In days of increased vulnerability for employers about their staff and their activities – such as social media posts and personal conduct – the need to ensure that you know your staff and carry out appropriate and accurate checks has become ever more important.
Sometimes, this effort is solely concentrated at an early recruitment stage but moreover, it is during employment when the most serious and vulnerable challenges arise. Recent issues have been well publicised and a lot of negative publicity and reputational harm has been caused.
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When we are recruiting, are we simply too trusting about what candidates are telling us rather than checking what we are asked to believe? Many examples spring to mind: in the UK, the Public Inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire that cost 72 people their lives found that the fire assessor responsible for the building had “misrepresented his experience and qualifications (some of which he had invented)”, and in the US where a member of the US Congress had misrepresented his education and work record but nevertheless refused to resign from his post, or the Yahoo CEO who did resign after admitting that he didn’t have a computer science degree after all. If trust is the cornerstone of the employer/staff relationship, how do we navigate the paradox of checking facts without generating a culture of suspicion in the workplace?
Are employers being caught out by the misbehaviour of their staff more now than they used to be, or is it just more visible? Are the rights to freedom of expression, and to private and family life putting employers on the backfoot in terms of setting and maintaining reasonable standards that affect work and the workplace?
Are we making the best use of technologies so that employment decisions are the right ones? If AI can help us, what are the strengths and weaknesses, and what are the legal and practical considerations of its use?
Expert Speakers
Martin Tiplady OBE CCIPD, Managing Director, Chameleon People Solutions Ltd
Martin Tiplady is an experienced senior consultant as well as the former Director of Human Resources of the Metropolitan Police – a position that he occupied for eleven years – and Vice President and a Chartered Companion of the CIPD, the professional HR Institute. During his time as Vice President, he carried portfolio responsibility for Diversity and Inclusion. He is the founder and Managing Director of Chameleon People Solutions Ltd – a respected HR and Management consultancy. Chameleon works closely with three other HR consulting companies – The HR Lounge Ltd, Sheridan Worldwide and Organisational Shakers Ltd. He is a qualified mediator.
David Fairhurst ChCCIPD, Chief Executive Officer, OrgShakers LLC
David is the Founder and CEO of OrgShakers LLC – a global organisation of leading HR consultants. David personally supports clients of all sizes in building effective People strategies and coaches newly appointed Chief People Officer’s allowing them to be highly effective in their roles. Having been an independent consultant and strategic advisor since 2020, David was previously the Executive Vice President, Global Chief People Officer at McDonald’s Corporation – one of the world’s largest HR and Training positions with strategic oversight of almost two million employees in over 120 countries.
Sharon Benson, Human Resources Director, LloydsPharmacy Clinical Homecare
Sharon Benson is the Human Resources Director at LloydsPharmacy Clinical Homecare (LPCH), having joined in January 2023. Sharon’s role at LPCH involves leading the human resources strategy as the organisation transitions to a standalone business. This includes creating a new organisational design to support operations that were historically managed by group central resources.
Milet Lukey, Vice President People & Culture, Dorchester Collection, Chartered Fellow CIPD
Milet Lukey was appointed vice president, people and culture for Dorchester Collection in August 2022. She re-joined Dorchester Collection following her most recent position as vice president of talent and culture for the Americas at Rosewood Hotel Group, a role she has held since 2019. Prior to this, Milet worked with Dorchester Collection between 2012 and 2014 as area director of people organisation and development where she was responsible for all people functions at The Beverly Hills Hotel and Hotel Bel-Air. She later joined Starwood Capital Group’s hotel brand management company SH Group as area director of people operations, based in New York City, before moving to the role as vice president, people operations. She has over 30 years of experience in both local and international markets.
Reporting to Eugenio Pirri, CEO at Dorchester Collection, Milet will ensure that Dorchester Collection’s values-based culture remains strongly embedded in the organisation, and will play a significant role working with the leadership and operational teams, providing strategic support and direction.
Dr Brian Moore, Managing Director, GSA Global
Brian served in the police service as an investigator for 34 years rising to the rank of Chief Constable of Wiltshire Police and subsequently as Director General of the UK Border Force.
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