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How trade unions need to adapt to a changing workforce
Five million people in Britain are now self-employed and this continues to grow, soon to overtake the size of the public sector. Although growth of...
Jan 2019
News in Brief December 2018
Pay ratio reporting requirements take effect on January 1st From 1st January 2019 the new pay ratio reporting requirements, passed last summer and applying to...
Dec 2018
New corporate governance rules open door to greater employee voice
From 1st January 2019, the revised UK Corporate Governance Code drawn up last summer by the FRC will come into force. The major change on...
Dec 2018
Why Is Cyber Security An Employee Engagement Issue?
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) ruled in October 2018 that Morrisons Supermarkets were vicariously responsible for a data breach, in which the personal data and...
Dec 2018
News in Brief November 2018
Cybersecurity is now top concern for businesses The latest survey of 12,000 top executives around the world by the World Economic Forum (WEF) has indicated...
Dec 2018
How a strong employee voice in the workplace can lead to greater employee involvement in lean manufacturing systems
Lean methods are considered the best practice for organising work in the manufacturing sector and beyond. Lean human resource systems theoretically place employees’ skills and...
Nov 2018
Where would a ‘No Deal’ Brexit leave UK employees?
We are fast approaching what could be the decisive moment of the entire Brexit process. The House of Commons is due to vote on the...
Nov 2018
News in Brief October 2018
NHS Workforce risks being further demoralised by hospital car park charging An article in the British Medical Journal has warned that employee morale in the...
Nov 2018
Cyber security risk for employers with low engagement
In the news last week, the Court of Appeal found that Morrisons Supermarkets should be held liable for a rogue employee’s deliberate disclosure of his...
Oct 2018
Dealing with Brexit-related Uncertainty
In a previous bulletin article back in October 2016 I outlined several key questions that had been posed to us following the Brexit vote. These...
Oct 2018
News in Brief September 2018
Workers to keep all tips under new proposals The government has announced plans to legislate in order to ban employers from deducting money from tips...
Sep 2018
Personal appraisal success depends on frequent feedback and good standard setting
Appraisal of employees often gets a bad press, but recent research suggests if it involves frequent feedback between formal appraisal meetings and good prior planning...
Sep 2018
Labour offers a radical vision for corporate governance
At their conference in Liverpool this month, the Labour Party have brought forward a number of radical proposals for reforms to corporate governance, including mandatory...
Sep 2018
Gareth Southgate – A Leader Who Fulfils the Four Pillars of Employee Engagement
I’ve read two articles recently that rightly laud Gareth Southgate’s leadership qualities, one published in the Huffington Post and one in Real Business. This is...
Aug 2018
News in Brief July 2018
Survey reveals potential efficiency gains if managers listen to their employees The Skills and Employment Survey 2017 has shown clear evidence of a link between...
Aug 2018