Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter - Resource area

"We commit to giving our employees clarity over the hours they work and not to use unnecessary forms of insecure employment, so they have more security over their income and can manage their work and non-work commitments more easily."

Resources

Here we provide resources from the CIPD on employment status, the use of different types of employment contracts and a discussion on the gig economy.

CIPD Viewpoint: Employment status, rights and regulation

Explore the CIPD's point of view on employment status, rights and regulation, including actions for Government and recommendations for employers.

Research and insights

• Megatrends: Is work in the UK really becoming less secure?
  This report examines a range of evidence proving that the so-called 'casualisation' of work in the UK has been overstated.
• Employer/employee views of zero-hours contracts
  Survey evidence on how and why employers use zero-hours and short-hours contracts, and employees' characteristics, attitudes and preferences when it comes to these types of contract.

Guidance and Factsheets

• Guide: Zero hours contracts: understanding the law
  Understand the legal issues surrounding zero-hours contracts, the various types of agreements, and how to manage zero-hours contracts responsibly.
• Factsheet: Employment status
  Understand how being defined in UK law as an employee, a worker or self-employed affects employment rights and employers’ legal responsibilities.
• Factsheet: Contracts of employment
  The factsheet provides introductory guidance on the types on contract, and examines the items included in the written statement of particulars and their legal context.
• Factsheet: Zero hours contracts
  Unlike traditional contracts of employment, zero-hours contracts offer no guarantee of work. Explore their advantages and disadvantages.

"We will give employees the opportunity to work flexibly wherever possible, providing greater equality of opportunity, creating a more diverse and inclusive workplace and helping us make better use of the skills and talents of our workforce."

Resources

Here we provide resources from the CIPD covering flexible working and its take up in the workplace.

CIPD Viewpoint: Flexible working uptake
Explore the CIPD’s point of view on flexible working, including actions for Government and recommendations for employers.

Research and insights

• Report: Flexible working in the UK
  This policy report examines evidence on the progress of flexible working in the UK, summarises and comments on the main findings and sets out policy recommendations.
• Report: Megatrends: Flexible working
  This report looks at recent trends in flexible working, and since we have to set boundaries around the analysis, we’ve concentrated on trends in when and where work is done.
• Report: Flexible Working Task Force
  Providing resources produced by both the CIPD and the Flexible Working Task Force to help you understand the benefits of flexible working and increase the opportunities available in your organisation.

Guidance and tools

• Map your flexible working journey
  Use our flexible working journey planner to receive tailored recommendations on improving flexible working in your organisation.
• Flexible working toolkit for HR professionals
  Here we provide practical resources and support material to help implement flexible working in your organisation
• Guide: Cross-sector insights on enabling flexible working
  Research-backed guidance with cross-sector examples on ways to implement flexible working

"Set at the level recommended by the Living Wage Foundation, so our employees can achieve a decent standard of living and that we, as employers, can benefit from better retention and workforce engagement, with the savings that brings."

Resources

Here we provide resources from the CIPD on employee pay, the living wage and financial well-being.

CIPD Viewpoint: Low pay and financial well-being
Explore the CIPD's point of view on low pay and financial well-being, including actions for Government and recommendations for employers.

Research and insights

• Policy consultation: National Living Wage and Minimum Wage April 2020 rates
  Read the CIPD's submission to the Low Pay Commission
• CIPD Voice article: Does adulthood begin at 25?
  Twenty years on from the introduction of the National Minimum Wage, Ffion Meagher discusses the impact of the policy as well as living wage for over-25s
• Report: Pay progression barriers for the lowest paid
  This report aims to uncover the experiences of employees on the lowest rates of pay, and to understand the contributing factors to them becoming 'stuck' on low pay.
• Report: Employee financial well-being
  Financial well-being not only affects individual workers but it also affects business performance, as this report helps to illustrate. The report is accompanied by practical guidance and behavioural insights.

Guidance and Factsheets

• Factsheet: Reward and pay
  Introduces the basics of pay and reward, including staff benefits, and outlines the UK legal position.
• Factsheet: Pay structures and pay progression
  Pay structures give a framework for wages and salaries, while pay progression describes how employees' pay increases

"So that our staff can fully contribute to the direction and success of our organisation and shape their roles, with recognised trade unions facilitating the expression of the employees' collective voice where possible, building effective employee engagement activity and with support from relevant professional bodies."

Resources

Here we provide resources from the CIPD on employee voice and employee engagement in the workplace.

CIPD Viewpoint: Employee voice
Explore the CIPD’s point of view on employee voice, including actions for Government and recommendations for employers. 

Research and insight

• Report: Talking about voice: employees' experiences
  Highlights the key insights that people professionals should consider to drive better people management practice.
• Report: Have your say: alternative forms of workplace voice
  This positioning report explores different perspectives on employee voice in the modern world of work.
• Thought piece: Can we have a voice in the corporate world?
  Having armies of silent, compliant workers may not be in the best interest of companies. Employees should be encouraged to have a voice.

Guidance

• Factsheet: Employee voice
  Employee voice is the way people communicate their views to their employer. Learn about its purpose and benefits, and about 'whistleblowing'.
• Factsheet: Employee communication
  Employee communication is essential to employee trust, engagement and performance. Learn how to develop an effective internal communication strategy.

"So we as employers can take full advantage of the diversity and talents across all Greater Manchester communities through transparent, inclusive and fair processes, engaging with schools, further education and higher education providers and employment programmes, making sure our staff have opportunities to continually develop and use their skills and experience."

