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Communication and Consultation

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Communication and consultation involves a dialogue between employer and employee, which can help to build the ways in which employees feel valued by their employer and the employer values (and is seen to value) the employees’ contributions. You’ll find here information on employee communication, involvement and participation, employee voice, consultation and representation, and works councils.

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Engagement Conference

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Employee relations at Capgemini UK

The positive approach taken by Capgemini to engaging with trade unions is delivering business value, and their experience offers lessons for other employers.

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Factsheets (4)

Code of Practice on Information and Consultation
February 2012
Summarises the Code of Practice on Employees (Provision of Information and Consultation) Act 2006 launched by the Irish government on 20 March 2008.
Employee communication
January 2012
Introductory guidance covering the importance of good internal workplace communications and developing an effective strategy. Includes the CIPD viewpoint.
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Survey reports (3)

Pay management (UK) survey: employee pay attitudes
June 2011
Results of the latest CIPD survey, carried out by YouGov, of UK employees' opinions and attitudes towards pay and bonuses.
Pay management (Ireland) survey: employee attitudes
June 2011
Reports the results of a CIPD Ireland survey of Irish employees' opinions and attitudes toward pay and bonuses.
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Guides (2)

Pension communications: realising the value
June 2011
Stresses the importance of communication when detailing pension arrangements for employers to realise maximum value from pension schemes.
A guide to meaningful information and consultation
June 2011
Provides guidance on establishing arrangements for informing and consulting effectively with employees.

Research (4)

Voice and engagement: how does collective consultation contribute?
June 2011
Reports evidence on various ways in which collective forms of employee voice can help support employee engagement.
Implementing information and consultation: early experience under the ICE Regulations
June 2011
A BERR report, co-sponsored by Acas and CIPD, which examines the key features and operation of information and consultation arrangements resulting from the ICE Regulations 2004.
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Books (3)

Bookstore - Making Consultation Work : The importance of process
March 2005
As new regs come into force this detailed research, based on analysis of a series of case studies, explores the process of consultation and what it means in a business context.
Bookstore - The Growth of Direct Communication
February 2002
This report uses data from the major Workplace Employee Relations Survey to establish why this occurred.
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Practical tools (2)

Your employer brand: keeping it real through mergers and acquisitions
March 2011
A selection of recommendations, best practice insights and activities to help with planning and carrying out the different tasks in an M&A integration process.
HR: taking employee communication seriously
March 2011
A practical tool to help you understand key elements of a strategic approach to employee communication and the links between communication and HR strategy

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