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Talent trumps diagnosis when neurodiverse skills are supported at work
11 Jul 2022Claudia Plowden Roberts calls for neurodiversity in the workplace to be celebrated as an intrinsic part of the human diversity spectrum, highlighting that a reliance on talent, not diagnosis, provides organisational advantages when neurodiverse employees are sufficiently supported at work.
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Can more multi-year pay deals calm our industrial relations climate?
5 Jul 2022Stephen Bevan considers the merits of multi-year pay deals as a potential method of matching wages with potentially long term volatile inflation during a growing cost of living crisis.
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Wellbeing at work as a collective challenge, not a problem that individuals should struggle with privately
4 Jul 2022To coincide with an article she co-authored on mindfulness as a ‘team’ activity, IES Principal Research Fellow Dr Alison Carter argues for employers to consider more social based wellbeing initiatives.
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IES colleagues honoured in ‘most Influential’ HR list
1 Jul 2022We are extremely proud to congratulate not one but two IES colleagues
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Tackling the labour market participation crisis among older people
28 Jun 2022Rosie Gloster highlights the challenges employers and government face in tackling the participation crisis among older people and details new research, which provides an insight into the types of government action and workplace practices that might offer solutions.
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Tackling the hidden anxiety crisis among self-employed construction workers
16 Jun 2022Stephen Bevan highlights the urgent need for self employed construction workers to have improved access to mental health services and support, and makes recommendations on how this could be delivered to make it more accessible to this hard to reach group of workers.
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June Labour Market Statistics: Comment from the Institute for Employment Studies
14 Jun 2022This is really grim news on pay and is only likely to get worse. Despite the tightest labour market on record, nominal pay is broadly flat meaning that rocketing inflation is leading to the largest cuts in real pay in at least two decades.
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IES evaluations in action: Mercers’ Early Years Special Initiatives
13 Jun 2022IES researchers detail their evaluation of two new projects, aimed at widening participation in STEM subjects and improving pupil's language and literacy skills.
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Hot or not? How to pass by the pitfalls and reap the rewards of hybrid hot desking
19 May 2022Hot desking is here to stay for many post pandemic workplaces. Astrid Allen reflects on its chequered reputation and shares recommendations for how employers can make the transition work well for all staff.
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May Labour Market Statistics: Comment from the Institute for Employment Studies
17 May 2022There’s some good news in today’s figures, with record pay growth in the private sector just about keeping wages ahead of inflation, and unemployment continuing to fall to its lowest since 1974.