Future of work

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• Date:

  23 November 2023

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  HR must build new skills to leverage AI use cases

  The future of artificial intelligence (AI) in HR is bright, but HR isn't ready - at least not yet. XpertHR legal editor Natasha K. A. Wiebusch reports from the US.

• Date:

  13 November 2023

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Six key takeaways from the 2023 CIPD conference

  The people profession is operating in a "VUCA world on steroids" (VUCA = volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity). So said CEO Peter Cheese as he welcomed around 1,300 delegates to the 2023 CIPD conference in Manchester.

• Date:

  5 October 2023

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Hybrid working - the "new normal": What we found out

  Director of Epic HR Gary Cookson recently delivered a webinar for XpertHR entitled Hybrid working - How to personalise the employee experience. During the session, he asked attendees a number of questions about the realities of the new post-Covid world, which is increasingly characterised by hybrid working arrangements.

• Type:

  Training

  Onboarding a new employee - line manager training

  Enhanced with the addition of a PowerPoint presentation for training purposes.

• Type:

  Leading practice guides

  Flexible working: Measuring the impact on your organisation

  In this fourth guide, we examine the importance of evaluating flexible working; the timetable for evaluation; which HR metrics to focus on; and how to measure the impact of flexible working in eight key areas.

• Date:

  4 September 2023

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Flexible working request reforms: A guide to updating your policy

  Forthcoming changes to the law on the right to request flexible working mean that employers will have to amend their flexible working requests policy. We set out nine steps for HR professionals to follow when faced with updating their organisation's policy.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Equality impact assessment form

  A model form to conduct an equality impact assessment on a workplace policy, provision, criterion, practice or activity. The form uses the example of a regular review of an organisation's flexible working requests policy.

• Date:

  26 June 2023

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Safeguards for using ChatGPT and other bots for HR

  ChatGPT and other chatbots have captured the attention of HR leaders everywhere. Though powerful, these tools pose new problems HR should not ignore. Natasha K.A. Wiebusch reviews four key problems with chatbots - and suggests ways to deal with them.

• Type:

  Policies and procedures

  Global flexible working policy

  A model policy to promote the use of flexible working throughout your global operation as part of a wider strategy to create an inclusive culture, improve productivity and attract and retain the best talent.

• Type:

  Leading practice guides

  Hybrid working: Setting up the workplace for effective hybrid working

  Leading practice guidance on how to set up the workplace for effective hybrid working.