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Northumbrian Water Limited supplies 2.7 million customers in the North East with both water and sewerage services, trading as Northumbrian Water, and 1.8 million customers in the South East with water services, trading as Essex & Suffolk Water. In 2021, Northumbrian Water Group was named the world's most ethical water company for the tenth time and was identified as the 25 th Top UK Workplace (Super Large) by the Great Places to Work Institute and awarded Centre of Excellence in Wellbeing status. We are active supporters of the One Million Chances...
Public Policy
1 Nov, 2021 09:21
A continuously updated bank of 'go to' discussions on every topic imaginable
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Lutfur Ali, Senior Policy Advisor, CIPD. By looking at my seven-year-old you may not be able to tell, but his brain functions very differently. If you were to meet him, you’d probably notice that beyond his ‘normal’ looks he do...
By Employment 17 Dec, 2021 16:08
By Jill Evans, Law Content Analyst. The government has announced new minimum wage rates for 2022 but has not said when the long-awaited Employment Bill will be published. The Bill is expected, among other measures, to: Make flexible working th...
By Northern Ireland 7 Dec, 2021 12:37
Domestic abuse has an impact at work where it can negatively affect those who are abused as well as their colleagues. The CIPD and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) recently produced a guide for employers for managing and supporti...
By Peter Cheese 6 Dec, 2021 14:51
Peter Cheese, Chief Executive, CIPD. When we consider the future of the people profession, it’s important we engage with and listen to those coming into the profession. Students studying for CIPD qualifications will bring new expectations, idea...
By Scotland 24 Nov, 2021 08:00
This blog was written jointly by Marek Zemanik, Senior Public Policy Adviser at the CIPD in Scotland, and Paul Traynor, Head of External Affairs at Carers Trust Scotland 25 November 2021 marks the annual Carers Rights Day. Its purpose is to hel...
By Reward 15 Nov, 2021 13:27
By Charles Cotton, Senior Policy Adviser for Reward at the CIPD. In the UK, it’s Living Wage Week (15-19 November), The Living Wage Foundation has announced the new rates for its voluntary ‘real Living Wage’ and is celebrating...
By Public Policy 8 Nov, 2021 13:44
Harry Clucas, Community and Mobilisation, Peabody. Our focus is to help young people find a career where they excel. We offer this through a range of mediums such as in-house kickstart placements, funding and training to...
By Scotland 2 Nov, 2021 11:24
National Stress Awareness Day provides an opportunity to increase public awareness and help people recognise, manage and reduce stress in their personal and professional lives. This blog has been written by Olivia Carson, Public Affairs Officer...
By Public Policy 1 Nov, 2021 09:21
Northumbrian Water Limited supplies 2.7 million customers in the North East with both water and sewerage services, trading as Northumbrian Water, and 1.8 million customers in the South East with water services, trading as Essex &a...
By Scotland 1 Nov, 2021 08:05
By Marek Zemanik, Senior Public Policy Adviser The impact of the pandemic on nearly all aspects of our personal and working lives will be felt for years to come. In the world of work, both employees and employers had to quickly learn to navigate new...
By Public Policy 28 Oct, 2021 07:00
Alison Bell, People and Culture Director, MTR Elizabeth line. When the new Elizabeth line opens it will provide a fast, frequent service linking the east and west through the heart of London, improving customer journey times and increasing ...
By Scotland 21 Oct, 2021 09:29
Carl Greenwood, Senior Development Officer, Paths for All. Keeping physically active in-and-around the working day has lots of benefits for both employees and employers. Staff who are physically active are more productive, take fewer sick days, and a...
By Public Policy 21 Oct, 2021 05:00
Ceri Travers, Organisational Development & Early Careers Manager, William Hare in Bury, Greater Manchester. William Hare is a global leader in engineered solutions. It is crucial for us to attract and retain young talent as 48% of ...
By Reward 15 Oct, 2021 12:58
By Charles Cotton, Senior Policy Advisor at the CIPD. Just as we see started to see the end of the coronavirus pandemic, the UK’s great cost of living crisis starts to come into view – bringing with it a new source of stress and anx...
By CIPD 15 Oct, 2021 09:21
Mary Connaughton, Director, CIPD Ireland. As we continue to cope with the unpredictable path of COVID-19, organisations and employees remain adaptable in their responses. A growing number of companies are holding off plans for office re-ope...
By Profession 15 Oct, 2021 05:00
By Dr Nadia Kougiannou, Dr Sarah Pass and Professor Helen Shipton, Nottingham Trent University. Although voice has been seen as an instrument for mutual gain, it is also integral to employee attitudes and feelings at work (Wilkinson et al., 2014...
By Public Policy 6 Oct, 2021 13:15
Dr Tracey Leghorn, Chief HR and H&S Officer, SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK. For young people, summer should be a rite of passage marked by exams, graduation and perhaps travel, or a first real experience of the world of work. But just as th...
By Public Policy 30 Sep, 2021 08:27
Richard Kirk, CEO, Workplus. Apprenticeships have been around for decades but perhaps have never before been so prevalent in our societal psyche. In Boris Johnson’s Skills Speech last year, the predominant theme was the...
By Research 24 Sep, 2021 14:04
By Jake Young, Research Associate at the CIPD. Multicultural teams are not an emerging phenomenon – they have grown over the long term from globalisation, migration and greater workforce diversity. But the COVID-19 pandemic has seen organ...
By Public Policy 6 Sep, 2021 13:00
Nearly half of all young people in Wales (48%) feel that the pandemic has harmed their long-term career prospects, with over a third (34%) saying that they are not confident that they will achieve their future career aspirations. This is why the CIPD...
By Northern Ireland 6 Sep, 2021 09:00
By Olivia Carson, Public Affairs Officer The CIPD in Northern Ireland are a key partner of the Coalition of Bereaved Workers which is campaigning to see bereavement leave and pay extended to all employees in Northern Ireland bereaved of a close rela...
By Public Policy 6 Sep, 2021 08:00
Amy Taylor, chief people officer at PKF Francis Clark. Training and development for aspiring accountants has come a long way since our founder Frank Clark was an articled clerk in Southern Rhodesia more than a century ago.Today the fi...
By Scotland 6 Sep, 2021 08:00
By Olivia Taylor Last September, when I was going into my third year studying at the University of Strathclyde (BA Hons Human Resource Management and Psychology), I, like every student, was beginning to think about summer internships for the followi...
By Anne Wexelstein - Career Ready, Director for Scotland I am excited. Thanks to an introduction from John Stewart, SSE HRD, I am in the position to be writing this blog to CIPD members and as a CIPD member myself. Truth be told, it...
By Public Policy 3 Sep, 2021 11:34
Carly Walker, Equalities Intern, South of Scotland Enterprise (SOSE). South of Scotland Enterprise (SOSE) has recently employed five Modern Apprentices on a two-year programme in five areas of the organisation: ...