News & Press

Drawing on recent research for RSSB, Sally Wilson considers the role of the workplace when individuals are trying to manage and improve their health behaviours.

Today’s jobs figures are disappointing. Despite record vacancies, employment is unchanged on the figures reported last month while economic inactivity appears to be rising.

Claire Campbell reflects on a tumultuous year for HR, highlighting the value of important lessons learnt from 2021 and reasons to feel optimistic about the year ahead.

With primary care workers once again on the frontline of a national emergency pandemic response, Dr Alison Carter reflects on a recent major evaluation study of an NHS coaching service to support frontline primary care workers as they respond to the evolving threat of Covid-19.

On the face of it, today’s figures are some rare good news for the government, with unemployment now dropping fast towards pre-crisis levels, employment rising and more than twice as many vacancies as there were last Christmas.

After a year off, office Christmas parties are back. Zofia Bajorek highlights the need for organisations to ensure their celebrations are inclusive for all staff whilst serving a reminder that employee recognition should take place throughout the year, not just at Christmas.

With the government once again invoking work from home guidance where possible, Stephen Bevan reflects on evidence-based research from the first wfh ‘experiment’ and highlights the resilience and agility of managers and organisations when needing to pivot quickly to ‘keep the lights on’.

Reviewing the events of Living Wage Week and the learning from an expert roundtable on the issue he organised recently, Duncan Brown argues that national progress needs to be extended internationally as we emerge from the pandemic.