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Universal basic income: pros, cons and evidence
16 Oct 2023In June 2023, it was announced that universal basic income (UBI) will be trialled for the first time in England. Daniel Muir takes an in-depth look at the pros, cons and existing evidence of UBI as a viable policy option.
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Are we ‘pulling more sickies’ or do organisations need to focus more on ‘good work’?
9 Oct 2023Zofia Bajorek takes an in-depth look at the CIPD's recently released analysis of its ‘Health and wellbeing at work’ data, which shows a marked increase in sickness absence in the UK. She explores the reasons behind these findings, and offers personal insight into how organisations can best approach and address these issues.
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Growing the future workforce: reflections from the IES HR Directors’ Retreat
5 Oct 2023Reflecting on the recent IES HR Directors’ Retreat, Dan Lucy looks at the challenges facing HR and the future workforce, and the views of industry experts on how these can be addressed.
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Changing workplace models: remote, on-site and flexible
25 Sep 2023The demand for remote and/or flexible working arrangements outstrips their availability, while jobs advertised with flexible workplace models attract a higher number of applicants. Dan Muir looks at the availability of flexible and remote working across the UK and identifies which jobs offer the most and least amount of flexibility.
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Analysing the nation’s skills problem
11 Sep 2023The UK labour market is currently facing several major challenges, one of the most acute of which is skills shortages, writes Daniel Muir, Research Economist at IES.
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Beyond the hybrid: flexible working for site-based roles
7 Sep 2023Flexible working can take many forms and is in high demand by many employees. Astrid Allen reflects on recent research focusing on people who work in site-based roles and details several steps that employers can take to reap the equality, wellbeing and productivity benefits of flexible working.
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Weigh more and get paid less: why the obesity wage penalty for women matters
18 Aug 2023Drawing on recent IES research, Stephen Bevan's blog considers the persistent wage penalty for working age women living with obesity and calls for society as a whole to permanently challenge the deeply embedded discrimination against people, especially women, living with obesity.
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The childcare sector: providers and the workforce in England
28 Jul 2023With both the current government and Labour opposition planning to expand childcare in England, IES researchers detail an assessment of where the childcare sector is today to inform what needs to change to meet the planned expansion.
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Reducing health-related job loss among older workers
14 Jul 2023Stephen Bevan reflects on the main causes of health-related job loss among older workers in the UK, highlighting what can be done by employers to predict and mitigate the risk of the problem getting worse.
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Lifting the lid on the Youth Employment Toolkit: using the right tools for a challenging task
5 Jul 2023IES has supported the development of a new Youth Employment Toolkit from Youth Futures Foundation. Becci Newton explains how the resource is designed to move the dial from identifying the risks facing marginalised young people to supporting them to see better outcomes.