How should HR handle the highest inflation in decades?

How should HR handle the highest inflation in decades?

Waking up to reports that inflation hit a 40-year high in the year to April, HR teams may struggle to know exactly how to help employees with the rising cost of living. But there are strategies beyond inflation-busting pay rises.  Energy prices have jumped £700 a...
Family-friendly policies are not just for mum and dad

Family-friendly policies are not just for mum and dad

When it was revealed that a tenth of employers had not complied with gender pay gap reporting this year – and for those that did the hourly pay gap rose to more than 10% – this prompted questions on why there was no real progress in improving women’s equality at work....
Five ways to be an activist organisation

Five ways to be an activist organisation

Five ways to be an activist organisation This article was published in d&i Leaders The summer months of 2020 produced a wave of organisations touting their activist credentials. After the tragic death of George Floyd and Black Lives Matter protests in response,...
How easy is it to implement a four-day week?

How easy is it to implement a four-day week?

How easy is it to implement a four-day week? This article was published in Personnel Today   It felt as though the flexibility agenda took a step backwards earlier this year when research organisation the Wellcome Trust scrapped its plans to trial a four-day week...