Resources

Here we provide resources from the CIPD on recruitment processes, apprenticeships, technical education and diversity in the workplace.

CIPD Viewpoint: Apprenticeships and investment in training
Explore the CIPD’s point of view on apprenticeships and investment in training, including recommendations for both Government and employers.

CIPD Viewpoint: Technical education
Explore the CIPD’s point of view on technical education and T Levels, including actions for Government and recommendations for employers.

Research and insights

• Diversity and inclusion at work: facing up to the business case
  Assessing the evidence on the outcomes of diversity at work, the barriers keeping inequalities in place and how organisations can tackle these to make work an equal business.
• People and machines: from hype to reality
  This research takes an objective view of the impacts of AI and automation in UK workplaces and the investment decisions that employers make.
• Survey: Labour Market Outlook: Nations and regions
  The Labour Market Outlook survey is extended bi-annually to include additional data and analysis from the UK nations and regions
• Survey: UK Working Lives
  Our latest UK Working Lives survey gives a snapshot of working life in the UK across the seven dimensions of the CIPD’s Job Quality Index.
• Report: Resourcing and talent planning
  Our 2017 survey reports explore organisations’ resourcing, workforce and talent planning strategies, practices, challenges and issues. Produced in partnership with with Hays.

Guidance

• Factsheet: Diversity and inclusion in the workplace
  Workplace diversity and inclusion is about valuing every employee as an individual. Learn how an effective D&I strategy can help improve the business.
• Guide: Neurodiversity at work
  Learn more about neurodiversity, the benefits for organisations, and how to support neurodivergent people to be comfortable and successful at work.

"We value all our employees and will develop fair and inclusive workplaces, investing in the training and development of the workforce, including managers, and inspiring and motivating staff to make sure we are a successful and high performing organisation."

Resources

Here we provide resources from the CIPD on people management, productivity, leadership and inclusivity.

CIPD Viewpoint: Productivity and people management
Explore the CIPD’s point of view on productivity and people management, including actions for Government and recommendations for employers.

Research and insights

• Productivity and place: the role of LEPs in raising the demand for, and use of, skills at work
  This report investigates the extent to which Local Enterprise Partnerships understand and are putting in place policies and programmes to address skills demand and use.
• Productivity: getting the best out of people
  Explore the importance of productivity to HR leaders and discover why some organisations perform better than others and how businesses can raise their productivity.
• Megatrends: Are UK organisations getting better at managing their people?
  The report highlights the importance of good quality management and the need to improve leadership and management skills.
• Diversity and inclusion at work: facing up to the business case
  Assessing the evidence on the outcomes of diversity at work, the barriers keeping inequalities in place and how organisations can tackle these to make work an equal business.
• Purposeful leadership: what is it, what causes it, and does it matter?
  This report conceptualises a construct of purposeful leadership and investigates the impact it has on various employee and organisational outcomes.

"We support the mental and physical health of all our employees, including adjustments for people with long-term conditions and disabilities, delivering high standards of health and safety in the workplace, and so reducing the costs of absences and providing the benefits of a more diverse workforce."

Resources

Here we provide resources from the CIPD on health and well-being and diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

CIPD Viewpoint: Employee health and well-being
Explore the CIPD’s point of view on health and well-being at work, including actions for Government and recommendations for employers.

Research and insights

• Report: Health and wellbeing at work
  Read our nineteenth annual survey report (previously known as the Absence Management Report) that examines trends in absence and health and well-being in UK workplaces.
• Report: Employee financial wellbeing
  Financial well-being not only affects individual workers but it also affects business performance, as this report helps to illustrate. The report is accompanied by practical guidance and behavioural insights.
• Report: Diversity and inclusion at work: facing up to the business case
  Assessing the evidence on the outcomes of diversity at work, the barriers keeping inequalities in place and how organisations can tackle these to make work an equal business.
• CIPD Voice article: Health and safety at work: half-full or half-empty?
  With the rate of physical injuries at work having fallen, stress and depression is on the rise. Mark Beatson explains the statistics and what's causing people stress at work.
• CIPD Voice article: Health at work: prevention is better than cure
  Rachel Suff calls for employers to do more to create healthier working environments so prevent mental and physical illnesses for staff.
• CIPD Voice article: We need to watch out for unhealthy behaviour at work
  Rachel Suff looks at some worrying trends when it comes to health and well-being at work, and outlines some of the steps organisations can take to fix it.

Guidance and factsheets

• Factsheet: Wellbeing at work
  Understand the links between work, health and well-being, and the roles in creating an organisational approach to employee well-being.
• Factsheet: Mental health in the workplace
  Mental health issues impact employee well-being and are a significant cause of long-term absence. We look at ways to support employees’ mental health.
• Factsheet: Stress in the workplace
  Stress places huge demands on employees' health and well-being. Learn how to identify and address stress at work, and distinguish between stress and pressure.
• Guide: Neurodiversity at work
  Learn more about neurodiversity, the benefits for organisations, and how to support neurodivergent people to be comfortable and successful at work.
• Guide: Supporting mental health at work
  This guidance, developed jointly by Mind and the CIPD, helps managers to support their employees' mental health at work.
• Let's talk menopause
  This page provides access to guidance on the menopause in the workplace and aims to break the stigma so that people of all ages can achieve their true potential.