Helen Ablett

Having had a few brain scans:

1. Take off all your metal - belts, earrings, rings, the lot
2. Appreciate being forced to lie down with a nice cosy blanket put on you
3. Try and make a song out of the beats
4. Remember that it's astonishing that we have machines that can see inside us

Good luck ♥️

Dear retailers

It’s July. Please sell summer things in the summertime and autumn things in the Autumn.

This is already the front window of my local TK maxx… why?? Halloween is three months away?

Last week, we were pleased to welcome the Employment Rights Minister Justin Madders, to @cipd.bsky.social's joint event with @prospectunion.bsky.social. The event focused on what good industrial and employment relations look like and how employers and trade unions can work better together.

Pity the policymakers in the AI jobs tsunami Instead of retraining those who lose work, politicians could help people take matters into their own hands

Fantastic article and writing here from @sarahoconnorft.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/a70d...

"Even if the AI “tsunami” turns out to be an ankle-depth anticlimax, policymakers won’t regret making sure that everyone can swim."

👏👏👏👏👏

#AI #AIatWork

two wretched words for the single householder: council tax (and no the single occupancy discount is not enough - why should one working adult be charged more for services like street lighting and social care than another in the house/flat next door simply because they live alone?)

”Either we all live in a decent world, or nobody does.” George Orwell, English novelist, journalist, critic, born #OTD 1903; author of Animal Farm (1945), Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949). BBC Archive | UCL Special Collections @uclspeccoll.bsky.social

”Either we all live in a decent world, or nobody does.”
George Orwell, English novelist, journalist, critic, born #OTD 1903; author of Animal Farm (1945), Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949).
BBC Archive | UCL Special Collections @uclspeccoll.bsky.social

But have you tried M&S chocolate-covered custard creams? Inspired!

That’s like, a five bed house in London?!

Business live blog, Monday June 23 — as it happened Brent crude edges closer to $78 a barrel as the fall in the stock markets gains momentum

Our @cipd.bsky.social response to the Industrial strategy is in The Times: www.thetimes.com/business-mon...

“Even if the plan results in productivity improvements and an increase in high-skilled and high-paid jobs in these sectors, it won’t be enough to drive growth across the economy,” CIPD said.

SO sick of ads, cookie prompts and paywalls. Some pages are becoming unreadable there’s so much ‘stuff’ on there

We've released a joint report with @prospectunion.bsky.social - we're calling for stronger collaboration between employers and #TradeUnions to build the employment relations skills essential for economic growth.

Oh wow Emma, lucky you 🤩

Carl Sagan's insights were far ahead of his time.

🎥 : made from em_curr (Tiktok)

I've been saying this for years

The plots of disaster movies that portray the end of civilization often begin with high-level Government Officials ignoring the warnings of Scientists.

One of several lesson learned from the 2.5 hour @Netflix Documentary — Don’t Look Up (2021).

Shown in Figure 15, US businesses spent 42 per cent more on software investment in the last three years of data (2021-23) than in the three years before the pandemic (2017-19). At the same time, UK businesses increased their level of spending by less than half as much (17 per cent). American businesses have also scaled up their investment more rapidly in other tech-related areas like R&D and ICT

Low levels of business investment continue to dog the UK's productivity growth.

Tech-related investment by businesses has risen by much more in the US than in the UK.

Medicine can be bought at the chemist for a few pounds. This has cost me thousands already.

Hands off!

CIPD | Briefing | Engaging the UK Government on what matters to the HR profession

@cipd.bsky.social's Public Affairs Manager @carlquilliam.bsky.social, outlines in his CIPD Policy Update article, about the latest work we have been focusing on in public policy. 👇

www.cipd.org/uk/views-and...

#hr #cipd #sharedparentalleave | CIPD The Women and Equalities Committee is examining options for reform of the statutory shared parental leave (SPL) scheme and statutory paternity rights with the…

@cipd.bsky.social's Claire McCartney continued her oral evidence hearing to the @commonswec.parliament.uk on paternity and shared parental leave.

www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

I’m working on a radio show looking at wraparound care (breakfast club, holiday club, after school, extra curricular stuff). If you have stories, comments or questions about the cost then please get in touch with me, on here or to felicity.hannah@bbc.co.uk
(Shares gratefully received)

@cipd.bsky.social’s Public Affairs Manager @carlquilliam.bsky.social is giving evidence to the APPG on Modernising Employment. He is highlighting the ins and outs of the Employment Rights Bill and our take on it.

Is the idea of the ‘dream job’ dead? Five years on from the pandemic, our attitudes toward work have shifted – and the myth of the ‘dream job’ no longer holds sway. Katie Rosseinsky explores how our relationship with ambition is changing

Our Good Work Index stats feature in this article in the Independent on changing views towards working life www.independent.co.uk/life-style/d...

This is absolutely absurd, surely this goes against election laws?

For me it missed a huge opportunity to timeline the events leading up to it - what he saw online, how algorithms fed him things, what the likes of Tate etc are actually saying. How boys talk about it all at school, planning the attack. It felt like we just saw the result rather than the 'before'

NEW: Marine le Pen found guilty of embezzlement.

Could face 5 year prohibition on running for office- ruling her out of the 2027 presidential contest.

CIPD | Analysis | How can defined contribution pensions deliver better value?

In our latest @cipd.bsky.social Policy Update, @charlescotton.bsky.social asks the question in his article: How can defined contribution pensions deliver better value? 👇

www.cipd.org/uk/views-and...

The CIPD's CEO Peter Cheese closed the event, highlighting the importance of continued partnership, working to push for the reforms needed in our skills system. He also underlined the CIPD's commitment to advocating for how the people profession can support skills adoption and improved productivity.

We were in Westminster on Tuesday hosting a Skills Forum with Youth Futures Foundation to discuss the future of skills policy.

We had a great opening panel session with Lord Blunkett, Rt Hon Robert Halfon, Lauren Edwards MP, YFF's Barry Fletcher and CIPD's Lizzie Crowley.

CIPD | Chancellor’s Spring Statement fails to address key workplace challenges being faced by employers, putting economic plans at risk says CIPD

Full CIPD response to the Chancellor's #SpringStatement www.cipd.org/uk/about/pre...

Government has been quick to add costs and taxes but now is the time to back business, CIPD says, urging investment in skills and support amid new regulation.