Corporate Membership

Corporate Membership of the IPA will provide unlimited access to the following:

The IPA membership network

The IPA has a network of high-level contacts within our member and client organisations. These contacts have a broad range of expertise and experience of workplace issues. The IPA will facilitate introductions to appropriate contacts from our network for the sharing of experience and good practice.

The Employee Representatives’ Hub

A networking and information hub for employee representatives from any organisation. The Hub provides regular meetings and events, information and guidance, with the focus on enhancing innovation and growth through releasing the full potential of employee voice in the workplace.

"Thank you all for the insights, the practices you share and the benefit of your thoughts, I appreciate them all immensely"

Specialist advice and support

Specialist advice and support from the IPA’s professional team on workplace issues including effective employee voice, workplace partnership and employee engagement.

Research and information

Bespoke research projects can be undertaken at reduced costs for member organisations. Topics can include employment relations and partnership in the workplace; employee engagement; voice and participation; inclusion and diversity; management of change, for example.

Policy level meetings

The IPA holds two high level policy meetings and receptions each year, involving the IPA’s own Advisory Council. Speakers are sought from government, leading academics, policy-makers and employers’ representatives and the trades unions. All IPA member organisations are encouraged to attend.

Access to government

The opportunity to have a voice on policy-making initiatives and government consultations, through IPA participation in IPA led responses.

Access to the IPA programme of workshops, conferences and briefings

The IPA organises events on issues of topical interest, often in partnership with other leading organisations. Attendance for IPA members is often free or discounted.

Information

Provision of the IPA monthly eBulletin – 10 editions per year to an unlimited number of contacts within your organisation. Free access to all research reports, case studies and other publications as published.

Discounted rates on consultancy, training and research

20% discounted rates on consultancy, training and research services.

On joining, a free, half-day input from one of the IPA’s professional team

Use your free half-day for:

a diagnostic of employee engagement and employment relations in your organisation and presentation of findings
a briefing session for your senior management team
an introductory training session for managers and/or employee representatives

Contact [email protected] for more information and to sign up.

Latest

IPA Employee Representatives' Hub: Working Well and Why it Matters

The IPA Employee Representatives' Hub exists as a source of information and support for employee representatives from a range of organisations - Hub members are invited to attend free events designed to help them meet the challenges facing their organisations. This meeting will focus on Good Work - what it is and what is the role of employee voice in delivering it. The day will include workshops based the IPA's Working Well report. Join the Hub - email: [email protected]
Gareth Southgate – A Leader Who Fulfils the Four Pillars of Employee Engagement

Reflecting on England's performance at the recent World Cup, Derek Luckhurst examines claims of Gareth Southgate's leadership qualities. By considering to what extent Southgate embodies the four pillars of employee engagement, Derek sets out how his career can offer useful lessons for managers and leaders in other organisations.
News in Brief July 2018

A summary of this month's employment news.
How pay ratio reporting could reduce pay disparities

Luke Hildyard of the High Pay Centre writes about new pay ratio reporting requirements passed into law last month and due to come into force early next year. He assesses the current problems with high pay inequality in the UK and how these new requirements might help curb excessive executive pay and a lead towards a fairer pay culture.

Who are IPA?

The IPA is the UK's leading organisation delivering new ways of working based on employee participation, collaboration and trust.
Employee voice

Employee voice exists, whether you recognise it or not. The only question is – "are you listening?" The benefits of employee voice for organisations are explained and alternative forms of voice structures explored in this article, which also includes a look at what makes a system of employee voice effective.
Nita Clarke OBE

IPA Director
Working Well: Perspectives on Good Work and why it matters

To coincide with the government's response to the Taylor Review, the IPA have produced a report which draws together 16 expert perspectives on what Good Work means in modern Britain, why it is important and how to bring it about.
Employee engagement

This training programme focuses around how to use the four key enablers of employee engagement - a strong strategic narrative, engaging managers, employee voice and integrity - to move from a purely transactional approach to engagement to a genuinely transformational one.
Overview of services

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Engagement

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Working Well: preview of IPA publication on good work

On 8th February, IPA will be launching our report on Good Work, to coincide with the government's response to the Taylor Review. This publication draws together 16 expert perspectives on what good work means, why it matters and how to bring it about.
Mind over Machines: New technology and employment relations

This report examines the relationship between the introduction of new technology into the workplace and employee wellbeing, autonomy, voice and engagement. IPA for Acas, 2017.
Employee Experience Vs. Engagement, Are These Really the 3 Things You Should Start Thinking About Now?

In this article, IPA Training and Development Director Derek Luckhurst responds to the popular article by Sturt & Nordstrom about the debate over the difference between employee engagement vs employee experience. In contrast to Sturt & Norstrom's contention that employee engagement is a completely top-down phenomenon, Derek draws on his years of experience supporting employee engagement to argue how it can be a broader and more effective concept than others might think.