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May/June 2022 Contents
Contents May/June
2022
26 EasyJet’s Ella Bennett outlines how
the airline has taken off after the Covid pandemic storm
36 Could apprenticeships be the answer to solving your
skills shortages?
42 Is your organisation’s pension
scheme Sharia-compliant?
30 The organisational risks topping HR’s agenda over
the next decade
News and analysis 4 Leader article
HR is the people profession – so professionals have the responsibility to guide people through the financial crisis 6 HR news briefing
Female workforce under stress, using video CVs in recruitment, multiple jobs for low-income workers 11 Hot topic
Are anti-woke organisations on the rise? 12 News analysis
In the light of ‘porngate’, should HR police everything staff get up to at work?
Comment 14 In the HR hot seat
Agile has arrived and is here to stay – and HR needs to be at the heart of it 17 Academic view
If processes are slow, it might be time for a sludge audit 19 Legal ease
Adoptive parents, surrogate and intended parents – what HR needs to know 20Have your say
What HR can do to help dyslexic employees and age-based assumptions
Strategic HR 22Cover Story
How employers are tackling social mobility as part of building a fairer workplace
26Profile interview
EasyJet’s Ella Bennett on the airline’s recovery after Covid 30Risk management
What will be topping HR’s agenda in the next decade 34HREX Awards
Give your HR heroes the chance to shine as the 2022 awards open for entries 36Webinar
Solving skills shortages with apprenticeships 38Different slant
A sense of community could be key to keeping top talent
Operational efficiency 42Pensions
Providing Sharia-compliant pensions for Muslim staff
Personal development 44People moves
Who's gone where 46Resources
Business books and HR’s D&I clinic 47 Future leader
What the HRD of tomorrow thinks 48Lessons from the C-suite
Pascale Harvie, senior vice president, Justgiving 50 How I got here
Fiona Mullan, chief people officer, Bloom & Wild
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