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HR and business leaders must acknowledge mental health taboo
The year 2020 will be one to remember, but not through the lenses of rose tinted glasses. Some of the biggest events (and disasters) have had global repercussions, not the least to the general...
Make kindness your kind of success
?As a society, we like to use the end of December as a marker for how life is going. In the bleary days between Christmas and New Year’s Eve where Terry’s Chocolate Orange is classed as one of your...
Hot topic: How HR can prepare for a Brexit job shock, part two
Since March, the spread of COVID-19 and resulting national lockdowns have led to significant job losses around the country. However, a no-deal Brexit could lead to even more.
Hot topic: How HR can prepare for a Brexit job shock, part one
Since March, the spread of COVID-19 and resulting national lockdowns have led to significant job losses around the country. However, a no-deal Brexit could lead to even more.
Advertising roles as flexible might not win over as many women as it did pre-COVID
A study for Zurich insurance suggested women are 20% more likely to apply for senior roles if the job offers flexible hours. The research - which was carried out by the Behavioural Insights Team, a...
Upskilling and keeping staff engaged through COVID limbo
Attempting to plan for the future has been challenging throughout the pandemic, but the extension to the furlough scheme may allow HR professionals to take a breath and look ahead.
How HR can tackle equal pay despite coronavirus set backs
Today marks the day when women in the UK effectively work for free for the rest of the year, as a result of the disparity in pay between men and women.
Mental wellbeing for men this COVID winter
Across the country, public sector employees have worked relentlessly to keep council services running during this torrid year of COVID-related disruption.
HR analytics and ethical trade-offs – the unconsidered narrative
In the last 15 years the use of data and analytics in HR has grown rapidly. CIPD research found in 2018, 75% of companies globally reported using HR analytics.
Diversity and inclusion remains CEO’s top priority in pandemic – yet employees feel unsupported
Nine out of 10 CEOs have said that diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) remains a moderate, very important, or top priority during coronavirus, yet the climate is proving challenging to progress.
COVID-19 can break the HR director’s glass ceiling
We are living in unprecedented times but where there is chaos and uncertainty there is also opportunity. Alongside transforming working constructs, HR leaders must grasp the chance to change how they...
Will lockdown prove to be a creative desert or oasis?
The Bank of England’s chief economist Andy Haldane gave a speech last month to the Engaging Business Summit, where he claimed that the pandemic had “reshaped our working lives, our economic...