Dear Bob
After months of campaigning and uncertainty, the people of the UK have voted to leave the European Union. The implications of this landmark decision will be far-reaching and will undoubtedly affect the world of work, with HR and L&D professionals being at the forefront of these changes.
Firstly, it’s important for us all to take a breath, take stock and recognise that these changes will not be immediate.
It’s a hugely complex area and even with the ‘leave’ decision being clear, there are still a significant number of uncertainties as to how the decision to leave will play out in practice.
Our exit from the European Union will likely take at least two years, giving both the UK Government and businesses time to adjust. It’s very important that both government and businesses take this time to properly assess the long-term impacts of any decisions they take and it’s vital that people are at the heart of these decisions.
While the UK’s official exit from the European Union won’t happen for some time, the effects of the ‘leave’ decision may be felt much sooner in your workplace. In the first instance, it’s likely that your colleagues may have questions over what the change may mean for employment regulation and employee rights, and how it might affect migrant workers and their right to live and work in the UK.
As your professional body, the CIPD is here to support you through this period of change and give you the information you need to understand how the decision may affect your work as a HR or L&D professional, what it may mean for your workforce and for your organisation moving forward. We will be communicating through our website and our various channels, but also we encourage you to engage with us as we facilitate discussion and dialogue within our community to share perspectives, challenges and ideas as this new future unfolds.
We’ve created a set of FAQs on what we know so far and what some of the implications of the leave decision may be, covering:
- employment law and individual rights
- migration and accessing talent from within the EU
- how the decision to leave will not impact on CIPD membership for those members who live and work outside the UK.
View our FAQs
We’ll continue to update this to ensure that you can play an informed role in shaping the workplaces of the future in this new political landscape. It’s been an extraordinary campaign and the decision to leave the EU will not only spark new changes but is likely to be a huge distraction for the Government from many important agendas such as improving skills and productivity.
We’ll continue to update this to ensure that you can play an informed role in shaping the workplaces of the future in this new political landscape. It’s been an extraordinary campaign and the decision to leave the EU will not only spark new changes but is likely to be a huge distraction for the Government from many important agendas such as improving skills and productivity.
We’ll continue to update this to ensure that you can play an informed role in shaping the workplaces of the future in this new political landscape. It’s been an extraordinary campaign and the decision to leave the EU will not only spark new changes but is likely to be a huge distraction for the Government from many important agendas such as improving skills and productivity.
We’ll continue to update this to ensure that you can play an informed role in shaping the workplaces of the future in this new political landscape. It’s been an extraordinary campaign and the decision to leave the EU will not only spark new changes but is likely to be a huge distraction for the Government from many important agendas such as improving skills and productivity.
We’ll continue to update this to ensure that you can play an informed role in shaping the workplaces of the future in this new political landscape. It’s been an extraordinary campaign and the decision to leave the EU will not only spark new changes but is likely to be a huge distraction for the Government from many important agendas such as improving skills and productivity.
There is much to do, as a profession and for the CIPD as your representative body, to have an active voice on these issues so we can play a deeper role in the future of business and of people and their working lives.
We’ve been saying for some time that one-size-fits-all ‘best practice’ is past its best, that HR professionals need to apply judgement and principles to their work in order to make good decisions that take into account the needs and interests of individuals, businesses, economies and society. In this new political landscape, this can only become more important. We need to be adaptive, innovative and agile more than ever in this continued period of uncertainty.
There are many questions to address in the long term regarding employment law and migration in the future, but it’s crucial that all parties take a measured, considered approach to these issues that seek the best long-term solutions for UK employers and employees.
We will continue to work closely with government and key stakeholders to ensure that your voice and the voice of our profession is heard through the many consultations, negotiations and decisions that will be taken relevant to our areas of interest and expertise.
We are here to help with any questions you may have on what the UK’s decision to exit the EU may mean today and in the months and years to come.Visit our online Communities to see what other members think and to share your thoughts.
Kind regards
Peter Cheese
Chief Executive, CIPD