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The Commission for Healthier Working Lives: building a consensus on how to address the decline in working-age health
7 Dec 2023IES, Learning and Work Institute and Royal Society for Public Health are collaborating as research partners on the Commission for Healthier Working Lives, supported by the Health Foundation, which aims to identify and address the reasons for the current decline in working-age health in the UK. This blog introduces the new collaboration, and sets out its plans and intentions.
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16-18 education: participation matters
27 Nov 2023Following the party political conferences, Becci Newton looks at the current participation of 16 to 18 year olds in education and training, the worrying rise in levels of non-participation, and the main parties' policy intentions on this. She covers recent policy history, reasons for success, or lack of it, and recommendations to achieve improvements.
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The prize for tackling health-related economic inactivity
23 Nov 2023Rates of economic inactivity due to long-term health conditions have increased rapidly in recent years. Dan Muir looks at the impact of this on the economy, and explores a number of potential options for addressing the issue, as well as the benefits of doing so.
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Autumn Statement and Back to Work Plan: IES explainer
22 Nov 2023In summary, our view is that there is a lot to welcome in the new plan, with around £2.6 billion of investment in employment and related support over the next five years, particularly focused on supporting the long-term unemployed and people with significant health conditions.
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Looking into the future of workplace coaching
21 Nov 2023Following her recent presentation on the Future of Coaching, Alison Carter reflects on the rapid rise in workplace coaching, and how employers can ensure it is both effective and appropriate to their specific workplace and employees.
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Back to Work Plan: welcome news “risks being drowned out by divisive rhetoric” – IES comment
16 Nov 2023Today’s announcement of significant investment in employment support is welcome news, but it risks being drowned out by divisive rhetoric around ‘coasters’ who want to ‘take taxpayers for a ride’.
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Mental health at work: the employers’ role in supporting disclosure and tackling taboo topics
16 Nov 2023Jonathan Buzzeo looks at gendered differences in mental health and calls for employers to use a nuanced understanding of how mental health conditions and coping strategies might manifest for different employees within the workplace.
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November Labour Market Statistics: Comment from the Institute for Employment Studies
14 Nov 2023The labour market is continuing to cool, with vacancies now down by a quarter of a million over the last year and by sixty thousand in the most recent quarter
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What are green jobs and how can they be supported?
13 Nov 2023Green jobs are back in the spotlight, but how many green jobs actually are there and how can we support their growth? asks Ben Brindle, former Research Economist (Fellow) at IES.
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Employer views needed: The Commission on the Future of Employment Support
9 Nov 2023We are keen to hear from employers about what they need and want from the public employment service to inform our research for The Commission on the Future of Employment Support.