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January/February 2025 Contents
32 Reward Gateway’s Nebel Crowhurst on staying true to your values
36 Employee resource groups are back in vogue
42 Healthy work culture can’t be found at the bottom of a glass
48 The key to making internships more accessible
Contents January/ February 2025
News and analysis 4 Leader article
The value of showing support via small actions 6 HR news briefing
McDonald’s ditches DEI, charity giving boosts engagement, finding jobs for ex- of fenders and more 10 People moves
Who’s gone where 12 News analysis
Where to find accurate labour stats while ONS updates its data 14 Hot topic
How can HR ensure that its response to a crisis will deliver real change? 16 Working carers
How to build organisations that support those with caring responsibilities
Comment 18 Academic view
Proper job design will create safer workplaces 20 Have your say
HR burnout, sickness absence, middle managers, and more 24 Legal ease
Prepare for the domestic abuse leave law
Strategic HR
26 Cover story
Are HR qualifications necessary, or valued by today’s employers?
32 Profile
Nebel Crowhurst, CPO at Reward Gateway, on why trust, integrity and credibility really matter 36 Diversity and inclusion
The popularity of employee resource groups is on the up. Employers need to know how best to work with them
Operational efficiency 40 Case study
Logistics giant Wincanton overhauls its early careers strategy and initiates a business boost 42 Health and wellbeing
As more and more of us abstain from alcohol, work events must keep up with the times Personal development 47 Lessons from the C-suite
Mel Rodrigues, CEO, Creative Access 48 Resources
Business books and HR’s D&I clinic 49 Future leader
What the HRD of tomorrow thinks 50 How I got here
Jo Browning, senior managing director, people experience, Markel
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