Improving workplace relations
I spent the second week of April in Tbilisi, Georgia, delivering training on Conciliation of Collective Labour Disputes*. As with all training courses, and journeys to other countries, I learnt a huge amount from the trip, so I thought I’d reflect on the key points through this blog-post. Vocabulary I’ve had numerous conversations in recent […]
Continue reading...Mediation has been around for a long time, and has been used very successfully in many, many situations. Despite that, many employers have been slow to adopt mediation as an approach, often reluctant to put it in place early enough to prevent some situations becoming intractable. Indeed, it seems to be seen as an option […]
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Last Wednesday was World Mental Health Day 2018. The day aims to raise awareness of mental health and the issues around it, particularly those that arise from mental ILL-health. I even put out a post on LinkedIn to publicise it, asking followers of my posts “are you going to do anything to mark it?”. At […]
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The Office of National Statistics has recently published its latest figures around industrial disputes, one of the highlights being the record low number of days lost to strikes, with a similar low for other forms of industrial action. So, does this trumpet the success of the Trade Union Act 2016? In short, no. To those […]
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This time last week I had just completed a traverse of the Cuillin Ridge on the Isle of Skye. Having returned to ‘normality’ and processed some of the reactions I had during the 32 hours we were on the mountains, I thought I’d share a few thoughts on how this relates to my work. This […]
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28 April each year is International Workers’ Memorial Day (#IWMD18 #IWMD2018) so, for 2018, it falls on Saturday. It’s hard to believe that the world of work is still so dangerous. Many of us underestimate the risk of the things we do each day. How many people in the UK treat driving along the road as the […]
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A recent survey published by Sky News has suggested that a majority of Britons think that feminism has gone far enough. But has it? There are clear contradictions within the findings: 70% of people think men are paid more than women for the same work; 65% believe a man will be favoured over an […]
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The Government is running a campaign to encourage new parents to share their parental leave. Shared Parental Leave is an option that’s been available for a couple of years now, but has never really taken off. A recent article in Personnel Today refers to Government figures indicating that only 2% of families have taken up the […]
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At the end of November I delivered a training course on Advanced Negotiation Skills. OK, that’s something I’ve done quite frequently over the years, but this course had a slight difference. This was the first course I’ve delivered as an Associate with CEDR. It was wonderful working with my co-trainers: Andy Grossman has been delivering […]
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