The Employee Voice Hub is a place where employee representatives from staff forums or works councils, can come together with Trade Union representatives, HR and employee engagement professionals to exchange ideas, share knowledge and experience.

The objective of the Hub is to support representatives to be a robust, informed and strategically minded employee voice in their own organisations, that contributes to the organisation’s success.

To become a member of the IPA Employee Voice Hub please email [email protected] 

Get involved

Regular online events are held for Hub participants on topical issues relevant to the future of the workplace. Each event will involve a presentation from a specialist speaker and opportunity for discussion and sharing experience and knowledge.

• Click here to see the upcoming events and reserve your place

Join the conversation

We also have a LinkedIn group to allow discussion and questions in a safe space. Ask your peers questions and find out what everyone is thinking about current topics. 

To become a member of the LinkedIn group, please join here.

Watch back previous Employee Voice Hub events

Promoting Minority Talent - 14 November 2023

An instructive presentation from Rob Barkworth, IES associate and experienced business psychologist specialising in managing diversity and inclusion. 

The slides from the presentation can be viewed here.

Misalignment: a key communication issue

Thought provoking presentation from Lindsay Uittenbogaard, CEO and Founder, Mirror Mirror on the misalignment of communication. The presentation highlighted how misalignment can easily happen within an organisation. Lindsay highlighted how people come to work with their own assumptions, observations and stories and this can lead to a disconnect.

The slides from the presentation can be viewed here.

How do you retain young workers in an organisation?

A great presentation from Eleanor Marsea and Catherine Hogan from Youth Futures Foundation. We discussed:

•  what factors influence young people to stay or leave an organisation
•  the barriers for retention and progression
•  the role of managers in retention and inclusion and how this helps.

The slides from the presentation can be viewed here.

Why the menopause is a commercial talent issue

We had a great discussion and presentation with Mel Bligh about why menopause is a commercial talent issue and how organisations can help support their workforce.

The slides from the presentation can be viewed here.

NHS Case Study Hub event

At this month's Hub event, Dr Sarah Pass presented her findings from a NHS England Case Study.

The slides from the presentation can be viewed here.

Quiet Quitting Hub event

At this month's Hub event, Derek Luckhurst discussed quiet quitting and what effect it is having.

The slides from the presentation can be viewed here.

Knowledge Exodus Hub event

At this month's Hub event. Peter McCarthy, Director, The Knowledge Bank discusses how we can address the issue of the practice of knowledge and experience transfer. What does this mean for an organisations future success and sustainability?

The slides from the presentation can be viewed here.

Great Resignation Hub event

The slides from the presentation can be viewed here.

Ethnicity Pay Reporting Hub event

At this month's Hub event, Duncan Brown, an independent government and employer adviser and researcher discussed the ethnicity pay gap, why it is still voluntary and what organisations need to do now to make it mandatory.

Employment Relations Hub event

In January's hub event we discussed how the UK is experiencing serious staff shortages in many parts of the labour market which may increase the potential bargaining power of the employees in these sectors for higher pay and better conditions. We also discussed the power balance between employees and employers and how it is shifting against the backdrop of the growing challenge of recruiting and retaining staff.

Just Transition Hub event

IPA presented some key findings from Patrick Briône's research report  “Just Transition – Remembering the UK Workforce in the push for Net Zero”. We examined the potential implications of the UK’s commitments to net zero emissions by 2050.

Collaborative Team Working Hub event

A summary of the July 2021 Employee Voice Hub event where Shauna Hutchinson, Resident Engagement Manager at Network Homes talked about Staff Networks  and how to improve understanding and collaborative working in teams.