A focus on the key trends shaping our economies and the world of work
The CIPD is committed to championing better work and working lives, for the benefit of individuals, businesses, economies and society. The unprecedented scale and pace of change in the economy and world of work presents an urgent and critical need to ensure the ways we work, our workforce and workplace cultures are fit for today and drive performance and growth for the future.
This report examines the opportunities afforded by extending working lives as the UK’s ageing population continues to expand
This report challenges the notion that work in the UK is getting less and less secure
This report looks at recent trends in flexible working, and since we have to set boundaries around the analysis, we’ve concentrated on trends in when and where work is done
Examines the increase in self-employment in the UK and explores the potential explanations and implications
The report highlights the importance of good quality management and the need to improve leadership and management skills
This report reveals that we are experiencing greater workloads and pressures to meet deadlines, customer demands and performance targets
This report tackles one of the ‘facts of working life’ in the UK, namely the long-term trend for pay to rise faster than prices
This report analyses the various factors likely to be behind weak employee trust, the implications for organisations when trust is lost, and how trust can be rebuilt
This report considers the 'bread-and-butter' issue of staff turnover, an important metric for all organisations
The purpose of this report is to highlight some of the key trends that have been shaping our economies and the world of work
Focusing on the CIPD Megatrends report, this episode focuses on the four key issues businesses will need to address in the future; job turnover, pay rises, trust and workloads.
