CIPD

I'm not upset but I find it interesting that 3 people have picked up on the words Employee Advocate and responded by saying that isn't how we see the role of HR.

Regarding the CIPD's mission statement, I would say that the CIPD isn't an HR professional…

Hi Karin

While an HR professional will advocate for employees on occasion, we are not Employee Advocates.

I realise that your question acknowledges that HR roles are multi-facetted, but there is something about the way the question is phrased that…

Hi Richard

You are establishing a franchise and will want to transfer staff to it so it seems to me that what will actually happen here is a TUPE situation. Are there reasons why you don't think TUPE will apply? If it does, then you have a framework…

Hi David

"White privilege" isn't an assumption that white people have a cushier life than people who aren't white. It means that we don't have to put up with the daily experience such as that of Jacqueline's colleague.

We do…

Hi Lynette

I appreciate that your preference is to get a job and then get married, but you may have to accept that our legal system makes that very difficult. Could you come here, have a small registry office wedding, get your status settled, find a…

I started reading around this subject when I first heard about the Black Lives Matter campaign. I was one of the people who initially reacted by thinking "All lives matter". What opened my eyes was a placard carried by a demonstrator that addressed exactly…

I think I would appeal. It can't make things worse. I would argue that the company has not been brought into disrepute in any way and that there is no reason to believe Dave's claim to be a customer. If I genuinely believed that nonce meant stupid, I…

Hi Theresa

I'd start by listing all the various stakeholders and think about each separately. I suspect you are thinking of stakeholders as one amorphous group.

Hi Denjel

I'm afraid I agree with Keith. If you try searching these forums, you will find many, many posts from people struggling and failing to break into HR who don't have the additional hurdle of requiring an employer to sponsor them. I too would…

Hi Andrea

I don't think you'll find something as specific as that in these forums. If you look on the CIPD main site, you will find advice on change management generally: www.cipd.co.uk/.../management-factsheet