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  • Slides: Introduction to event

    Paul Fairhurst | Mar 2012 | Institute for Employment Studies

    Introductory slides from Paul Fairhurst at the HR Network event on 'Getting maximum business value from your L&D activity' which was held on 29 March 2012.

  • Evaluation of the Fit for Work Service pilots

    First year report

    Hillage J, et al | Mar 2012 | Department for Work and Pensions

    Following Dame Carol Black’s 2008 review of the health of Britain’s working age population, a new Fit for Work Service (FFWS) was proposed, to offer support for people in the early stages of sickness absence, particularly for employees working in small and medium-sized enterprises. Between April and June 2010, FFWS pilots were launched in 11 areas throughout Great Britain with the intention of testing different approaches to providing the service, and getting people back to work as quickly as possible. This report presents the findings from the first year of the evaluation.

  • Second survey of Get Connected Grant Recipients

    Miller L, Oakley J, Stevens H, Higgins T, Behling F  | Feb 2012 | Institute for Employment Studies

    In 2010 the National Institute for Adult and Continuing Education (NIACE) and the Institute for Employment Studies (IES) were commissioned by the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) to evaluate the impact of the introduction of new or improved technologies funded through the Get Connected funding stream. In October 2011, nine months after the initial survey of the first tranche of Get Connected grant recipients closed (in January 2011) a second survey was conducted with the first cohort of Get Connected grant recipients. This report sets out the outcomes of that second round of surveys.

  • Scoping the Development of Work and Cancer Support for SMEs

    Executive Summary

    Wilson S, Hicks B, Stevens H  | Feb 2012 | Institute for Employment Studies

    Macmillan commissioned this scoping research with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to identify the challenges particular to smaller businesses who are managing employees affected by cancer. The aim was to provide an evidence base to determine what Macmillan can do to help SMEs and how this might differ from what they currently, or plan to, offer large employers.

  • Public sector employers’ attitudes to use of Acas collective conciliation

    Broughton A, Cox A | Feb 2012 | Acas

    The purpose of the study was to understand public sector managers’ experiences of, attitudes towards and approaches to collective dispute resolution, in the context of previous studies which have found that negotiators in the public sector are less likely to have used Acas collective conciliation than those in the private sector and those negotiating in both sectors.

  • Occupational Health Advice Lines Evaluation

    Final Report

    Sinclair A, Martin R, Tyers C | Feb 2012 | Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

    The Department for Work and Pensions launched the Occupational Health Advice Lines service in winter 2009. The service was one of a number of initiatives trialled to address the issues raised by Dame Carol Black in her review of the health of Britain’s working population and operated nationally across England, Scotland and Wales. This report presents the findings of that evaluation.

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    Preparatory study for an Impact Assessment concerning the possible revision of the legislative framework on the posting of workers in the context of the provision of services

    Final report

    Feb 2012 | European Commission

    With a view to supporting a legislative intervention at EU level on the Posted Workers Directive, this preparatory study analyses the extent, features and drivers of posting, as well as the benefits and costs related to posting of all the actors involved, with a view to better specify and delimit the problematic areas of the phenomenon.

  • Global HR

    Challenges Facing the Function

    Reilly P, Williams A | Feb 2012 | Gower

    Peter Reilly and Tony William's Global HR explores the key issues of brand, talent management, service transformation and change, drawing on examples from multinationals in telecoms, fast-moving consumer goods, manufacturing, software, services and commodities. In doing so, they offer insights into managing people and businesses that no organization can ignore.

  • An assessment of the level of compliance with the statutory duty to obtain insurance under the Employers’ Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969

    Sinclair A, Sumption F | Feb 2012 | Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

    If employees become ill or injured at work, they might be able to claim compensation from their employer. The ELCI Act (1969) requires that employers take out insurance against such claims. There are some exemptions to this, including public bodies, and those employing specified relatives only. Previous research in this area has found inconsistent levels of compliance, and some of it is quite out-of-date. This research was undertaken to provide a robust measure of levels of compliance in order to support policy development in this area.

  • Get Connected

    Impact Evaluation

    Aldridge F, Casey L, Lockhart-Smith A, Miller L, Oakley J, Plant H, Sterland L, Stevens H, Higgins T | Feb 2012 | National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE)

    The Get Connected Investment Project aimed to enable care providers to improve access for service users, carers, visitors and staff to ICT so they could use the power of the internet to communicate, learn and train. The overarching aim of the evaluation was to assess the impact of the funding on service users and staff.