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News in Brief June 2017
Business groups in UK urge soft Brexit Business lobby groups in the UK have written to the business secretary Greg Clark, urging the government “to...
Jun 2017
Purposeful leadership matters more than ever
Purposeful leadership is increasingly in the spotlight across all sectors of economic, social and political life as people grow disenchanted, and even angry, about the...
Jun 2017
The Queen’s Speech – an opportunity lost?
The Tory election manifesto promised “the greatest expansion in workers’ rights by any Conservative government in history”. The Queens Speech, however, was notable for the...
Jun 2017
The ‘human lag’: how technology sets the pace at work
It’s amazing how intolerant we are of any delay in the reaction times of the technology we use. We complain about our phones or computers...
Jun 2017
Employers ‘must be re-educated on workplace dress codes’
Government stops short of new legislation; requirement for ‘equivalent level of smartness’ between sexes remains in place. Women can be required to wear high heels...
Apr 2017
Workplace rights – post Article 50, where do we go from here?
Events have certainly moved at a rapid pace since the letter notifying the European Commission that the UK is invoking its right under Article 50...
Apr 2017
News in Brief March 2017
Great Repeal Bill The Great Repeal Bill comes a day after the triggering of Article 50, starting the process which will officially take Britain out...
Mar 2017
On Service Automation and The Future of Work
To what extent are service automation tools driving improvements in the businesses and how they operate? We have been studying robotic process automation (RPA) through...
Mar 2017
Another Successful IPA Hub Meeting
The IPA launched its new Hub for representatives on 29 September 2016. Since then we have held two further meetings in London and Edinburgh involving...
Mar 2017
‘The ownership effect’
I recently had the pleasure of presenting at a Co-operative Party conference, where the topic was responsible business. Obviously, this is something which is close...
Feb 2017
Workplace Representation – What Next for Trade Unions and Staff Forums?
In 1979, 13 million people belonged to a trade union. Today there are just 6.4 million union members. According to research published by Acas in...
Feb 2017
News in Brief February 2017
FTSE firms should publish a breakdown of their workforce by race and pay band, says government-backed review A review led by Baroness McGregor-Smith looked into...
Feb 2017
Why Top Bosses Often Perform Worse Than Middle Managers
A combination of fear and unconditional support can lead to high-status managers delivering less successful projects than lower-ranking managers because colleagues are less willing to...
Feb 2017
The gig economy – what is it and why should employers care?
In our increasingly flexible labour market, the notion of a job for life and the concept of a consistent 9–5 workday is diminishing. In its...
Feb 2017
Corporate Governance Submission
At her speech to the Conservative Party Conference last year, Theresa May declared that “we’re going to have not just consumers represented on company boards,...
Feb 2017