, but because many discount themselves from opportunities before they’ve...
Engagement | Brand vs culture – Does it matter?
Imagine this: a market leading organisation, admired by customers, lauded by industry experts, loved by shareholders. Sounds perfect doesn’t it? Yet on the flipside, employees in the same organisation...
Brand & culture | Supply chains are the missing link in D&I
Are organisations doing enough to promote diversity and inclusion on their supply chains? In short, no.
Gender | Men’s role in interrupting sexism at work
Many of us have experienced or witnessed sexism in the workplace, and may have experienced the deflecting, the eye rolls, the silence in response. Research shows men calling out sexist behaviour may...
Equality | It’s time we stopped telling women what to wear to work
Telling women what they can wear is once again making headlines. This authoritarian, ‘big brother knows best’ approach is a regression and an attack of individual identity and freedom.
"Deskless" & "remote" | Internal comms terminology divides the workforce
Many moons ago the terms “white collar” and “blue collar” were commonly used. But this blatant divide between office and manual workers created a negativity which saw many consider blue collar workers...
Development | With leadership, do we understand enough about those who follow?
There are over 57,000 books with the word ‘leadership’ in the title on Amazon; it’s a subject widely read, discussed and debated within business theory and beyond. But, more often than not, there...
Culture | Echo mental health pandemic calls for wellbeing change
COVID-19 and the imminent ‘echo pandemic’ in mental health means companies must overhaul their wellbeing programmes to focus on greater engagement and culture change.
Culture | Office vs home – how technology can prevent employee divide
Technology – love it or loathe it, there can be no question that it’s enabled the world of work to continue with some sense of normality over the course of the pandemic.