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Dr Jonathan Lord's Outputs (69)

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

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.

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.

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

The impact social dialogue can have on the introduction of digitalisation within the European not-for-profit sector (2023)
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Lord, J. (2023, June). The impact social dialogue can have on the introduction of digitalisation within the European not-for-profit sector. Paper presented at Labour Law Research Network 6 - 2023 Conference, Warsaw, Poland

Social dialogue is defined by the ILO to include all types of negotiation, consultation or simply exchange of information between, or among, representatives of governments, employers and workers, on issues of common interest relating to economic and... Read More about The impact social dialogue can have on the introduction of digitalisation within the European not-for-profit sector.

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

Are returnships the answer to the current skills shortage? What are they and why are they popular? (2023)
Journal Article
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?.