Ben Willmott

Employee Relations Adviser

Absence, Alcohol abuse, Business ethics, Data protection, Discipline, Drug abuse, Employment relations, Health and safety, Personnel records, Public Policy, Smoking, Stress, Substance misuse, Violence

Ben Willmott joined the Institute in October 2003. He is responsible for ensuring the CIPD's interests are represented across a wide range of public policy areas including stress, data protection, health and safety and statutory dispute resolution.

His others areas of interest include absence management, working time and the Information and Consultation Directive.

Prior to joining the CIPD he was news editor and employment law editor at Personnel Today magazine.

He started his career in regional journalism where his roles included chief reporter at the Daily Echo in Bournemouth, and crime reporter on the Northampton Chronicle and Echo.