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Beyond rhetoric: what is really sustaining – or undermining – DEI in UK workplaces?
Diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) has not disappeared from organisational agendas, but it is under pressure. It feels more fragile, more contested, and harder to...
Jun 2026
What new sectoral bargaining could mean for pay and workforce stability
Naomi Cooke, Head of Workforce at the Local Government Association, reflects on what the introduction of a new model of sectoral bargaining could mean for...
Jun 2026
IPA Employee Voice Survey
Strong employee voice helps organisations make better decisions, manage change more effectively and build trust at work. To understand how this works in practice, we...
Apr 2026
The five disruptors of the UK industrial model
With prescience and clarity, the outgoing Chair of ACAS, Clare Chapman, in a recent address to the IPA’s Work Insights Network identified the five ‘disruptors’...
Apr 2026
Some things change, some stay the same…
Stefan Stern, visiting professor at Bayes Business School, University of London, reflects on the knowledge exchange event, Amplifying Employee Voice for the Future of Work...
Mar 2026
Voice and the Future of Work in Contemporary Warehousing
Over the past decade, online retail has expanded significantly, driving demand for fulfilment warehouses that process large volumes of small, varied orders. Given the size...
Mar 2026
Amplifying employee voice for the future of work: evidence from Scotland
Over the last three years, a team at Strathclyde Business School has completed a major research project on employee voice funded as part of the...
Mar 2026
Employee Voice: What, Why and How
We all like the sound of having or giving ‘a voice’ but what do we really mean by employee voice and what might employers and...
Mar 2026
Don’t panic, Captain Mainwaring
Don’t panic, Captain Mainwaring The Employment Rights Act finally received Royal Assent just before Christmas, after a ground-breaking tripartite engagement between business, trade unions and...
Jan 2026
What ARE Gen Z looking for from work?
There has been a lot written about what Gen Z (those born between 1997 and 2012) are looking for from work, and the challenges this...
Nov 2025
Why Employee Voice Matters More Now Than Ever
Why Employee Voice Matters More Now Than Ever The past decade has been defined by volatility. From the financial crisis to Brexit, from the shock...
Nov 2025
A more successful economy based on better work for all
The Employment Rights Bill 2024 is now in its final Parliamentary stages and its provisions are likely to come into force over the next two...
Oct 2025
Good industrial relations must underpin the Employment Rights Bill
The Employment Rights Bill is likely to pass into law by the end of the year (depending on the ongoing interplay between the Houses of...
Oct 2025
Is the people factor being lost in the productivity debate?
The UK has a productivity problem. We produce far less per hour worked than our international comparators and, consequently, economic growth and living standards are...
Sep 2025
Listen! Speak up! Be Safe!
In recent years, traditional forms of worker participation have been eroded with a reduction in trade union influence, new hybrid working arrangements, the introduction of...
Sep 2025