The new Labour landscape: Nine UK employment changes to prepare for
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With the Labour party now leading the UK, employers will need to brace themselves for changes ahead. Here, we outline nine potential employment law reforms and how to prepare for them.
Beyond Pride: What is next?
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Another year’s Pride Month is done and dusted. Here is what Lior Locher and Dr Christy Allen recommend you do now to increase impact after key DEI initiatives.
Deloitte 2024 Gen Z and Millennial Survey reveals purpose-driven generation
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According to Deloitte’s Gen Z and Millennial Survey, today’s younger employees are highly purpose driven. If we don’t provide opportunities for our employees to find personal meaning in what they do, we risk being unable to attract or retain purpose-driven people who willingly go over and above for the business.
‘The best trained workforce in the world:’ Recruiting veterans to plug skills gaps
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Michael Brash, Editor of Pathfinder International, believes that veterans are good for business. Their extensive military training leaves them with skills and qualities many organisations are lacking – could a veteran be your next hire?
Tips for women in a male-dominated workplace
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Working in a male-dominated environment can be challenging. Women in male-dominated workplaces often have to deal with negative stereotyping and a lack of support. Is this an opportunity to grow as a leader in a tough climate?
The wild west of workplace wellbeing
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What exactly is wellbeing and why does it matter? The truth is, workplace wellbeing is mid-evolution and the commercialisation of the concept is causing confusion. We need to remind ourselves of what workplace wellbeing really is.
Are you instigating fear in the workplace?
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Many leaders acknowledge that fear is increasingly being seen in the workplace, due to financial concerns, global instability and issues around exclusion, but other leaders may themselves be the instigators of fear.
The small efforts that drive significant change
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Unfortunately, there’s no magic wand for making change. But with small, consistent actions, we can make progress with EDI efforts and make a difference.
Interview with CEO Pete Weir: Building an inclusive society for tomorrow’s leaders
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How can we create a more inclusive society for our children of today and leaders of tomorrow? Pete Weir, CEO of Washwood Heath Multi Academy Trust, talks about building an inclusive workplace culture that has a positive ripple effect on the children they teach.
What does being resilient even mean?
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In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Week, let’s look at the true meaning of resilience and how we can be more resilient.
John Lewis publishes job interview questions online: Should your organisation do the same?
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To support diversity and inclusion in the recruitment process, John Lewis has announced it will post interview questions online to help candidates prepare their responses. Should other organisations follow suit? We ask three experts…
Identifying the risk factors for suicide within our organisations
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Tragically, 6,000 people every year in the UK alone are being lost to something that is now widely described by expert clinicians as preventable – suicide. How can HR professionals understand and mitigate the risk factors?
New legal rights for carers: What HR professionals need to know
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At a time when more workers than ever before have caring responsibilities let’s break down the Carer’s Leave Regulations 2024 and consider how and why employers should go above and beyond in providing more than the minimum that’s required by law.
Barclays discrimination claims: From lip service to lawsuits
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Recent allegations of racial and gender discrimination in a hiring decision at Barclays highlights the damage caused by broken talent management approaches. Deborah Hartung explores five ways to fix this frustratingly common business problem.
‘Playing the race card’: What underpins a proof-seeking leader?
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The challenge of the intangible nature of diversity, equity and inclusion, and how we push past never knowing the ‘truth’.
Menstrual leave at work: Is better flexibility enough?
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Remote’s Amanda Day offers valuable insights into the challenges of managing menstrual health in the workplace and what employers can do to support employees.
Neurodiversity Celebration Week: Celebrating different minds
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To mark Neurodiversity Celebration Week (18-24 March 2024), Paul Anderson-Walsh explores what neurodiversity is, the dangers of stereotyping and how to be an ally to neurodiverse individuals.
Sexism in the City: How the ‘Boys’ Club’ perpetuates pay gaps
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On International Women’s Day, the Treasury Committee published its Sexism in the City report, and called for an end to the ‘era of impunity’. As we know, this era has gone on long enough. Working on a project in financial services around 10 years ago in South Africa, I learned that, apparently, between the 1960s […]
International Women’s Day 2024: Inspire Inclusion
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Today is International Women’s Day 2024 and this year’s theme is Inspire Inclusion. So, instead of coming up with a feisty piece calling out gender-based injustice and offering guidance on how to create change, this year we have gone in a different direction. This year we want to inspire women and allies, by sharing stories […]
Ramadan at work: HR best practice
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A guide for HR professionals on how to support employees observing Ramadan.