HR Unpacked

HRUnpacked Episode 6-How HR can support victims of domestic violence

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 lives.

HRUnpacked Episode 5 Bitesize - Embracing Real Diversity & Inclusion

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 made meaningful changes to workplace E,D & I and some of the innovative strategies to tackle bias, both conscious and unconscious. 

HR Unpacked Episode 5 - Embracing Real Diversity & Inclusion

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, but also structural racism. Organisations that have a top-down system have relied on existing biases but with ever increasing equality legislation and changing societal attitudes what can employers do to ensure they meet Equality, Diversity and Inclusion standards?
 
We are delighted to welcome Sami Ben-Ali 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.
Send your questions to j.d.lord@salford.ac.uk and we will answer these during the podcast.

HRUnpacked-Episode-4-EXTRA - P & O - The-Redundancy-Voyage

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 undertaken by P & O in terminating his 15 year career with the company. 
Send your questions to j.d.lord@salford.ac.uk and we will answer these during the podcast.
 

HRUnpacked Episode 4 - P & O: The Redundancy Voyage

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 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.
Throughout the episode we look at:
Why businesses are allowed to operate and make tough decisions
How businesses should follow a legal process when making redundancies 
What is the impact of redundancy on staff?
What is the impact of not treating staff fairly on staff who remain in the company as well as the brand?
Why Ethical Leadership should be a forefront off all modern day organisations
Send your questions to j.d.lord@salford.ac.uk and we will answer these during the podcast.
 

HRUnpacked Episode 3 - Recruitment in a post-COVID world

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 looking for job roles within businesses that allow for more flexibility which means that businesses will need to be prepared to offer this in order to attract the top talent. But, what does all this mean? And how could that affect the future of recruitment? We're delighted to welcome special guest Charlotte Turner- Director at The Portfolio Group, Specialists in Credit Control, HR & Reward, Payroll & Procurement recruitment across the UK.
 
Send your questions to j.d.lord@salford.ac.uk and we will answer these during the podcast.
You can also download our episode companion guide HERE which provides more information & guidance. 

HR Unpacked: Episode 2: Bite Size- An Employment Tribunal decision on mandatory vaccinations

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.  

HR Unpacked: Episode 2: Mandatory Vaccination in the workplace

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 of government  policy . 
Send your questions to j.d.lord@salford.ac.uk and we will answer these during the podcast.
You can also download our episode companion guide HERE which provides more information & guidance. 

HR Unpacked: Episode 1: The workplace post-covid

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 Great Reshuffle
5-Support / advice around post-pandemic workplaces