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Austerity, welfare reform and local growth - what to look out for in the 2018 Autumn Budget
25 Oct 2018What will the 2018 Autumn Budget have to say on employment, education and welfare? Our Director, Tony Wilson, offers his expert view.
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Ethnicity: can the gender pay gap trick be repeated?
16 Oct 2018As the government announces a new consultation on ethnicity pay gaps, IES Head of HR Consultancy, Duncan Brown, unpicks the benefits and challenges of mandatory reporting.
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Stress and mental health at work: half a decade in policy and practice
10 Oct 2018Sally Wilson tracks research and discussion of mental health and wellbeing at work across the fifty years since IES' foundation, and identifies areas where their is still work to be done.
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Addressing today's labour market challenges is a huge task, but we need to try, and our work can help
5 Oct 2018Tony Wilson, IES Director, blogs on three main challenges facing the UK labour market: productivity, polarisation and participation.
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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.