Factsheets and surveys (good practice)

Factsheets

CIPD's factsheets provide introductory guidance on a wide range of HR issues. They offer a starting point for further research and are updated regularly.

Factsheets with legal content are:

• Absence management
• Age and employment
• Age discrimination: reward policies and procedures
• Business gifts
• Data protection
• Disability and employment
• Discipline and grievances at work
• Dismissal
• Employing overseas workers
• Employing people with criminal records
• Employment tribunals
• EU employment policy
• European Works Councils
• Flexible working
• Harassment at work
• Health and safety at work
• Human rights
• Immigration law changes: what employers should know
• Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations
• Internet and email policies
• Legal developments in 2006 and 2007 
• Maternity, paternity and adoption rights
• Mental health at work
• National Minimum Wage
• Occupational health and organisational effectiveness
• Occupational pensions
• Outdoor development
• Race, religion and employment
• Recruitment
• Recruitment of those working with children and vulnerable adults
• Redundancy
• References
• Retention of personnel records
• Sex discrimination, sexual orientation, gender reassignment and employment
• Smoking at work
• Transfer of undertakings (TUPE)
• Whistleblowing
• Work-life balance
• Working hours in the UK

You can also view the full list of titles in date order and an alphabetical list of our information resources. All factsheets can be displayed in a printer-friendly format.

• Go to the list of factsheets in date order
• Go to a full A-Z list of factsheets and other information resources

Surveys and other reports

Our series of annual surveys and one-off reports provide statistics and analysis on current and topical people management and development issues. CIPD's Research and Policy and Press departments carry out the research.

Reports on legal issues are:

• Age discrimination at work
• Employer attitudes towards ex-offenders
• Employment and the law: burden or benefit 
• Flexible working and paternity leave: the full rate for fatherhood
• The impact of the Working Time Regulations on UK plc
• Religious discrimination: an introduction to the law
• Working Time Regulations - calling time on working time

You can also view a full list of titles in date order and an alphabetical list of our information resources. Our surveys and free reports are in PDF format.

• Go to the list of surveys in date order
• Go to a full A-Z list of surveys, reports and other information resources