Strategic HR
Reforms to statutory sick pay, parental leave, and whistleblowing protections are set to impact UK workplaces from April 2026, as part of the Employment Rights Bill. This research examines the anticipated impact of these proposals and captures HR professionals' thoughts on what the changes will mean for their organisation.
Our annual HR departments research explores how HR departments are operating and evolving to meet the changing needs of their organisation.
Workforce planning is essential for ensuring that an organisation has the right talent and capabilities to ensure long-term workforce sustainability. In this report, you are able to benchmark your organisation against key recruitment metrics, understand how other organisations are dealing with hiring challenges, and get insights into priorities for workforce planning in 2025.
How transparent are UK organisations about pay? Our research explores this question, examining salary disclosures in job adverts, internal practices, and the potential impact of the EU Pay Transparency Directive on UK employers.
With pay gap analysis back in the spotlight, our research examines current practice in UK organisations - including employee data collection and types of pay analysis undertaken, as well as employer readiness for ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting.
HR professionals can demonstrate a number of different benefits from using AI, both in their individual work and the outcomes for their organisations. Yet they also face barriers to wider AI adoption. We share our findings on AI use by HR, and the practices used to maximise impact.
The 23rd annual HR & Compliance Centre survey on HR departments presents key metrics, including the HR-to-employee ratio; explores how HR teams are transforming and evolving; and highlights HR's priorities for 2025.
A great employee experience is crucial for getting the most out of employees and driving business success. Our research explores the current state of employee experience and organisational culture, as well as how organisations are measuring and enhancing it.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to disrupt the HR function as we know it. New research from XpertHR explores how organisations in the UK are adapting to advancements in AI technologies and the approaches to AI that have been adopted.
The 22nd annual XpertHR survey on HR roles and responsibilities explores how the profession is evolving with respect to job roles, capabilities and responsibilities. It also provides key metrics to understand the composition of the function across responding organisations.
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