The HR World

We are delighted to announce the third speaker in our upcoming webinar on 10th December at 11am- Shaping the future of contingent and hourly work: exclusive findings for HR leaders. Introducing Gareth Neale, Head of Human Resources at CRIMSON HOTELS LIMITED. Gareth is an accomplished and qualified HR leader with over twenty years experienced in Retail, Leisure and Hospitality. He also had his own HR consultancy that helped to set up and transform HR teams and drive organisations’ growth across a number of sectors. Join us for our webinar on 10th December and listen as Deputy discuss key insights from their annual survey of shift workers!

Are you ready for change?   The Employment Rights Bill will bring some of the most radical changes to employment law for some time and HR needs to be ready to respond. Lindsay Gallard, Chief People Officer at Six Degrees highlights the need for the function to work closely with its legal advisers to ensure they stay up to date and compliant. Link to the article in comments below 👇

So, what’s been lurking behind the windows in your Advent Calendar? 🎄 The HR World is sadly just about old enough to remember when the standard calendar would simply offer up a small picture of a wintery/Christmas scene – a reindeer munching on hay, a family gathered around a Christmas tree, a young man carrying presents home, trying not to think of the credit card bill he’d be spending the best part of the New Year paying off… Back then (not that long ago, honest) calendars featuring chocolate were few and far between, but now you’re hard pressed to find one that doesn’t offer some kind of daily moulded yuletide confectionary. And despite the apparent offer of choice – Advent Calendars themed around Snowmen, Where’s Wally and Dinosaurs(?) – it’s somewhat disappointing to find the same daily moulded yuletide confectionary behind each window. Same chocolates, different packaging. Is that really diversity in action? A couple of years ago, The HR World was among those impacted by ‘Chocolony-gate’ when Tony's Chocolonely Advent Calendar featured an empty window. Pushing back against the tirade of disappointed customers (some now facing the rest of Advent placating disappointed children with mini Mars bars) the company said it was using this window to tell the story of the chocolate industry: “an industry unequally divided and choc-full of inequality". Appropriate messaging for the time? Misjudged stunt? Anything to do with Christmas? Masterful reverse thinking marketing exercise? The HR World, (washing todays’ chocolate down with strong coffee and finally finding Wally’s hat) is still not certain. Christmas comes but once a year, and when it does it brings an awful lot of potential messaging and opportunities to remember/be aware of others etc.etc. and treading the path between beliefs, expectations and so forth is never going to be easy. For this reason, The HR World is particularly wishing you the best over the next two weeks of the season of celebration and togetherness. By the way, if you need a break from your Christmas concerns, we’re still running two more webinars before the holidays kick in. Tune in for insights on the hourly/contingent workforce on ⏰ Tue 10 Dec at 11am 🎟️ https://lnkd.in/eqKAgmQ9 and ‘Building on Uncertainty’ ⏰ Tue 17 Dec at 11am 🎟️ https://lnkd.in/eWwQb-au - our look back and forward on the challenges HR faces. Simon Kent, Head of Content, The HR World -- Thanks to our contributors this week Richard Adams Amanda Rajkumar Orlagh Hunt Matt Wiggs FTI Consulting Jenny Segal Anna Dahlfors (née Nilsson) James Cust Kirsty Murphy Chartered MCIPD Chris Butt Cognisess Yondur Offploy.org

Make sure you don't miss our last webinar of 2024! This year has been by turns surprising, depressing and challenging. As it draws to a close The HR World turns to its experts to get the inside view of what just happened and what it could all mean. We have a stellar panel line up: Julian Hemming, Employment and Labor Lawyer at Osborne Clarke Matt Norbury, CEO and Founder of Each Person Martin Mason, CEO & Co-Founder of TalentMapper Register your place now: https://lnkd.in/eWwQb-au

🔙 Throwback Thursday! 🔙 Today we are throwing it back to a past podcast, Talking People- How Organisations Are Still Missing Out On the Skills of Women Listen as Jacqueline Frost, CEO and Founder of Elevate Talent, Jenifer Denby (she/her), and Valerie Dale discuss the challenges and positive initiatives that can help women fulfil their potential in the workplace. https://lnkd.in/etvmncwn

Announcing our second speaker for our webinar on 10th December at 11am: Shaping the future of contingent and hourly work: exclusive findings for HR leaders. Kirsty Murphy Chartered MCIPD, Chief People Officer at Alternative Futures Group. Kirsty brought her expertise to AFG in 2008 after a diverse career in both the private and third sectors, working with large construction firms and small community interest companies such as Fusion21 Ltd. As a strategic leader and qualified Human Resources professional, Kirsty excels at leading multidisciplinary teams and has a proven track record of designing and delivering multimillion-pound transformational projects. Register your place for this webinar now 👉 https://lnkd.in/eqKAgmQ9 Deputy

From understanding people to problem solving, FTI Consulting's Matt Wiggs reveals why HR was always the ideal role for him. Read the latest Humans of HR profile piece from The HR World: https://lnkd.in/dXVDyY3w

Announcing our first speaker for our webinar on 10th December at 11am: Shaping the future of contingent and hourly work: exclusive findings for HR leaders. James Cust, Senior Account Executive at Deputy. James brings 6 years of experience in the global technology sector, with the last 3 years in workforce management technology. More recently at Deputy, a product-led, people-focused workforce management company. Deputy is driven by a commitment to making a positive impact through innovative software solutions that prioritise work-life balance and the wellbeing of shift workers in the shift economy. Register your place on this webinar: https://lnkd.in/eEPYnD-z

In our most recent episode of our podcast - Talking People, Chris Butt discusses his own career and how having a tool like Yondur may have changed his trajectory. To listen to this episode now: https://lnkd.in/ekSiy-Pc

❗ ONE WEEK TO GO ❗ Until our webinar - Shaping the future of contingent and hourly work: exclusive findings for HR leaders. Join us on December 10th at 11am as we discuss how in an increasingly competitive world, organisations are under pressure to get the most from their contingent and hourly workers. HR has a unique position to secure an agile workforce and ensure the talent it has is best placed to do the work required and is motivated to deliver. Register your place today ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eEPYnD-z Deputy James Cust Kirsty Murphy Chartered MCIPD Gareth Neale