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A world of pure industrial relations (2024)
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Lord, J. (in press). A world of pure industrial relations

How Cadbury, founded in 1824 by John Cadbury in Birmingham, led the way in Employee welfare

All you need to know about the changes in employment law from 6 April 2024 (2024)
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Lord, J. All you need to know about the changes in employment law from 6 April 2024

There are a number of employment law changes coming into effect on 6 April 2024 that will impact SMEs the most. These modifications to employment law will profoundly influence the daily functions of businesses, especially during a period when SMEs fa... Read More about All you need to know about the changes in employment law from 6 April 2024.

Should whistleblowers be paid? (2024)
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Lord, J. Should whistleblowers be paid?

Whistleblowing reports are on the rise, and employers are being called out, both for substandard disclosure channels and for not taking concerns seriously.

The return of Employment Tribunals: Good for business? (2024)
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Lord, J. The return of Employment Tribunals: Good for business?

The UK government is proposing to reintroduce fees for employment tribunal claims

Could your accent be holding you back? (2024)
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Palmer, K., & Lord, J. Could your accent be holding you back?

Accent has traditionally been seen as a signal of socioeconomic status and a major indicator of many other aspects of a person’s social background, although it is not a protected characteristic like gender, race, age, sexuality and many others under... Read More about Could your accent be holding you back?.

Should UK companies have employees on their boards? (2024)
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Cook, J. (in press). Should UK companies have employees on their boards?

Workers should be placed on company boards to “inject some much-needed common sense into boardrooms,” says Paul Nowak, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC).

Strikes: when companies collaborate with unions, industrial action can benefit business (2023)
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Lord, J. (in press). Strikes: when companies collaborate with unions, industrial action can benefit business

More than 4 million working days have been lost to industrial action in the UK in 2023. This is more than at any point since 1989 and around nine times more than the yearly average of 450,000 days in the 2010s. This is level of activity is particu... Read More about Strikes: when companies collaborate with unions, industrial action can benefit business.

How can organisations cure a toxic workplace culture? (2023)
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Lord, J. (2023). How can organisations cure a toxic workplace culture?. [Website]

How businesses can help prevent male suicide (2023)
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Lord, J. (2023). How businesses can help prevent male suicide. [Website]

The ‘lazy girl job’ trend and why businesses don’t need to be afraid of it (2023)
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Lord, J. The ‘lazy girl job’ trend and why businesses don’t need to be afraid of it

The term ‘lazy girl job’ can be attributed to a Tik Tok influencer named Gabrielle Judge who defined it as a low stress, fully remote job with little oversight and a good salary offering financial freedom

How redundancies can be delivered in a fair and compassionate way (2023)
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Lord, J. How redundancies can be delivered in a fair and compassionate way

The economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the UK economy has been extremely damaging with organisations still grappling with high inflation and record cost of living

How mindfulness can develop better leaders and happier employees (2023)
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Lord, J. (in press). How mindfulness can develop better leaders and happier employees

Over the last 30 years, mindfulness has become more and more popular due to its ability of bringing a certain quality of attention to moment-by-moment experience

Why diversity programmes fail: how can businesses solve this problem through inclusivity? (2023)
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Lord, J. Why diversity programmes fail: how can businesses solve this problem through inclusivity?

Diversity is possibly one of the biggest priorities for businesses of the last six decades, alongside quality, leadership and ethics.

What’s next for Employment Law in the UK? (2023)
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Lord, J. What’s next for Employment Law in the UK?

Despite the United Kingdom officially leaving the European Union on the 31 January 2020, there was a transition period that ended on 31 December 2020 whereby EU laws and regulations still applied in the UK

The Worker Protection Bill: what is it and will employers have to employ ‘banter bouncers’? (2023)
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Lord, J. The Worker Protection Bill: what is it and will employers have to employ ‘banter bouncers’?

Despite discrimination legislation being in place for over 50 years, harassment in the workplace still remains a prominent issue

Are returnships the answer to the current skills shortage? What are they and why are they popular? (2023)
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Lord, J. (2023). Are returnships the answer to the current skills shortage? What are they and why are they popular?

Businesses have noticed a huge change in labour trends over the last couple of years with the ‘Great Resignation’ and Great Reshuffle. Businesses have noticed a huge change in labour trends over the last couple of years with the ‘Great Resignation’... Read More about Are returnships the answer to the current skills shortage? What are they and why are they popular?.

How HR can survive the tribunal jungle (2023)
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Lord, J. (2023). How HR can survive the tribunal jungle

Employment tribunals invoke trepidation throughout the HR profession due to the sometimes-unpredictable outcome of the judgment, where employers would often settle a case to bypass the costly nature and ambiguity of defending cases, even when the cla... Read More about How HR can survive the tribunal jungle.

Why has Musk’s tried and tested approach to cultural change failed so badly? (2022)
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Lord, J. (2022). Why has Musk’s tried and tested approach to cultural change failed so badly?

Elon Musk’s recent poll on Twitter is far from a cry for publicity, but a blueprint for the crisis he has created at the social media giant - replicating what he did at Tesla and SpaceX.

As transgender employees become more common, here’s how workplaces can welcome diversity (2022)
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Lord, J., & Baset, S. (2022). As transgender employees become more common, here’s how workplaces can welcome diversity

The process for applying for a gender recognition certificate in the UK has become easier and cheaper due to government changes in recent years. There has been a slow increase in the number of people applying as a result. It is also likely to... Read More about As transgender employees become more common, here’s how workplaces can welcome diversity.

As transgender employees become more common, here's how workplaces can welcome diversity (2022)
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Lord, J., & Baset, S. (2022). As transgender employees become more common, here's how workplaces can welcome diversity

The process for applying for a gender recognition certificate in the UK has become easier and cheaper due to government changes in recent years. There has been a slow increase in the the number of people applying as a result.