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Case Study: Wellcome Trust
How training mental health first-aiders has changed the Wellcome Trust’s cultureThe problemThe Wellcome Trust is a global charity that spends £1bn each year funding research in areas including science...
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Case Study: Babcock International
Bringing staff together proved crucial to a marine business’s plans to work smarterIt was, says Jonathan Whitworth, the sort of moment when you could hear a pin drop. Around 100 HR professionals from...
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Case Study: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
How a City law firm is bringing people with learning disabilities into the heart of its business“I was listening to a presentation by Mencap, and a man with a learning disability spoke about his recent...
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I’ll tell you something: Richard Barton
Managers are afraid to give feedback – HR must fight the fearMany firms are said to be scrapping their appraisal schemes. That is great news, but some questions remain: what are they replacing them...
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Employers ‘must prepare to add commission to holiday pay’ after landmark ruling
One of the longest-running, and most complex, employment-related cases currently working its way through the judicial system is on the cusp of a conclusion – and it could prove expensive for...
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Q&A: ‘Working with someone with a learning disability makes you want to be a...
Mencap HR director Angela Buxton says it’s not just candidates who benefit from work experience placements – embracing cognitive diversity makes a huge difference to staff, tooAhead of Learning...
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More than three-quarters of unemployed autistic adults want to work, study finds
But misconceptions and ‘outdated views’ prevent employers recruiting people with autism, experts warnMore than three-quarters (77 per cent) of unemployed autistic adults want a job, yet only 16 per...
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Government pledges £60m to support disadvantaged apprentices
Business leaders welcome changes that also include more money for 16 to 18-year-old apprentices, and more time to spend funds – but some reservations persistThe government has backtracked on cuts to...
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Work permits back on the agenda for future EU workers
But short-term tightening of immigration thresholds more likely than wholesale changeRecord levels of immigration have been a constant for almost two decades, while government policy has moved from...
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Opinion: Biases must be broken to deliver on inclusion
A greater understanding of how our brains function will help leaders achieve diversity and true inclusion for all employees, writes Dr Jacqui GreyThe world in which we work is chaotic. Faced with...
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Workplace sexual harassment: how employers in Europe must respond
Italian and German law specifies written warnings, compulsory relocation and dismissalMore than half the women surveyed by the TUC earlier this year said that they had been sexually harassed at work,...
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Discrimination against working mothers costs businesses £280m a year
Employers pay the price of hiring new staff and lost productivity, finds EHRC, as CBI calls on government to extend statutory maternity leaveBritish companies are losing nearly £280m a year as a result...
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Government rules out post-Brexit regional visa schemes
Different immigration laws would complicate the system and cause difficulties for employers operating in more than one part of the UK, says ministerThe UK government has ruled out creating London-only...
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Tribunal rules in favour of Uber drivers in landmark case
Decision that drivers should be classified as workers will have far-reaching consequences for organisations operating in the gig economyUber drivers should not be viewed as self-employed and are...
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Q&A: ‘Technology is offering us new ways to produce and share expertise’
The role of traditional professions is changing, and the world of work should embrace it, says author Daniel SusskindWe are all braced for a future workplace that’s shaped by advancements in...
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Gay marriage cake case has lessons for all employers
Genuinely held religious beliefs do not trump other equality rightsThe Northern Ireland (NI) Court of Appeal recently had to decide whether a bakery refusing to provide a cake with the message ‘support...
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Sick pay faces overhaul under government plans
Review into disability and long-term sickness suggests need for greater flexibility over returns to work; ‘fit note’ regime also likely to changeMinisters are proposing an overhaul of statutory sick...
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Uber ruling has implications beyond ‘gig economy’, say legal experts
Hospitality, cleaning and courier industries among those watching carefully, as taxi-booking app ponders appeal over drivers’ ‘worker’ statusThe decision of a highly anticipated employment tribunal...
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Performance Review Survival Kit that managers will love!
Performance review season is often the most dreaded time of the year. But it doesn’t have to be. With the tools, tips and advice you'll find in this new survival kit, you can turn your review season...
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Employment status should be focus of government review, say employment lawyers
How can the UK provide its workforce with greater ‘flexisecurity’?Amid concerns about the insecurity of those working in the UK’s growing ‘gig economy’, prime minister Theresa May recently commissioned...
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