The HR Grapevine Podcast

HR Grapevine Head of Content, Dan Cave, sits down with Michael Harper, Sales Account Manager at Blackhawk Network, to discuss boosting engagement in the modern, hybrid-centric workplace.

In this special edition of the podcast – and part of a series we are bringing to you in partnership with Actual Experience – we talk about the future of work and some of the top priorities and considerations for leaders.

A recruitment boss sparked a fierce debate on LinkedIn this week by claiming that those who favour remote working are 'lazy' and 'just want to doss on the sofa'. In this week's podcast, Kieran Howells, Deputy Editor at Executive Grapevine Digital Media and Liam Soutar, Online Editor at HR Grapevine, discuss the case, and home working as a whole.

With schools some firms and nations exploring the four-day work week concept, HR Grapevine looks at some of the top considerations for HR.

On a housing landscape where it is increasingly difficult for certain groups to afford homes, HR Grapevine explores whether helping staff to get on the property ladder might benefit their talent and retention agenda too.

With schools in England and Wales returning this week, HR Grapevine looks at how the people function can support working parents.

Following news of Morrisons festive reward to staff later this year, HR Grapevine looks at pandemic rewards could benefit the HR agenda.

As the UN publishes its landmark report into global environmental issues, it falls to HR’s remit to ensure that businesses are considering their impact on sustainability...

Could unlimited time off benefit the HR agenda? by HR Grapevine

Could HR be impacted by increasing workloads? by HR Grapevine

Following news surrounding the ‘pingdemic’, HR Grapevine looks at how businesses say this has impacted them and shares ways that HR can manage the impact of isolation on business.

How should employers respond to online racism? by HR Grapevine

Following success of Iceland's four-day work week trial, HR Grapevine explores how this concept could help the HR agenda, looking at legal considerations and potential business benefits.

Following the public furore around BrewDog's alleged 'toxic' internal culture, HR Grapevine shares how HR can avoid similar pitfalls.

With Pride month upon us, HR Grapevine shares examples of how some employers are celebrating this June.

With this week marking National Volunteers’ Week, HR Grapevine talks about volunteering in the workplace and what benefits it could bring to HR.

With this week marking a year since the sad death of George Floyd, HR Grapevine talks about whether this has changed racial equality at work.

With Kellogg’s UK encouraging staff to take time away from their screens by offering Friday afternoons off work, HR Grapevine talks about summer hours policies, as well as tips for successfully implementing them.

With Mental Health Awareness Week approaching, HR Grapevine talks about how the people function can support employee mental health.

With COVID-19 restrictions starting to ease and several bank holidays on the horizon, HR Grapevine talks about managing employee annual leave requests.

In this week’s episode of the podcast, Sophie Parrott, Online Editor at HR Grapevine, sits down with Dan Cave, Head of Content at Executive Grapevine Digital Media, to talk about managing back-to-work emotions.

In this week’s episode of the podcast, Sophie Parrott, Online Editor at HR Grapevine, sits down with Kieran Howells, Deputy Editor at Executive Grapevine, to talk about re-engaging furloughed staff when they return to work.

With many employees continuing to work from home amid the pandemic, HR Grapevine talks about video call fatigue and looks at how the people function can strive to combat this.

With Tuesday marking one year since the first lockdown was announced in the UK, HR Grapevine takes a look at the people function’s biggest challenges in the pandemic year.

HR Grapevine speaks to an award-winning IR35 expert to get an insight into what the changes to private sector engagement mean for talent, cost and the people function.