Your November round-up of the latest evidence and insights to keep your people practices relevant and up to date.
Organisations of all sizes and in all sectors rely on people professionals to stay on top of changes in the world of work, a world that never stops evolving. As your professional body, we’re here to support you with the insights and guidance you need to deliver a great people experience that supports your organisation’s strategy and ensures work works for everyone. In case you missed it, here’s a round-up of some of the key resources we’ve published this month.
The world of work is constantly evolving, with technological advancements, shifting employee expectations, and widening skills gaps presenting constant challenges. People professionals are at the forefront of tackling these issues – ensuring teams are equipped, engaged, and ready for the future.
To help you make informed decisions and shape impactful strategies, this month we’ve focused on a range of topics linked to workplace skills and productivity.
As your professional body, we make sure we stay on top of the employment law landscape to give you the confidence and know-how to keep your workplace fair, inclusive and compliant. We’re continually updating our knowledge hub to ensure you have all information you need at your fingertips. Here’s a summary of what’s new this month:
We published our Autumn 2024 Labour Market Outlook (LMO) this month, based on a survey of more than 2,000 UK-based employers. This quarterly report is full of insightful predictions for the UK labour market, with analysis of employers’ recruitment, redundancy and pay plans combined with our unique insights on key topics.
With Ireland’s auto-enrolment retirement savings scheme set to launch in September 2025, we hosted a webinar to share more information with our members. We were joined by Liam Connellan, partner and head of the pensions team at ByrneWallace LLP, who talked through the differences between auto-enrolment and pensions schemes. Liam also shared key considerations and actions for employers to help them successfully prepare for the change.
Do mothers, particularly those with young children, face disadvantages when it comes to job quality? Our experts have analysed a recent study into this very topic based on several years of research. Researchers used different methods to explore the job quality of working mothers and fathers compared with those without children. Read our report to understand the role people professionals can play and the practical steps we can take to promote and ensure a consistent level of job quality for all.
Drug and alcohol use issues affect more people than we might expect. But just 30% of UK organisations provide guidelines for managers on how to deal with incidents and how to signpost employees to support services.
Our guides, for both managers and people professionals, provide advice on how to manage specific incidents and effectively support those struggling with drug or alcohol problems. We also share guidance on the preventative steps organisations can take to make sure work isn’t part of the problem.
Our research shows that less than 30% of UK employers train all interviewers on inclusive interview practices. No one is immune to bias and recruitment processes should be designed to ensure the most suitable candidate is always selected for a role. Clear, objective, structured, and transparent processes are fairer for candidates and support employers to attract more diverse talent pools.
Our inclusive recruitment guides contain practical, evidence-based actions to make the recruitment process more inclusive. We’ve also got a range of regularly updated recruitment factsheets to give you everything you need to operate fair and effective processes.
Inclusive recruitment: Guide for people professionals
People manager guide: Inclusive recruitment
If you’re new to reward, you might wonder what all these terms mean. We’ve published two updated factsheets this month exploring the purpose and implementation of pay structures and the pros and cons of performance related pay to give you everything you need to know.
This month we launched a brand-new member-only guide offering practical advice for people professionals on managing discipline and grievance procedures. It offers guidance on aligning with the Acas code of practice and handling cases professionally and sympathetically. This includes a focus on resolving issues informally using mediation techniques wherever possible.
We also published an updated factsheet on ethical practice and the role of the people profession. It explores why ethical practice matters and how the profession can help to integrate ethics into key organisational processes.
Our podcasts feature expert speakers and cover a wide range of insightful topics for all people professionals. Why not download this month’s new editions to catch up with the latest insights on the go?
Our trusted discussion forums are a popular, safe space for CIPD members to ask each other for advice and insights on the crucial issues they’re facing in their day-to-day roles. Discussions this month included:
Are you a journalist looking for expert commentary and insights on the world of work?
We have around 100 regularly-updated factsheets providing overviews and information on key topics
Our guides provide recommendations and advice on how to apply good practices in the workplace
Listen to episodes from our podcast series on a range of topical workplace, HR and L&D issues
From absence management to workforce trends, search by topic for the latest resources for the people profession and the world of work.
