Your February summary of the latest tools and insights that will keep your people practices relevant and up to date
In the fast-changing world of work, it’s more important than ever for people professionals to stay on top of the latest trends and developments. As your professional body, we’re here to bring you the latest evidence-based insights and advice to help you create a people experience that works for your organisation and benefits everyone. Here’s a quick look at some of the resources we’ve shared this month to keep you ahead of the curve.
This month we continued to focus on AI in the workplace. AI is reshaping jobs, careers and workplaces everywhere. HR professionals have a big part to play in helping businesses navigate the risks and opportunities to ensure it’s adopted responsibly and ethically.
AI is already being used in many areas but knowing where to start in your organisation can be challenging. That’s why we’ve put together a collection of reports, guides and practical tools to help you stay ahead and get the best out of AI in the workplace.
As your professional body, we’re constantly reviewing the employment law landscape and updating our knowledge hub to ensure you have all the right information at your fingertips. Here’s a snapshot of what’s new this month:
The CIPD’s quarterly Labour Market Outlook is one of the most authoritative employment indicators in the UK. It provides forward-looking analysis of employers’ recruitment, redundancy and pay intentions to help HR professionals and employers plan and prepare.
This quarter, the report received widespread media coverage after highlighting plummeting employment confidence and the highest rise in organisations expecting to make redundancies in a decade (excluding the COVID-19 pandemic). Our advice to people professionals is to avoid knee-jerk reactions and take a long-term approach to workforce planning and skills and technology investment. Read the full report to find out more.
To give people professionals insight into how effective organisations are at driving workforce mobility and opportunity, we’ve published our take on a new scorecard that ranks 150 of the UK’s largest employers based on retention, pay, mobility and access to opportunity.
Importantly, the scorecard supports employers and people professionals to make comparisons by occupation and by company. By looking at a similar sized company as a benchmark against your own, you can identify specific areas for improvement.
We also updated two related factsheets this month to help you understand more about both reward and people analytics.
There are around 9.5 million people of working age with a disability in the UK. Yet only 5.1 million of them are in work. This represents a huge pool of untapped talent which businesses can’t afford to ignore.
In partnership with Disability Confident, we’ve developed guidance for managers on employing people with disabilities and long-term health conditions. The quick and easily digestible guide provides useful information and practical advice covering recruitment, line management and continuing professional development.
Does your CIPD membership grade reflect your knowledge, abilities and impact in your workplace? If not, you could be missing out.
There are several ways to achieve Chartered Membership and ensure your grade demonstrates your true skills, experience, career potential and professional credibility to colleagues, clients and employers. We ran a special webinar this month to explore the benefits of gaining Chartered membership and the different routes you can take.
Hiring and supporting refugees in employment is a crucial part of social and economic integration. Organisations that do so also benefit from the skills, experience and knowledge of refugees, helping them address talent shortages and gaps in the labour market.
We’ve published a guide to hiring refugees full of practical recommendations and information on recruitment and retention for organisations of any size.
Our research suggests that most organisations are increasing their focus on health and wellbeing and supporting people in a wide-ranging way. But to fully realise the benefits of a healthy workplace, organisations should learn more about the common issues facing workers that are leading to long and short-term absences. Using the latest data and insights, organisations can boost the mental and physical wellbeing of their workforce to create a healthier and more productive workplace.
In partnership with Simplyhealth, we’ve published a new infographic to help you understand some of the key challenges and build the knowledge you need to create and support a healthy workplace.
Our podcasts are packed full of insights on the latest issues impacting people professionals from a wide range of expert speakers. Listen to this month’s new editions to catch up with the latest news and views.
Our discussion forums provide a safe, open space for our global community of people professionals to share insights and seek advice on the issues they’re facing in their day-to-day roles. Topics of discussion this month included:
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
Practical resources to support you in the workplace
