Editors Blog

CIPD must investigate behaviour of Christine Pratt

The long-term consequences to the anti-bullying movement of Christine Pratt's decision to go public with claims that Downing Street staff had contacted the National Bullying Helpline will be hard to quantify.Pratt says she spoke out after denials by ministers that...

Posted by Mike Berry on February 26, 2010 1:55 PM

Facebook and social networking should be embraced by L&D professionals

Learning and development professionals should embrace Facebook, blogging and Web 2.0 technologies as powerful tools within their organisations, according to Nick Shackleton-Jones of the BBC Academy. Delegates at the CIPD's annual conference in Manchester, as in Harrogate last year, always seem...

Posted by Rob Moss on November 18, 2009 2:57 PM

Pressure mounts on CIPD boss Jackie Orme to hand bonus back

Pressure has been building on CIPD chief executive Jackie Orme ever since Personnel Today revealed she has been paid a hefty bonus while her employees have suffered a pay freeze, bonus ban, redundancies and cuts to other benefits.Now others in...

Posted by Mike Berry on October 1, 2009 3:35 PM

CIPD publishes executive pay and bonuses guidance

The phrase ' shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted' springs to mind, but the CIPD has published what it calls "general principles" on executive pay.They have been designed to act as a framework to help HR directors...

Posted by Mike Berry on September 10, 2009 4:06 PM

Twitter used to spread misinformation that HR thinks integrity is unimportant

Twitter is great. I fully advocate its use both in and outside work. But it is remarkably easy to take what you read as gospel and pass on the information, without necessarily considering the legitamicy of what you're posting. Such has been...

Posted by Rob Moss on August 11, 2009 11:51 AM

Workplace Commission idea worth exploring

I'm attracted by the CIPD's idea of merging the plethora of employment and skills quangos into a single Workplace Commission.CIPD public policy director John Philpott is right when he says the quangocracy operating in the UK employment policy space has...

Posted by Mike Berry on July 7, 2009 9:55 AM

CIPD unveils standards shake-up

The CIPD has launched its new HR Profession Map as part of a revamp of standards and its approach to developing the HR practitioners of the future.Chief executive Jackie Orme has been promising a big announcement on qualifications, and the...

Posted by Mike Berry on April 23, 2009 10:40 AM

CIPD HRD 2009 Conference

I attended the CIPD's HRD 2009 conference in London this week, travelling on the Docklands Light Rail past the Square Mile, where so many fingers point as a contributing factor to the recession.

Posted by Guy Logan on April 21, 2009 1:41 PM

Has Jackie Orme made a difference at the CIPD?

A little more than a year has passed since Jackie Orme took over at the helm of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. We want Personnel Today readers to tell us what difference, if any, you think she has...

Posted by Mike Berry on April 20, 2009 8:08 AM

Budget 2009 | It'll leave you gasping for air

Lots of questions about what the 2009 Budget will entail, and at the moment, your guess is as good as mine. Actually, probably not as good, but not far off. Sunday will likely see a few leaks from Wednesday's Budget, but nothing that will blow employers away. Most of the interesting stuff with immediate impact was announced in the Pre-Budget Report last year, somewhere in the vicinity of £20bn. And with the Chancellor set to reveal a national deficit of £175bn (far and away above his "rose-coloured" prediction of around £100bn last year), employers can bet their bottom dollar (or pound or Euro or whatever you haven't already spent yet) that there will be no new money.

Posted by Guy Logan on April 17, 2009 5:00 PM

'New' CIPD chief executive | One year on - but what's changed?

It's been a year since the new chief executive at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has begun work. Jackie Orme joined the CIPD in April 2008. At the time her appointment sparked surprise - and a little concern - from...

Posted by Louisa Peacock on April 15, 2009 5:46 PM

Recession hit CIPD makes redundancies

Breaking news... the CIPD is making 41 staff redundant as the recession catches up with the HR sector's membership body.Sources told Personnel Today that staff at the institute had been informed this morning (2 April) of the proposed redundancies.A spokeman...

Posted by Mike Berry on April 2, 2009 4:07 PM

Would equal pay audits work?

Posted by Louisa Peacock on March 18, 2009 8:06 AM

Migrant worker crackdown | Is it pointless?

So the government finally admitted that the decision to toughen up new immigration rules could only result in reducing the number of migrant worker applications by 6,000. With a net immigration of 240,000 a year, what difference will that make...

Posted by Louisa Peacock on March 13, 2009 10:16 AM

ECJ Heyday decision sparks outrage

Personnel Today's drive to force the government to commit to scrapping the default retirement age (DRA) has stepped up a gear yet again, with outraged reaction from all angles to the European Court of Justice's (ECJ) decision last week to refer the...

Posted by Helen Williams on March 9, 2009 10:10 AM

Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For and CIPD

Seeing the 100 Best Companies to Work For glossy supplement in the Sunday Times yesterday, with the CIPD's logo plastered all over it, got me wondering how much they would have paid in sponsorship. Not only do they get their...

Posted by Mike Berry on March 9, 2009 8:08 AM

Heyday decision still means days of default retirement age are numbered

Legal comment and reaction continues to bombard the Personnel Today office following the European Court of Justice decision on the Heyday challenge to the default retirement age (DRA). The ruling, which finds that the DRA does not contravene the European...

Posted by Mike Berry on March 5, 2009 11:07 AM

Up close and personal with Jackie Orme

I was fortunate enough to attend a lunch last week featuring the CIPD chief exec, Jackie Orme. By fortunate I mean that I was able to hear personal insights from one of the HR's most influential who was more candid than usual, and also that it was a free lunch.

Posted by Guy Logan on March 4, 2009 8:50 AM

'TV Burp' fight would sort out pay freeze rumble

As the chill winds of reality continue to bite, it's interesting to see that the world of HR is gearing up for a good old bunfight over the idea of pay freezes in the public sector.The idea that pay freezes...

Posted by Tony Pettengell on February 19, 2009 12:43 PM

BMW agency workers | No rights to redundancy pay and that's final

The credit crisis in the car manufacturing industry hit a new low yesterday when Mini announced it would need to scrap its weekend production shift - making 850 workers redundant at its plant in Cowley. The uproar among unions followed when...

Posted by Louisa Peacock on February 17, 2009 10:57 AM