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Older women at work: doubly disadvantaged?
8 Mar 2017On International Women's Day 2017, Rosa Marvell considers the experience of older women in the labour market and why we need to act to support them.
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Should HR focus more on prioritisation?
6 Mar 2017Writing on the publication of our 2017 Perspectives on HR report, Peter Reilly considers the need for HR functions to prioritise their efforts and resources as teams report the challenge of having too much demanded of them.
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Build bridges not walls, inclusion over diversity
3 Feb 2017Dr Duncan Brown considers diversity and inclusion policies and the role that HR can play in supporting a sustained approach towards diversity and gender equality.
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Two cheers for the PM's focus on mental health at work
9 Jan 2017Professor Stephen Bevan responds to the announcement by Prime Minister Theresa May that the government will carry out a review into workplace mental health support.
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Brexit, population ageing and nursing shortages: A perfect storm?
20 Dec 2016Rachel Marangozov discusses her new research, which finds that Brexit and a growing population of over-85s could leave some English NHS trusts more reliant on nurses from outside the EU.
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Working beyond retirement - the new prescription for good health?
8 Dec 2016Professor Stephen Bevan responds to the 2015 Chief Medical Officer's annual surveillance report and considers the impact of working longer, for both employees and their employers.
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It's Financial Capability Week; what are you doing?
14 Nov 2016Catherine Rickard encourages employers to get involved in Financial Capability Week and provide support to the financial wellbeing of their employees.
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Ageing and learning in the workplace: Is age just a number?
26 Oct 2016In the context of an ageing workforce, Dr Kath Atkinson considers whether using someone's year of birth is a good way to determine their approach towards workplace learning.
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Meaningful work. Part 2: How to destroy the meaning of work
6 Oct 2016Professor Katie Bailey considers factors which can encourage a sense of meaningless at work and describes how this sentiment presents itself to employees.
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Meaningful work. Part 1: Where can we find it?
29 Sep 2016In the first of this two-part blog, Professor Katie Bailey considers how jobs can be meaningful and what employers can do to raise levels of meaningfulness in their organisations.