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Celebrating the career and life of Dr Penny Tamkin
4 Oct 2018It is with great sadness that we note the passing of Dr Penny Tamkin.
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Moving from flexible working rights to effective employer practice
2 Oct 2018Rosie Gloster considers how flexible working is managed in organisations. As ‘flexism’ makes the headlines, what can be done to ensure that flexibility works in practice?
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Ten years on, has HR learned any lessons from the financial crash?
3 Sep 2018What role should HR take in preventing or mitigating an ethical crisis? Stephen Bevan considers what HR has learned from the 2008 financial crash and whether HR should act as the moral compass of an organisation.
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50 years on from IES' foundation and some Directorial reflections
21 Aug 2018Reflections on the UK labour market, employment research and informing policy-making. Nigel Meager, IES Director, reflects on his time at the Institute and what has changed as we celebrate our 50th year.
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A big juggle: what can employers and policymakers do to support working carers?
21 Aug 2018Sally Wilson offers insight on support for working carers, drawing on findings from IES' evaluation of the Carers in Employment project, on behalf of the Social Care Institute for Excellence.
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Evaluation of the NHS Innovation Accelerator
21 Aug 2018Annette Cox examines IES research evaluating the NHS Innovation Accelerator, which aims to facilitate innovation in the NHS.
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Returning to work after having a child: how families make decisions
20 Aug 2018Reflections on IES research on behalf of the Department for Education considering how families make decisions on returning to work and childcare responsibilities.
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Further decline in EU workers prompts fears of labour shortages
16 Aug 2018What might the fall in numbers of EU workers mean for the UK's labour market, and economy, in the light of Brexit. Jim Hillage considers this decline in the context of low unemployment and high numbers of vacancies across the labour market.
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Skills-, competency-, and capability-based pay: the magic bullet to solve public sector pay (and UK productivity) problems?
15 Aug 2018With new public sector pay deals announced, head of HR consultancy, Duncan Brown, explores possible ways forward without increasing the government deficit.