This month’s 'In Brief' focuses on strikes, high executive pay and the cost of living crisis as these topics continued to dominate the headlines at the start of the year. There’s also a spot of crystal ball gazing as some writers tried to make predictions for the year ahead!

2023 Predictions for HR: From ‘Quiet Hiring’ to Help with Healing

Analyst company Gartner has issued its top 2023 predictions for HR leaders, and the appearance of hybrid working and expanding talent pools will come as no surprise. Emily Rose-McRae, senior director in the HR practice, said many of the challenges people specialists had faced in recent months would continue into 2023. “HR leaders have faced an increasingly unpredictable environment amid