Opinion

  • CIPD response to Labour plans to bolster protections against sexual harassment at work

    In response to Labour’s proposal to extend protections around sexual harassment to interns and people on work experience, Ben Willmott head of public policy for the CIPD, the professional body for HR and people development, comments:

  • “Quit-tok” – The risks of management decisions going viral

    Employers should have robust processes to avoid reputational damage from private conversations leaking into the public, explains Thorntons employment law associate Andrew Wallace

  • REC responds to plans for major welfare changes

    Commenting on the Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride’s plan for major welfare changes, REC Deputy Chief Executive Kate Shoesmith said:

  • Building competitive reward offerings in the battle to retain talent

    Bar Huberman, HR strategy and practice manager, Brightmine

  • Vacancies may be down again, but the labour market is still tough

    Responding to the latest Labour Market data from the Office for National Statistics, Craig Sweeney, EVP of global strategic talent solutions at WilsonHCG - leading global talent solutions provider - has suggested that the labour market is still tight as skills shortages remain:

  • Skills and workforce measures sorely lacking in Chancellor's Budget says CIPD

    Budget billed as being for a ‘high wage, high skill economy’ missing new announcements on skills

  • Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) responds to Spring Budget

    Responding to today’s Spring Budget, the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) Chief Executive Neil Carberry, said:

  • Mahogany Inclusion Partners supports Apprenticeship Diversity Drive with Stephen Lawrence Day Foundation and Arena Racing Company (ARC)

    Mahogany Inclusion Partners, DEI specialist consultancy works with the Arena Racing Company (ARC), under the recommendation of the Stephen Lawrence Day foundation (SLDF) to help strengthen their Apprenticeship diversity and inclusion initiatives.

  • Real wage growth and low unemployment are good for households, but inadequate labour supply is constraining growth

    A steady labour market sets the context for workers in a general election year, but headline figures belie long term challenges

  • Survey results show that Recruitment Agencies remain optimistic despite a challenging 2023

    Results from the first of what will be an annual confidence survey of UK recruitment agencies by Simplicity, the specialist finance and back-office support company, show that agencies remain confident about prospects for 2024, despite a challenging 2023.

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