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Can flexible working become the default in the NHS?
9 Sep 2024In the light of the new Labour government's pledge to make flexible working the default, Astrid Allen looks at how this could be possible for the NHS, and what the benefits could be.
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What can employers learn from the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games?
4 Sep 2024Claudia Plowden Roberts examines the approaches and strategies of the Paris 2024 Paralymics, how these have improved awareness and perceptions of disability, and potential lessons and benefits for employers and employees.
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Will the new government care for carers?
23 Jul 2024Kyla Ellis examines current attitudes and political policy in relation to carers and how with the change in government there is an opportunity for improvements, including the role of employers in this process.
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New evidence to support flexibility in frontline and site-based roles
17 Jul 2024Astrid Allen summarises the findings from a two-year action research programme to introduce flexibility into frontline roles and evaluate its impact, on both the individual and the organisation.
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Election manifestos 2024: the ‘ins’ and ‘outs’ of employment rights
28 Jun 2024Kate Alexander explores what party manifestos tell us about the current direction of travel around employment rights by identifying which policy levers are ‘in’ and which are ‘out’ in 2024.
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Let’s start talking: why we need to reboot the partnership agenda between government, unions and employers
25 Jun 2024With just over a week to go before the General Election, Nita Clarke OBE, the Director of the Involvement and Participation Association and Mike Clancy, General Secretary of Prospect trade union, consider the current state of industrial relations in the UK and look ahead to the much-needed reforms of the labour market that any new government will need to address.
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Working for the future: five priorities for reforming employment support in the next parliament
30 May 2024IES Director Tony Wilson sets out five priorities for a new approach to employment support, for whoever wins the next election: based on ambitious objectives, clear entitlements, empowering people, a reformed employment (and careers) service, and new ‘labour market partnerships’ to take this forward.
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We need more than a task force for ‘British jobs’: we need to rewire our approach to employment and skills
22 May 2024IES Director Tony Wilson considers the government's announcement of a new task force to address skills and labour shortages and calls for a reformed approach to employment services based on open access to support, a different approach to those out of work, coherent engagement and support for employers, and meaningful partnership and alignment across services.
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Gender stereotypes in the construction industry: breaking barriers to tackle skills shortages
15 May 2024The construction industry is facing skills shortages that are holding back growth. This research for the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) explores attitudes towards awareness of construction careers among potential entrants and those within the industry, and the differences between the two.
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Mental Health Awareness Week: how moving ‘fairness’ up the organisational agenda could reap wellbeing benefits
13 May 2024In support of Mental Health Awareness Week, Zofia Bajorek looks at the issue of fairness at work and calls for employers to review workplace policies and practices to ensure that positive employee wellbeing is supported and maintained.