Who are IPA?

The IPA is Britain’s leading organisation delivering employee engagement, partnership, and employee voice in the workplace.

We work with clients of all sizes in the public, private and third sectors to help managers and employees develop new ways of working, based on trust and collaboration, that deliver better workplaces and better outcomes - increased productivity and improved services.

We also work with policy-makers and thought-leaders to develop a national consensus on the future agenda for Britain’s workplaces.

We are one of few ‘open spaces’ in the UK where employers, trade unionists and other workplace representatives, academics, legal experts, human resource and employment specialists can come together with politicians and policy makers to discuss and debate employment issues and policy.

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The Role of IPA in a post-COVID Economy. Reflections from a former Director 2

Another former IPA Director, Willy Coupar, offers his thoughts on what the IPA stands for in a post-COVID economy. With the economic climate looking darker than it has for a long time, he focuses in on three key areas where the IPA has played a role in the past and is needed again today - promoting partnership working, enhancing the quality of work and pushing for stronger legal protections in the workplace.
Working Together in Uncertain Times – If I Was Still a Trade Union Representative

IPA's Derek Luckhurst reflects on his previous career as a trade union representative in this article, looking at how the trade union movement has fared over recent years and how it needs to adapt to meet the challenges of the present and future, in particular around the benefits of working positively in partnership with management.
How to represent people working remotely

The rapid move to remote working in response to Covid has had some positive outcomes but also raises important challenges such as ensuring employee voice continues to be heard on the organisation. This publication, with a foreword by Susan Clews, Chief Executive of Acas, offers a guide and tools for workplace representatives.
Global Equality and Diversity Annual Online Conference and Awards

What will the world look like as we come out of the COVID19 crisis? - The danger is that it will be a lot less equal. We know that minorities are over-represented in lower paid roles and in the hardest hit sectors. Gender pay reporting has been suspended for a year and race disparity reporting is not yet statutory. Which organisations will be able to look themselves in the mirror at the end of 2020 and say they behaved inclusively and with fairness and equality in the face of a crisis?

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.
Who are IPA?

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

Every workplace is different, so every project we undertake is individually developed by our professional and experienced team, and delivered based on the needs and circumstances of the client.
Engagement

Employee engagement is seen by a growing number of organisations as a key issue in measuring employee attitudes, managing the behaviours of management, developing operational and human resource policies, and establishing a strong employer brand. Find out more about what engagement is, the four enablers of engagement, the work of Engage for Success and what the IPA can do to help your organisation boost the engagement of its employees.
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.
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.
The real impact of the EU on UK employment law

The UK is set to have a referendum on 23 June on whether or not to remain a member of the European Union. In this article, Rachel Suff, Public Policy Advisor at CIPD discusses how ‘the world of work might be affected’ if the UK voted not to remain in the EU. She highlights that a large part of the UK employment law is derived from the EU and that a vote to leave the EU could allow the review or repeal of legislation that came out of EU directives.