Working Lives Scotland
Dedicated analysis of job quality and its impact on organisations and working lives in Scotland
From absence management to workforce trends, search by topic for the latest resources for the people profession and the world of work.
Explore evidence and practical resources such as checklists and flowharts to help you improve performance management.
Dedicated analysis of job quality and its impact on organisations and working lives in Scotland
Compare your health and wellbeing practices with the latest trends, drawn from CIPD 2026 research data.
Benchmark your employees' perceptions of work life balance against 2026 CIPD research data
Practical advice and tools for HR practitioners on setting up effective probation processes and supporting managers and new starters
Explore our resources for the latest trends and practical tools to help plan your approach to using Artifical Intelligence (AI) in the workplace.
Artificial intelligence (AI) and technology concepts driving change in the world of work
AI is moving from experimentation to everyday infrastructure. For HR teams, that shift brings a practical question: how do we make productivity gains while protecting the conditions for good work — fairness, capability, sustainable performance and employee trust?
AI is already reshaping how work is done, and organisations are looking for practical ways to support continual upskilling – not one-off training, but approaches that evolve alongside how AI is used in practice.
AI is exposing gaps in how HR and leadership skills are applied. The challenge is not acquiring new skills but using existing ones to manage workforce change effectively
Explore our resources for the latest trends and best practice approaches to learning and development.
As organisations become more skills-focussed, what’s stopping capability from moving to where it creates the most value? And what’s the role of L&D in enabling that shift and helping organisations assess and deploy the skills they already have, while building new capability at pace.
Emma Jordaan, Founder and CEO of Dubai-based consultancy, Infinite Consulting, explores leadership’s role in embracing diversity to achieve the cultural unity needed to sustain organisational performance
As distractions multiply and cognitive load intensifies, even well-designed training can fail to translate into improved performance. So what really determines whether learning sticks? How can organisations create the conditions that enable learning to be applied, sustained and embedded in everyday work.
From structures to processes to people, organisations undergo frequent change, and in today’s context, often with increasing complexity. But what role can L&D play, better positioning them as operational partners of change?
All the resources and trends to develop your skills and stay informed about Organisational development and design.
How a national support body for voluntary organisations based in Wales successfully delivered a new competency framework and redesigned its pay and grading structure
Identify which capabilities matter most to invest, redeploy talent, and make strategic choices with real competitive advantage
How the people and culture team at a snack company based in Ireland successfully navigated a major site upgrade and relocation of teams
How a first aid charity in Wales adapted to improve employee experience and patient care
Explore the latest trends and resources to help you develop effective recruitment.
Stay up to date with the latest recruitment and redundancy trends in the UK.
Explore hard-to-fill vacancy trends by industry with data analysis from the CIPD's Labour Market Outlook report. CIPD members can also download the data for use in your internal organisational benchmarking, discussions, and business cases.
Read our latest Labour Market Outlook report for analysis on employers’ recruitment, redundancy and pay intentions
A look at the induction process, and the purpose of inductions for employers and employees
Explore our resources for the latest trends and best practice approaches to reward.
Stay up to date with the latest pay intentions among employers in the UK, with data analysis from the CIPD's Labour Market Outlook report. CIPD members can also download the data for use in your internal organisational benchmarking, discussions, and business cases.
Read our latest Labour Market Outlook report for analysis on employers’ recruitment, redundancy and pay intentions
Compare your health and wellbeing practices with the latest trends, drawn from CIPD 2026 research data.
Benchmark your employees' perceptions of work life balance against 2026 CIPD research data
All the latest thought leadership and resources to help you improve workforce wellbeing.
Compare your health and wellbeing practices with the latest trends, drawn from CIPD 2026 research data.
Benchmark your employees' perceptions of work life balance against 2026 CIPD research data
Maximise the benefits of flexible working, incorporating flexibility into people plans, strategy, and EVP
Practical guidance for managers on managing flexible working
All the latest thought leadership and resources to help you improve workforce wellbeing.
Information, advice and templates to support those experiencing stress and mental ill health
Advice on how to manage your wellbeing when working in HR
Practical guidance on helping employees adapt and thrive when faced with workplace stress
Explores mental health issues in the workplace focusing on supporting employees’ mental health
Explore our resources for the latest trends and best practice approaches to equal opportunities, diversity and managing inclusion.
Learn about the gender pay gap, find out which employers need to report and understand why it's important
Explore our collection of resources around the gender pay gap in UK employment law
Explore the CIPD's detailed analyses of 2025/2026 gender pay gap reporting in the UK and Northern Ireland, updated in May 2026. CIPD members can also download these datasets to benchmark and compare your organisation's performance against national data.
Practical resources to help you address employment law issues at work, and keep up with recent and pending legislation.
Understand and take action to respond to the impact of the changes to sexual harassment and harassment protection measures employers need to take
Keep up to date with what is changing under the Employment Rights Act 2025, the Equality (Race and Disability) Bill and the plan to Make Work Pay
Keep up to date with the latest employment law developments and proposed future changes
This month: Views needed on revised Code on disciplinary and grievance procedures. Plus, new duty to prevent third party harassment and a look at when an employer has ‘knowledge’ of a disability.