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Our response to the January 2019 release of ONS labour market statistics
22 Jan 2019Reflections from Tony Wilson, IES Director, on the first publication of a new 'alternative' claimant count, the highest ever employment rate, youth unemployment, economic inactivity and much more.
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Re-establish total reward to address economic reality for UK employees
21 Jan 2019Duncan Brown's paper on UK rewards highlights how many employers' total reward offers do not reflect the economic reality experienced by many UK employees.
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Hiring a chief meaning officer? You're missing the point
16 Jan 2019Many organisations are hiring chief meaning officer roles. Drawing on IES research, Stephen Bevan highlights how these efforts may be misguided, and not succeed in making work more meaningful for employees.
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2019 looks set to bring talent shortages, so it's time for creative and innovative HR practice
15 Jan 2019Dan Lucy argues that talent shortages will be the greatest challenge for HR professionals and employers this year, though this will encourage greater innovation in HR and a stronger focus on 'good work'.
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Differences in reporting on ethnicity pay must be recognised to repeat gender pay success
14 Jan 2019Our response to the government's consultation on ethnicity pay reporting. Unless key differences with gender pay issues are recognised, there is a ‘significant risk’ that reporting ethnicity pay levels could be ‘counterproductive’.
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IES response to Amber Rudd's universal credit speech, 11 January 2019
11 Jan 2019Tony Wilson, director of the Institute for Employment Studies (IES), responds to Amber Rudd’s speech on universal credit, 11 January 2019.
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Apprenticeships: how to address gender and ethnicity pay gaps
10 Jan 2019Becci Newton reflects on IES analysis of data relating to gender and ethnicity in apprenticeships, and how pay gaps exist even from this early stage of labour market entry.
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Could pausing Universal Credit create the opportunity we need to fix it?
9 Jan 2019The latest pause to Universal Credit may not be all it seems – but could it create the opportunity that we need to fix it? Tony Wilson, Institute Director, reports in his latest blog.
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Workforce planning remains a missing link in the NHS long term plan
7 Jan 2019Stephen Bevan, IES Director of Employer Research and Consultancy looks at the new NHS 10-year plan and sets out the key workforce strategy issues which will also need to be addressed.
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IES at 50: half a century in Brighton & Hove, our local labour market
21 Dec 2018Our analysis of Brighton and Hove's labour market and employment trends in the 50 years since IES' foundation. Matthew Williams and Tony Wilson delve into the available datasets.