New Co-Chair announced for Northern Branch Network
We are delighted to announce Lynn Delaney FCIPD, HR Lecturer at Liverpool John Moors University has been appointed as the new Co-Chair of the Northern CIPD Branch Network, alongside Ema Perks MCIPD, Acting Head of HR at BAE Systems. The Northern CIPD Branch Network is made-up of ten Branch Chairs who each represent one of the ten Northern CIPD Branches, responsible for working collaboratively with CIPD North to shape regional events and member engagement activities for local members. Lynn was previously the chair of CIPD Merseyside & Cheshire Branch, and she succeeds Peter McLinn of the Tees Valley Branch, as Co-Chair of the Northern Branch Network. Peter has been an invaluable member of the CIPD, both at Branch and regional level for over 30 years and we would like to thank him for all he has contributed.
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Kellogg’s to launch cereal boxes for the visually impaired Newworld-first technology is being added to Kellogg’s cereal boxes - from January 2022 - to help those who are blind and partially sighted find important information on the back of the boxes. Kellogg’s were inspired to make the change after speaking with children at a sensory impairment school in Liverpool. Chris Jones, HR Director at Kellogg’s in Manchester said: “The pupils at St. Vincent’s School told us that our packaging and the information on the box wasn’t accessible to them, and we listened. The new technology will allow smartphone users to scan a unique code on the box – from up to 3 meters distance – which will playback labelling and allergen information to the user.”
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NHS workers given flexible working rights NHS staff have been given the right to request flexible working arrangements from the first day of their employment, following an agreement by health unions and NHS employers.
This move echoes the CIPD’s #Flexfrom1st campaign which calls for all organisations to explore flexible work options for workers. This is particularly important for the northern region, as official data used to rank the UK’s Flexible Working uptake identified areas of the North as ‘flexible not-spots’, with workers in Yorkshire and Humber the least likely to have flexible work options.
One Million Chances for young people
The CIPD’s new skills campaign – ‘One Million Chances’ aims to help create one million opportunities for young people (aged 18-24). As part of the campaign we are encouraging and supporting employers to invest more in young talent, through quality jobs, internships, work experience, apprenticeships and government initiative’s such as Kickstart. Find out more & support the campaign here.
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