Last updated 29 June 2011
Why the CIPD?
Public policy at the CIPD exists to inform and shape debate, government policy and legislation in order to enable higher performance at work and better pathways into work for those seeking employment.
The CIPD is the leading independent voice on workplace performance and skills. We draw on our extensive research and the expertise and experience of our members on the front-line to highlight and promote new and best practice and produce practical guidance for the benefit of employers, employees and policy makers.
On a macro-economic scale, our expertise and the data we gather from our membership gives us an unrivalled capacity to accurately forecast labour market trends and to consider the impact of employment legislation across all sectors and sizes of organisation.
Making an impact: Our recent engagement
Our Chief Executive, Jackie Orme, sits on the BIS Executive Group on Fair Access to the Professions. She also recently joined Prime Minister David Cameron and Business Secretary Vince Cable at the launch of the Government’s Employee Engagement Taskforce, which the CIPD is actively supporting
Our Chief Economic Adviser, Dr John Philpott, gave evidence to the Treasury Select Committee on the Comprehensive Spending Review, and to the Work and Pensions Select Committee on our labour market research and implications for welfare reform
Our Reward Adviser, Charles Cotton, gave evidence to the Superannuation Bill Committee on civil service redundancy pay, the Committee on Standards in Public Life on MPs’ expenses and the Treasury Select Committee on banking remuneration
CIPD Diversity Adviser, Dianah Worman OBE, has worked with the Government Equalities Office and the EHRC on voluntary and gender pay reporting
Mike Emmott, our Employment Relations Adviser, sits on the Government’s Flexible Working Taskforce and has also sat on the specialist forum of the MacLeod Review into employee engagement
What are our successes?
The CIPD public policy team have had several meetings at Number Ten, on issues including the labour market, pensions and employee engagement
Edward Davey, Minister for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs, invited CIPD to co-launch BIS’ Modern workplaces consultation and held a private briefing on the reforms for a CIPD member delegation
Chris Grayling, Minister for Employment pitched to a senior CIPD member audience, on the business benefits of working with welfare-to-work providers
Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone took part in a Public Policy podcast on equality in the workplace
Our internshipsguide, Internships that work: A guide for employers, has been used as the basis for the Government’s Common Best Practice Code for internships, to be launched in July 2011
Thanks in large part to the work of CIPD, the Government started to phase out the Default Retirement Age in May 2011, to be removed completely by October 2011
We worked closely with David MacLeod and Nita Clarke on establishing the evidence base for the MacLeod review into employee engagement
Over the past year, CIPD Public Policy Advisers have held personal meetings with numerous Government Ministers, Shadow Cabinet members and Whitehall officials
Join our network
By joining our network you will be signing up for our quarterly newsletter which rounds up our policy activity from the preceeding three months and find out about what to look out for in the following quarter.
You will also receive invitations to engage with policy makers at consultation meetings and contribute to policy submissions.