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The work of people professionals has unique and difficult challenges such as managing conflict, undertaking redundancy and restructuring. People professionals are often the 'face' of such activities or programmes, even if they are not the decision makers. HR work may also involve advising on or supporting...
Supporting employees with non-pay offers through the cost-of-living crisis
Wed, 8 Nov 2023
Affinity Health at Work
The 'cost-of-living crisis', defined as the fall in 'real' disposable income that the UK has been experiencing since late 2021 is having a profound impact on the nation. Inflation reached a 40 year high in October 2022 (ONS, 2022a) and the fiscal year 2022-23 saw the biggest one-year fall in living standards...
Introduction to the Working Well Maturity Framework
Tue, 11 Apr 2023
The rapid increase in the number of wellbeing frameworks available has given rise to a bewildering choice for organisations. The Working Well Maturity Framework was developed in response to calls from Affinity's Research Consortium, to develop a clear picture on how frameworks differ and to develop a...
Employees' experience of supervisor behaviour - a support or a hindrance on their return-to-work journey with a CMD? A qualitative study
Mon, 14 Nov 2022
Work & Stress, International Journal of Work, Health & Organisations. Taylor and Francis Online
Supervisors play an important role in supporting employees to return to work following sickness absence due to common mental disorders; stress, anxiety and depression, however, employees may not always feel supported. We examined employees' perceptions of their supervisors' attitudes and behaviours pre,...
Managing And Supporting Employees With Long-Term Health Conditions: Guide For People Professionals (PDF, 713 Kb)
Managing And Supporting Employees With Long-Term Health Conditions: Guide For People Professionals
Thu, 20 Jan 2022
CIPD
Over 15 million people live with a long-term health condition in the UK1 and in 2019/20, there were 32.5 million estimated working days lost due to work-related ill health2. Having good management practices gives employee the best chance of staying in work and fulfilling their potential.
This guide introduces...
Impact Of Covid-19 On The L&D Profession: Perspectives From Independent Learning Practitioners. (PDF, 783 Kb)
Impact Of Covid-19 On The L&D Profession: Perspectives From Independent Learning Practitioners.
Mon, 22 Mar 2021
CIPD
The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically shifted the way we learn. Learning and development practitioners have been challenged to step outside of their comfort zone, be curious and embrace new ways of delivering learning with high impact for the digital age. This longitudinal focus group study investigated...
Navigating the Return-to-Work Experience for New Parents Maintaining Work-Family Well-Being
Tue, 18 Feb 2020
Routledge
Parenthood can be one of the most fulfilling, altering, and challenging life events. This book is set within the background of the reality of many parents' return-to-work experience, the task of re-engaging with work and maintaining a job or a career, and the difficulties that parenthood poses for balancing...
Igloo Guide For Returning To Work Following Mental Ill-Health: Guide For HR Professionals (PDF, 628 Kb)
Igloo Guide For Returning To Work Following Mental Ill-Health: Guide For HR Professionals
Wed, 1 Jan 2020
Affinity Health at Work
This guide has been developed for HR professionals to support employees to return to and stay in work following absence due to mental ill-health drawing on research conducted with the University of Sheffield.
Growing demand for flexible working and an increasing recognition of its broad benefits have pointed to the need for practical, evidence-based guidance to help people professionals and their organisations to implement it.
This CIPD guide, produced in collaboration with Affinity Health, explores the effective...