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Retaining Valuable Workers
The importance of retaining older people in the workforce has been widely recognised as an EU policy goal and is linked to a wide range...
Mar 2015
Employee Ownership In Britain Today
Employee ownership (EO) is an increasingly important form of company ownership in Britain. Employee-owned firms are now found in many sectors, including retail/wholesale, ancillary health...
Mar 2015
Diverse Voices – Engaging employees in a diverse workforce
There is a growing body of evidence demonstrating the importance of employee engagement. This was in part driven by the MacLeod report ‘Engaging for Success’...
Mar 2015
NHS Success Story – Employee engagement on the rise
‘NHS Success Story.’ Not a headline you see very often but the results of the NHS Staff Survey 2013 show that the NHS is making...
Feb 2015
News in Brief February 2015
Poor relationship with manager driving employees to change employer The 2014 Towers Watson Global Workforce Study revealed that a third of the UK workforce is likely...
Feb 2015
NHS Staff Survey 2014-Progress under pressure
The NHS – and its workforce- are facing increasing pressure as the funding squeeze continues. In this article, Steven Weeks of NHS Employers analyses the...
Feb 2015
Striking the balance – Employment regulation and the labour market
There seems to be a perpetual debate on the correct level of employment regulation. Do working people need more protection to redress the power imbalance?...
Feb 2015
NHS staff survey results 2015 – Progress in staff engagement despite organisational pressures
The 2015 NHS Staff Survey results were released on 23rd February. The survey is the largest of its kind in Europe and surveyed over 741,000...
Feb 2015
News in Brief January 2015
NHS strike called off UNISON suspended a planned strike action for its members in England after an improved offer from the government. The conciliatory offer...
Jan 2015
Key issues for HR Managers and Leaders – IPA Survey
When we are talking to IPA members and clients who come to us needing support to develop employee engagement programmes in their organisations, we often...
Jan 2015
Engaging in the new world
As David MacLeod and I were writing our 2009 report Engaging for Success, there was a widespread view that engaging employees, while possibly an interesting...
Jan 2015
News in Brief December 2014
Exodus of senior nurses from NHS The Royal College of Nursing warns that an ageing working along with staff cuts has led to a dramatic...
Dec 2014
Start with line managers for employee engagement and wellbeing
Employee engagement and wellbeing are among the most important people outcomes in an organisation, as both have been linked to improved performance. Moreover, and perhaps...
Dec 2014
Involvement and Participation Association
We were delighted to have Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP as the speaker at IPA’s Christmas Reception – which was held on the 9th of...
Dec 2014
News in Brief November 2014
Impact of holiday pay ruling The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) recently passed a landmark judgment to include overtime in holiday pay. The decision will see...
Nov 2014