By Marek Zemanik, Senior Public Policy Adviser

The first Working Lives Scotland report was released three months after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. While it was already apparent that we were experiencing an unprecedented event, one year on we…

Jill Evans, Law Content Analyst, CIPD, looks at employment law changes in April/May 2021

April is the month when statutory rates increase, and this year is no exception. Statutory maternity, adoption, paternity, and shared parental pay rose to £151.97…

By Marek Zemanik, Senior Public Policy Adviser

By the time you read this blog, it will only be a few hours until the polls open across Scotland for the 2021 Scottish Parliament election. The sixth session of Parliament with 129 new (and returning) MSPs…

Charles Cotton, Senior Policy Adviser, Performance and Reward

As data reported in my previous blog posts and in the latest CIPD Reward Management survey show, indicators of in-work poverty have increased since the start of the pandemic.

This should be…

By Marek Zemanik, Senior Public Policy Adviser. 

In just under 10 weeks, on 6^th May 2021, people in Scotland will head to the polls to elect 129 new MSPs. It is fair to say, this election will be like no other election before it. We still face considerable…

By David D'Souza, Membership Director

It’s true to say that 2020 was full of learning and the opportunity to reinvent for many, but it’s equally true to say that it was full of pain, loss and uncertainty. Over recent years I’ve regularly bee…

By Marek Zemanik, Senior Public Policy Adviser.

As 2020 draws to a close, most of us will be looking back in disbelief and looking forward in hope. While the news of a vaccine rollout offers a genuine way out of the tunnel after months of restrictions…

Jill Evans, Law Content Analyst, looks at employment law changes and case law in November and December.

The unexpected keeps happening. The new Job Support Scheme was replaced at the 11^th hour by a reintroduced Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme , and lockdowns…

By Charles Cotton, Senior Reward Advisor at the CIPD.

This week is Talk Money Week, an annual awareness-raising campaign, organised by the Money and Pension Services (MaPS), to get people talking about money.  Money issues are often considered a taboo subject –…

By Jill Evans, Law Content Analyst, CIPD

Rules and regulations can’t always keep pace with real life. The UK Government’s new Job Support Scheme, announced on 24 September, is already having to be extended to support businesses forced to close…

Over a quarter (27%) of people say their alcohol consumption has increased as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and related restrictions. This is according to our hot-off-the-press CIPD survey looking at how working lives have changed during the pandemic…