IPA's Brexit Briefing

It is almost impossible to say with confidence at this stage where the UK will be come 31st October. Nevertheless many in the UK workforce and business community will be understandably extremely concerned about the very significant possibility of crashing out of the EU with no deal in just a few weeks' time. With that in mind the IPA have put together a special Brexit preparedness bulletin below with information and guidance news relating to Brexit, the workforce and EU employment rights. Read more
Is Thursday the new Friday? The future of working time and hopes for a four-day week

This paper by IPA on behalf of FES lays out the current state of the UK debate around working time reductions and the campaign for a four-day week. With the Labour Party considering a four-day week as official policy and considerable media interest in trials of a four-day week, this report looks at the evidence for such a policy, as well as the barriers it faces. Read more
Forces of Change: Innovation and Engagement in UK Policing

This report looks in detail at how well UK police forces have managed change and innovation over recent years. It explores how engagement levels have fared during times of austerity, how forces can achieve a culture of innovation from the ground-up and what lessons there are for the change management process. Read more
Working Well for Yourself: What makes for good self-employment?

This report seeks to address the question ‘what makes for good self-employment’? Building on the wider debate about good work – sparked by the publication of the 2017 Taylor Review of Modern Employment Practices – we set out to uncover what exactly makes for good work for the UK’s 4.8 million self-employed. Read more

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News in Brief October 2019

A summary of this month's employment news. Read more
What to Do If Your Company Culture Is Turning Toxic

IPA's Training and Development Director, Derek Luckhurst, analyses a recent article on ten signs to identify toxic workplace cultures. Going through each in turn, Derek explains how they are symptoms of a wider problem of employee disengagement and poor leadership, the solutions to which remain a strong focus on the four enablers of engagement. Read more
From Cascade to Conversation

In this article AB's Katie Macaulay makes the case for a more conversational approach to internal communications, as a way of boosting engagement and heading off potential crises and disasters. She draws on a range of evidence to show how a focus on honest, meaningful conversations can create a culture of trust and openness where workers feel 'psychologically safe' to speak up. Read more
News in Brief September 2019

A summary of this month's employment news. Read more