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Strategic HR

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  • Type:
    How to

    How to consider alternatives to redundancy in an economic downturn

    Practical guidance for HR on measures that some employers may be able to take to avoid redundancies due to economic conditions; including reducing hours, redeploying staff and options for making longer-term efficiencies.

  • Date:
    23 June 2022
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Webinar: Maximising your reward offering through effective communication

    Reward consultant Michael Rose discusses the importance of communication at every stage of reward.

  • Type:
    Leading practice guides

    Developing employee performance: Job descriptions and objectives

    A guide that examines the use of job descriptions, the importance of updating them with the changing needs of the business and how to establish clear objectives to ensure people are set up for success. This is the second guide in our series on developing employee performance.

  • Type:
    Leading practice guides

    Developing employee performance: Understanding performance and its importance to organisational success

    A guide that focuses on the impact that strengthening employees' performance has on organisational success. This guide is part of a series of five guides on developing employee performance.

  • Date:
    16 June 2022
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Hybrid working legal and practical issues: Your common questions answered

    While many employers have now implemented a hybrid working model, challenges remain to ensure that hybrid working arrangements run smoothly. XpertHR consultant editor Darren Newman answers some of the most common legal and practical questions that hybrid working organisations have been asking us.

  • Type:
    How to

    How to develop a competency framework

    Practical guidance on developing a competency framework, including whether to use an off-the-shelf set of competencies or to develop competencies in-house, using job analysis tools and testing the framework before rolling out to the workforce as a whole.

  • Date:
    31 May 2022
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Sickness absence management and hybrid working

    Stephen Simpson, principal employment law editor here at XpertHR, joins us to talk about how employers that are operating under a hybrid working model must ensure that their sickness absence management procedures sit comfortably alongside their new working arrangements.

  • Date:
    31 May 2022
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Hybrid working and sickness absence management: Practical tips for employers

    Employers that are operating under a hybrid working model must ensure that their sickness absence management procedures sit comfortably alongside their new working arrangements. We set out five steps that hybrid working organisations can take to ensure that sickness absence management continues to be effective.

  • Type:
    Survey analysis

    Hybrid working: HR & Compliance Centre survey May 2022

    The majority of organisations surveyed by XpertHR have at least some employees working on a hybrid basis. We report on the progress of these new arrangements, the successes and benefits to organisations, as well as how HR is working to overcome remaining challenges.

  • Date:
    26 May 2022
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Webinar: Reimagining employee engagement in the new world of work

    Kate Pritchard, head of engagement and leadership at Tivian, discusses the growing importance of employee engagement in the new world of work, and how traditional methods of managing engagement need to adapt to be effective in the future.

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HR and legal information and guidance relating to strategic HR.

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.

Strategic HR: key resources