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Gender pay gaps: continuity or change, progress or push-back?
8 May 2024Duncan Brown considers the government's recently released gender pay gap data, now in it's sixth year of reporting and based on employers with 250 or more employees, comparing men and women’s average pay across each organisation.
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The occupations affected by the Budget
15 Apr 2024In a blog originally published in March on the Adzuna website, Daniel Muir looks at how the policies announced – and not announced – in the Spring Budget, will have an impact on various occupations across the UK.
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Pay equity and transparency: coming our way in the UK?
28 Mar 2024With pay reform legislation continuing to spread across the US, Duncan Brown reflects on the latest US developments on pay equity and transparency and considers if the UK will benefit from the ripple effect of pay reform from 'across the pond'.
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Can job crafting help the terminally ill?
25 Mar 2024Stephen Bevan looks at how several methods of job crafting can provide ways to improve access to meaningful work for employees with a terminal illness.
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Why Bolsover could be the next Port Talbot
22 Mar 2024After Tata Steel closed in Port Talbot, Daniel Muir and Nick Litsardopoulos consider other local labour markets dominated by singular employers or industries that may also be vulnerable.
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Skills Bootcamps – we need to know more!
21 Mar 2024Joy Williams summarises recent IES research into Skills Bootcamps and how well they fit with occupational standards, including a call to action for employers who have used Skills Bootcamps to participate in further research.
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The surprising rebirth of strategic workforce planning
11 Mar 2024Duncan Brown takes an in-depth look at strategic workforce planning (SWP), specifically comparing the different approaches in the UK and France, and highlighting current challenges, possible ways forward and what the UK can learn from French strategies.
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Roses are red, violets are blue, workers strike for fair pay at Deliveroo
14 Feb 2024In the light of the Valentine's Day strike by Deliveroo and Uber Eats workers, Kate Alexander looks at the rapid rise in app-based employment and accompanying legislation (or lack of it) around pay and workers' rights for platform-based employees.
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Flexible working as a day one right
31 Jan 2024Following her recent webinar, Astrid Allen summarises the new flexible working legislation and how it will change the process for employees requesting flexibility. She also refers to recent research and recommendations on best practise for flexible working arrangements to benefit employees, employers and organisations alike.
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DEI trends 2024: preparing for the year ahead
29 Jan 2024In the second part of her in-depth look at DEI in the workplace Meenakshi Krishnan explores the current challenges in making genuine progress, and the common pitfalls for HR professionals and organisations. She also sets out her recommendations for the continued improvement and success of DEI moving forward.