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Creating a modern framework for industrial relations: government consultation
The government has issued a consultation document on the proposals to update legislation relating to trade unions incorporated in Make Work Pay and the current...
Oct 2024
Does Ambition and Success Work Together?
The new government has set out five broadly-based “missions” to help guide it during its time in office. They are nothing if not ambitious: highest...
Sep 2024
A Worker Friendly Approach to Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a huge issue for trade unions. Our movement was forged amidst the transformational change of the late industrial revolution, and we...
Sep 2024
The Welsh Way: Top 5 takeaways for UK employers from the Welsh Social Partnership Conference
The landscape of industrial relations in the UK is undergoing significant shifts, prompting a re-evaluation of collaborative practices between employers and trade unions. Social Partnership...
Jul 2024
Let’s start talking: rebooting the partnership agenda between government, unions and employers
There has been much discussion about the wide-ranging reforms to working lives embodied in Labour’s New Deal for working people. Taken with other much needed...
Jun 2024
Unlocking the full potential of the UK workforce
As we present the findings from the second annual Engage for Success (EFS) engagement survey, we find ourselves at a critical juncture. Our inaugural report...
Jun 2024
Introducing Lucy O’Melia – IPA’s new head of learning and development
It’s good to be ‘going public’ and introducing myself after a very exciting first few weeks in post as head of learning and development for...
Jun 2024
Exploring the barriers to stagnating engagement: Insights from the Engage for Success 2023 UK engagement survey
Launched in 2022, the Engage for Success (EFS) engagement survey was established to gain a better understanding of employee engagement levels in the UK. At...
Apr 2024
Managing HR in recession: why it makes sense to consider alternatives to job cuts in a downturn
Many organisations like to claim that “people are their greatest asset”. However, perhaps the ultimate test of this mantra is when tough times hit, and...
Mar 2024
Collective performance-related pay systems may have more effect than individual performance-related schemes
Collective performance-related pay systems may have more effect than individual performance-related schemes, so research led by Professor Stephen Wood at University of Leicester School of...
Mar 2024
The strategic importance of employee engagement
In the ever-evolving landscape of the UK economy, one crucial factor stands out as both a challenge and an opportunity: employee engagement. Rarely a day...
Feb 2024
There is another way
When all the focus has been on the wave of industrial unrest of the last 18 months and whether it signals a renaissance of trade...
Jan 2024
Derek Luckhurst retires from IPA
When I joined the IPA in December 2000, the world of industrial relations felt very different to how landscape looks at the start of 2024....
Jan 2024
Trade unions are for life – not just for Christmas
There’s no question but that industrial relations – and specifically relations with recognised trade unions – is looming large on the agenda of many employers,...
Dec 2023
Productivity: still a puzzle with a vital piece missing?
2023’s National Productivity Week ended on 1 December, with the UK still grappling with the same challenges that were set out in IPA’s report published...
Dec 2023