News around the region
Championing good and fair employers in Manchester As a proud partner, to the Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter, CIPD Northern England work closely with the Charter to help champion its good employment movement. Daphne Doody-Green, Head of CIPD Northern England was delighted to present a range of new Members of the Charter with their Membership plaques for making a commitment to deliver good and fair working practices. These new Members included Arup, Lloyds Banking Group, People’s History Museum and Transport for Greater Manchester. Read more about the Charter’s Members who are leading the good employment movement in Manchester here.
Menopause at Work: guidance for people professionals Three in five workers experiencing menopause say it has a negative impact on their work, yet just three in ten employers in the UK have a framework to support employees going through menopause. To help, we have launched an updated Menopause at Work guide to help people professionals break the stigma and taboo surrounding menopause at work and support staff with any reasonable adjustments. Download the guidance here.
Northern employers pull out all the stops to attract talent Close to half (48%) of employers in the North have ‘hard-to-fill’ vacancies. Yet 74% of employers in the region are expecting to recruit in the next three months, according to the CIPD’s latest Labour Market Outlook. The quarterly survey of senior HR decision makers found that in order to tackle such recruitment and retention challenges, the top response from employers has been to upskill more existing staff (40%) followed by advertising more jobs as flexible (31%) and by raising wages (28%). Read more here .
Challenges and benefits of zero hours contracts A new CIPD report reveals the challenges and benefits of zero-hours contracts and calls for improved enforcement of employment rights and a clampdown on poor employment practice. The report found that 57% of employers with workers on zero hours contracts give them the right to turn down work in practice, meaning a significant minority are under pressure to take all the hours offered to them. In response, the CIPD Zero hours contracts: Evolution and current status report includes a range of recommendations for Government to enhance the rights of zero-hour contract workers.
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Autumn 2022
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