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Better People Management in UK Warehouses

Recently completed fieldwork studies have led to the development of a toolkit designed to assist managers in creating improved workplaces characterised by good work standards...

Sep 2026

A Union Transformed: Culture, Capability, and the Member Experience

Jim Leonard, General Secretary of Advance Union, shares the journey of internal transformation the organisation has undertaken, completely reshaping how the union supports, engages, and...

Sep 2026

Productivity starts with people: Why employee engagement matters more than ever

Performance and productivity sit at the heart of debates about the future of work in the UK. Yet despite sustained policy and business attention, the...

Jul 2026

Beyond rhetoric: what is really sustaining – or undermining – DEI in UK workplaces?

Diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) has not disappeared from organisational agendas, but it is under pressure. It feels more fragile, more contested, and harder to...

Jun 2026

What new sectoral bargaining could mean for pay and workforce stability

Naomi Cooke, Head of Workforce at the Local Government Association, reflects on what the introduction of a new model of sectoral bargaining could mean for...

Jun 2026

IPA Employee Voice Survey

Strong employee voice helps organisations make better decisions, manage change more effectively and build trust at work. To understand how this works in practice, we...

Apr 2026

The five disruptors of the UK industrial model

With prescience and clarity, the outgoing Chair of ACAS, Clare Chapman, in a recent address to the IPA’s Work Insights Network identified the five ‘disruptors’...

Apr 2026

Some things change, some stay the same…

Stefan Stern, visiting professor at Bayes Business School, University of London, reflects on the knowledge exchange event, Amplifying Employee Voice for the Future of Work...

Mar 2026

Voice and the Future of Work in Contemporary Warehousing

Over the past decade, online retail has expanded significantly, driving demand for fulfilment warehouses that process large volumes of small, varied orders. Given the size...

Mar 2026

Amplifying employee voice for the future of work: evidence from Scotland

Over the last three years, a team at Strathclyde Business School has completed a major research project on employee voice funded as part of the...

Mar 2026

Employee Voice: What, Why and How

We all like the sound of having or giving ‘a voice’ but what do we really mean by employee voice and what might employers and...

Mar 2026

Don’t panic, Captain Mainwaring

Don’t panic, Captain Mainwaring The Employment Rights Act finally received Royal Assent just before Christmas, after a ground-breaking tripartite engagement between business, trade unions and...

Jan 2026

What ARE Gen Z looking for from work?

There has been a lot written about what Gen Z (those born between 1997 and 2012) are looking for from work, and the challenges this...

Nov 2025

Why Employee Voice Matters More Now Than Ever

Why Employee Voice Matters More Now Than Ever The past decade has been defined by volatility. From the financial crisis to Brexit, from the shock...

Nov 2025

A more successful economy based on better work for all

The Employment Rights Bill 2024 is now in its final Parliamentary stages and its provisions are likely to come into force over the next two...

Oct 2025