Biography
Professor John Philpott was appointed Chief Economist at the CIPD in November 2000. He is helping the CIPD to advance thinking on a coherent policy strategy for boosting business efficiency, maintaining full employment and raising real incomes in the UK and other developed economies. His regular Perspectives essays survey 'big picture' labour market and employment policy issues.
John has a Doctorate from the University of Oxford and holds a Visiting Professorship in Economics at the University of Hertfordshire. Prior to joining the CIPD he was, for 13 years, Director of the Employment Policy Institute (EPI), an independent policy think-tank. His research and publications have covered labour market trends, long-term unemployment, welfare-to-work, full employment, employability, productivity, minimum-wage setting, the euro and Social Europe. He is a regular media commentator on these issues.
John is responsible for the CIPD's Labour Market Outlook report (formerly called HR quarterly trends and indicators), which provides forward-looking information to help employers forecast recruitment and other employment intentions. It covers subjects such as recruitment, redundancies and pay.