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Workforce planning

Workforce planning, also commonly known as “succession planning” is the process whereby employers ensure that it has enough people with the right skills and leadership potential to step into business-critical positions at the right time.


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    Government vows to tackle resourcing in health and social care

    by Ashleigh Webber 15 Feb 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 15 Feb 2022

    The government will work with providers to tackle culture and staff shortages.

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    • HR transformation

    Unilever announces new HR lead as part of restructure

    by Jo Faragher 26 Jan 2022
    by Jo Faragher 26 Jan 2022

    Consumer goods company Unilever has confirmed it will cut 1,500 jobs as part of a restructure of its global operations....

    • Discipline
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    • Dismissal

    Flexible working requests behind growing number of tribunal cases

    by Adam McCulloch 17 Jan 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 17 Jan 2022

    The number of employment tribunal decisions over flexible working have hit a record high.

    • Offices
    • Latest News
    • Tech sector

    Google adds London offices and aims for 10k headcount

    by Adam McCulloch 14 Jan 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 14 Jan 2022

    On top of the vast building under construction in King's Cross, the web giant has now bought 408,000 sq ft of offices in Bloomsbury.

    • Industrial action / strikes
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    • Public sector

    Further strikes over work-life balance to blight reopening of London’s Night Tube

    by Adam McCulloch 7 Jan 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 7 Jan 2022

    London's Night Tube could face months of disruption as a further staff walk-out begins on 7 January over rotas and family-friendly policies.

    • Hybrid working
    • Apprenticeships
    • Latest News

    Training and mental health the biggest challenges of hybrid working

    by Adam McCulloch 16 Dec 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 16 Dec 2021

    New analysis prior to Plan B measures points to training and management of more junior employees as major challenge for mid market firms using hybrid working.

    • Latest News
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    • Job creation and losses

    Vacancy numbers in professional services begin to fall

    by Adam McCulloch 9 Dec 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 9 Dec 2021

    Figures from Robert Walters and KPMG/REC point to significant shift in job trends as the Covid pandemic continues to evolve.

    • Employee engagement
    • Latest News
    • HR strategy

    ‘Great resignation’: Seven in 10 keen to move roles

    by Jo Faragher 1 Nov 2021
    by Jo Faragher 1 Nov 2021

    Almost seven in 10 employees would be willing to change jobs in the next few months, according to a poll...

    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News
    • Flexible working

    Businesses should rethink ‘work-life balance’ finds Glassdoor

    by Adam McCulloch 20 Oct 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 20 Oct 2021

    There is no clear consensus among UK employees on what constitutes a good work-life balance, finds Glassdoor.

    • Hybrid working
    • Employee engagement
    • Latest News

    Dissatisfaction with leaders but no ‘great resignation’ finds global study

    by Adam McCulloch 2 Sep 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 2 Sep 2021

    Satisfaction with leadership is low and there is an increasing disconnect with employees with only a third of non-managers feeling they are getting due recognition.

    • Offices
    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News

    ITV to reduce London office space with hybrid working plan

    by Adam McCulloch 25 Jun 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 25 Jun 2021

    Companies firm up hybrid working plans as July unlocking nears.

    • Stress
    • NHS
    • Mental health

    NHS staff shortages ‘biggest driver of burnout’

    by Ashleigh Webber 8 Jun 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 8 Jun 2021

    Health authorities should publish transparent accounts of staff shortages to help address resourcing problems, MPs have said.

    • Hybrid working
    • Offices
    • Legal sector

    Wellbeing is for leaders too: HR and the ‘hokey cokey’ office

    by Adam McCulloch 13 May 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 13 May 2021

    Leaders' own wellbeing is crucial if the right decisions are to be made in HR as the hybrid working era gets under way.

    • Hybrid working
    • Absence
    • Latest News

    Writing a hybrid working policy: a guide for HR

    by Stephen Simpson 12 May 2021
    by Stephen Simpson 12 May 2021

    What should HR professionals consider when writing their hybrid working policy? How should it be structured and what can it contain?

    • Latest News
    • Global mobility
    • HR strategy

    Pick for Britain campaign fails to bear fruit

    by Adam McCulloch 19 Apr 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 19 Apr 2021

    Campaign failed to provide enough domestic workers to fill in for missing seasonal labour from abroad.

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