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Strategic HR

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  • Date:
    9 April 2025
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Pay gaps research 2025

    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.

  • Type:
    How to

    How to engage employees with their reward package through effective communication

    Updated to reflect the new statutory pay rates in force from April 2026. Employers can use this information as a way to demonstrate the value of their reward offering.

  • Type:
    Leading practice guides

    Supporting pregnant employees and new mothers: Unexpected circumstances

    Updated to reflect the new right for employees to take neonatal care leave and pay for babies born on or after 6 April 2025.

  • Type:
    Policies and procedures

    Modern slavery and human trafficking statement

    Updated to highlight the significance of 30 June and 30 September 2025 for large employers that are required to publish modern slavery statements.

  • Date:
    5 March 2025
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    HR for HR: Top tips to achieve effective communication

    For HR professionals, strong communication skills are a must. Why? Because one of the key aspects of your role is keeping your organisation updated and in the loop. Caroline Green asked HR experts for their top tips for getting communication right.

  • Date:
    27 February 2025
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Pay transparency - prepare for change!

    Justine Woolf, director of consulting at Innecto Reward Consulting, joins the podcast to tell us about pay transparency legislation in the US and EU and why employers in the UK need to be prepared for change - and how their organisations can benefit by taking a proactive approach.

  • Date:
    25 February 2025
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Artificial intelligence (AI) in HR research 2025

    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.

  • Type:
    Leading practice guides

    Devising a reward package for international assignments: The relocation package

    Leading practice guidance discussing the core elements of a relocation package in order to get the assignee and their family to the new location.

  • Date:
    13 February 2025
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: What's up with WhatsApp in the workplace?

    WhatsApp and other informal messaging platforms are an invaluable communication resources for individuals and groups. But as some recent legal cases have shown, they can also create problems when they are used in a work environment. Sam Dickinson, a partner at Mayo Wynne Baxter solicitors, joins the podcasts to talk about the pitfalls - and what employers can do to manage risk.

  • Type:
    Policies and procedures

    Promotion policy

    A model policy to set out your organisation's approach to promoting employees.

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Strategic HR: key resources

Leading practice guides: The complete list

Our leading practice guides provide strategic guidance on people management issues, so HR leaders can help their organisation be in the best place to meet its business goals. See a full list of our guides here.