This roundtable discussion looked at the shifting demographics and how employers are navigating multi-generational workforces. See the report's executive summary here.

This roundtable discussion looked at the opportunities ERGs present, the evolving issues and challenges, and strategies to overcome them.

The world of work is undergoing profound and extensive disruption. Large-scale trends are transforming work, workforces and workplaces. The legacy of the pandemic has combined with a tense economic and social landscape, presenting businesses with significant challenges. How can businesses best navigate this increasingly complex environment? And, if you are in HR and have people responsibilities, what are the key strategic issues and areas of priority action for 2024 and beyond?

As the working landscape continues to shift rapidly in response to world events, this comprehensive new Report provides a timely and important assessment of the key issues and challenges of the day that will impact on the world of work for years to come.

The regulation of AI is front and centre of the minds of policymakers around the World. Central to concerns raised about the rapidly increasing use of AI are the risks of bias and discrimination, particularly in the employment context. Lewis Silkin LLP look at how existing equality and data protection laws apply to these kinds of automated decisions.

Since the world emerged from the Covid pandemic, economies in richer nations such as the UK have faced skills shortages. A range of converging factors have resulted in many sectors experiencing too few workers for the available jobs. This report considers whether this situation is likely to improve in the longer-term. Looking ahead to 2050, the report explores whether a world of work with too few jobs or too few workers is likely to emerge.

One year on from the publication of our ‘Eight Drivers of Change – the future of work’ 2021 Report, the landscape of the world of work has altered significantly. Our new Report by James Davies, Partner at Lewis Silkin, reflects on the extent to which major events in the world, alongside evolving societal attitudes, advancing technologies and a shifting political landscape, have impacted on the key observations and themes identified in the 2021 Report. Importantly, the new Report looks forward to consider how the world of work will evolve in the years ahead and the implications for employers and their workforces.

As the working landscape continues to shift rapidly in response to world events, this comprehensive new Report provides a timely and important assessment of the key issues and challenges of the day that will impact on the world of work for years to come.

As the world of work adjusts to the lasting effects of the pandemic, organisations are increasingly being expected to act on emerging societal issues. People want to see companies take a position and support something more than corporate profits and are becoming increasingly active in advocating for change - businesses have little choice but to respond.

This article looks at what’s behind the rise in brand activism and considers related workplace and employment law issues.

This is the second article in a two-part series by Lewis Silkin LLP exploring the trends emerging from the pandemic in relation to the future of the office.

This is the second article of a two-part series by Lewis Silkin LLP. In this article we explore what motivates people to work and the opportunities and challenges that presents for employers in attracting and retaining talent. In our first article, we investigated the drivers behind the evolving labour market and the phenomenon often labelled the “Great Resignation”.

As we move away from the once habitual 9-5 office routine, this two-part series by Lewis Silkin LLP explores emerging trends in relation to the future of the office and considers how different organisations are approaching the role of the office in the context of new ways of working.

Welcome to this month’s podcast, where we reflect on the impact of recent global elections on the future of workplace regulation. Join Lucy and partners James Davies and David Hopper as they explore emerging global trends and their implications for the UK. Discover how political shifts are reshaping the employer-employee relationships and union influence in an increasingly volatile and uncertain landscape.

In the latest episode of our “In Conversation…” podcast series for 2024, Lucy speaks with Dr Vivienne Ming, a theoretical neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and co-founder of Socos Labs, a company dedicated to leveraging AI-driven research to maximise human potential.

In the seventh episode of our “In Conversation…” podcast series for 2024, Lucy speaks to Simon Roberts, anthropologist, author and co-founder of Stripe Partners, a consultancy firm which incorporates social and data science to give companies a deep understanding of the world, their customers and their organisation.