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Future of work

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  • 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.

  • Date:
    21 January 2025
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Employment Rights Bill essentials: Flexible working requests

    In the second part of a new series delving into the details of the Employment Rights Bill, we look at the proposed changes to the right to make a flexible working request.

  • Date:
    14 October 2024
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: The four-day week - current legislation, future possibilities

    The phrase "four-day week" has been trending in the media of late - and has been used to refer to quite different things, with sometimes confusing results. In this edition of the podcast we aim to clear up some common misunderstandings.

  • Date:
    3 October 2024
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Right to disconnect: What can the UK learn from other countries?

    The UK Government is seeking to introduce the right to "switch off", which will allow workers to disconnect from work and not be contacted by their employer outside working hours. Labour has indicated that it intends to follow the models in Ireland and Belgium but with the details of the legislation still unclear, what clues can employers glean from these and other countries' approaches to the right to disconnect?

  • Date:
    28 August 2024
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Evolving your EVP to meet the needs of a multigenerational workforce

    Andrew Walker, new business development director with Personal Group, joins us to discuss the significant changes and trends shaping the future of work, and to explore strategies to evolve your employee value proposition (EVP) to meet the diverse needs of a multigenerational workforce.

  • Date:
    31 July 2024
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: HR's role in rethinking office design for the contemporary workforce

    From wellness and neurodiversity to "hotelification", Rachel Basha, founder and CEO of the architecture and design practice Basha-Franklin, discusses the ways in which the shifting needs and character of the 21st-century workforce are reshaping office design.

  • Date:
    17 July 2024
    Type:
    News

    Employment Rights Bill: What will be in Labour's new legislation?

    The new government confirmed that it would bring forward an Employment Rights Bill in the King's Speech today (17 July) - legislation that will "ban exploitative practices and enhance employment rights".

  • Date:
    19 June 2024
    Type:
    News

    No sign that generative AI is replacing jobs

    Increased use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is not replacing jobs, according to a pulse survey of technology leaders.

  • Type:
    Leading practice guides

    Flexible working: Making the business case

    Updated to include information on how flexible working can help enable people with various neurodivergent conditions to participate in the workplace.

  • Type:
    Leading practice guides

    Flexible working: What strategy employers can adopt

    Updated to reflect changes to the statutory right to request flexible working process in force from 6 April 2024, and the impact on strategies leading employers can adopt.