Welcome to this podcast where we will be discussing the topic of Men's mental health which has become an increasingly important public health issue, with significant implications for individuals, families, and society at large. Mental health statistics show that over a third of men (35%) think they've had a diagnosable mental health condition at so…

Welcome to this podcast where we will be discussing the 2024 General Election, taking place on the 4th July, we’re taking a look at some of the key promises relating to employment law made by the leading political parties. We are delighted to welcome Nicola Mullineux , Associate Director - HR Content at Peninsula…

Welcome to this podcast where we will be discussing Wellbeing at Work with the effects of lockdown still affecting workplaces and how the balance has tilted from sickness absenteeism to sharp rises in presenteeism and leaveism. Other recent research also shows that, despite much more homeworking during and after pandemic lockdowns, 43% of people st…

Welcome to this podcast where we will be discussing Neurodiversity which affects between 15–20 % of the UK population. According to the National Autistic Society, 45% of neurodivergent people have lost or left their job because of challenges due to being misunderstood, with 102 cases being heard at employment tribunals in 2022 where employees said …

Welcome to this podcast where we will be discussing the Good Employment Charter which supports all employers in the Greater Manchester region regardless of size or sector, to improve employment standards. We’re delighted to welcome Ian MacArthur who is Director of the GM Good Employment CharterBy Dr Jonathan Lord & Kate Palmer

Welcome to this podcast where we will be discussing AI and whether it can support HR professionals at every stage of the employee lifecycle. We’re delighted to welcome Dr Maria Kutar who is a Reader in Information Systems at Salford Business School, Co-Lead of the Disruptive Technologies Research Cluster and a Board member of the UK Academy for Inf…

Welcome to this podcast where we will be discussing Accent Discrimination and whether it should be a protected characteristic. We’re delighted to welcome PROFESSOR ROB DRUMMOND who is Professor of Sociolinguistics, Head of the Research Centre for Creative Writing, English Literature and Linguistics (CELL), and a founding member of the Manchester Ce…

The notion of ‘quiet quitting’ has been around for centuries with trade unions using ‘working to rule’ as a means of industrial action. However, there is now a contemporary trend where Generation Z workers are encouraged to do the bare minimum at work in order to avoid burnout, as they 'recalibrate what's important to them' after Covid. In this epi…

Welcome to this podcast where we will be looking at ‘value-based leadership’ We’re delighted to welcome Ged Mason the CEO of Morson International, Britain's leading manpower services company. The organisation specialises in supplying skilled white-collar staff - engineers, quantity surveyors and project managers - to the aerospace, defence, nuclear…

Welcome to this podcast where we will be looking at how HR can help identify and support staff facing domestic violence We’re delighted to welcome Sophie Travis who is Counselling Manager at Health Assured, an award-winning employee assistance programme and the UK and Ireland’s largest EAP, giving caring and compassionate support to over 15 million…

Welcome to this EXTRA podcast where we are delighted to welcome Sami Ben-Al who is Vice President, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Wood, a company with 40,000 professionals, across 60 countries and are one of the world’s leading consulting and engineering companies operating across Energy and the Built Environment. Sami talks about how Wood have…

Welcome to this podcast where we will be looking at the issues of discrimination in the workplace. A new Netflix documentary White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch has highlighted the ongoing issue of how companies are defending their acts of discrimination through blaming abstract forces that impact life, in this case beauty standards, …

Welcome to this EXTRA podcast where we are delighted to welcome John Lansdown, a P & O staff member for 15 years who has worked as a sous chef on the Pride of Canterbury and has refused his redundancy terms of £30,000 as well as signing a non-disclosure agreement. John talks through his tribunal claim and why he will never accept the methods undert…

Welcome to this podcast where we will be looking at the implications of P & O’s decision to sack 800 staff members without consultation, the affect this will have on staff members & their families as well as the wider implications for employment relations in the UK. We are delighted to welcome John Lansdown, a P & O staff member for 15 years who ha…

Welcome to this podcast where we will be looking at the future of recruitment and what it will look like in a post-COVID world. COVID has affected all our lives in numerous ways and some will argue that it’s changed the way we live and work for good. More employers are recruiting for those with a different set pre-covid and candidates will be looki…

James Potts, Legal Services Director at Peninsula UK, outlines the tribunal decision in the Ms C Allette v Scarsdale Grange Nursing Home Ltd case. which found that the refusal by an employee to be vaccinated constituted a failure to comply with a reasonable management instruction, justifying a dismissal on the grounds of conduct.…

Welcome to this podcast where we will be analysing mandatory vaccination in the workplace and how tribunals have reacted to claims around this contemporary area of employment law. We welcome special guest James Potts to cast his expert eye over the finite details and how employers can support all stakeholders navigate the continuous changing nature…

Welcome to this podcast where we will be focusing on the covid rules that have affected all of us over the last 2 years and impacted permanently how the world of work will look in the future. 1-Welcome to the podcast 2-What have been the Covid regulations? 3-What are the current changes to covid workplace regulations? 4-The Great Resignation v The …