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Nigel Meager, IES director, debates whether two elements of this week's Queen Speech can really go hand-in-hand.

Can laughter at work really make us more productive? Amanda Callen considers new evidence of the link between laughing and performance at work.

Duncan Brown revisits points made at the IES HR Directors' Retreat, asking how we can successfully implement change whilst maintaining stability and engagement among employees.

'Customers of our organisations often are at the sharp end of evidence-free decision making.' Peter Reilly discusses the practicalities of making HR analytics a reality.

In the UK the 1st of May, May Day, is associated in most people’s minds with dancing, flowers and bonnets. However for many across the world it is more widely recognised as International Workers’ day, a day to celebrate the labour movement and the development of work and employment rights.

Duncan Brown comments on the forthcoming election manifestos with regard to pay, concluding that, with such all-party support for higher and 'fairer' pay, it is interesting to see that employers and their HR functions appear to be much less keen.

Dilys Robinson introduces us to another unsung hero, Mary Parker Follett. First outlining Parker Follett's ideas, Dilys argues how her thinking applies to modern day people management and what we could learn from this great thinker from the past.

Jim Hillage, in reaction to statistics released today by the ONS, has published his thoughts on why productivity will be a priority for the next government.