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    The Recession

    Policy and employer responses

    Usher T, Dewson S, Cox A | Nov 2009 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This paper examines the impact of recession on the labour market through three lenses: Firstly, it presents a summary of the key evidence to date on redundancies and employment decline in the UK, with international comparisons, identifying which labour market groups and geographical areas have been most affected. Secondly, it reviews and assesses the government policy response, focused on initiatives to support employment. Thirdly, it reviews employer responses to recession (action which affects current employees, and their plans for the future), and questions the level of employer engagement with government policy.

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    Evaluation of Access to Work - Core Evaluation

    Dewson S, Hill D, Meager N, Willison R | Nov 2009 | Department for Work and Pensions

    This report presents the findings from qualitative research to evaluate Access to Work (AtW) a programme designed for people with long-term health conditions who need extra practical support to take up work or to do their job.

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    Evaluation of Access to Work - Individual Budget Pilot Strand

    Aston J | Nov 2009 | Department for Work and Pensions

    This report presents the findings from qualitative research to evaluate Access to Work (AtW) a programme designed for people with long-term health conditions who need extra practical support to take up work or to do their job. The report explores the inclusion of AtW within Individual Budget (IB) pilot areas.

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    Evaluation of Access to Work - Ministerial Government Departments

    Dewson S, Fearn H, Williams C | Nov 2009 | Department for Work and Pensions

    This report presents the findings from qualitative research to evaluate Access to Work (AtW) a programme designed for people with long-term health conditions who need extra practical support to take up work or to do their job. The report explores the effects of the decision that Ministerial Government Departments (MGD) should pay for their AtW adjustments.

  • The Engaging Manager

    Robinson D, Hayday S | Oct 2009 | Institute for Employment Studies

    All of IES's work on employee engagement to date has pointed to the importance of the relationship between the employee and the line manager. These findings led to this research, which aimed to identify how, in practice, engaging managers behave. We visited seven organisations and interviewed 25 managers, their teams, and their own managers, about their management style.

  • IES Annual Review 2009

    Oct 2009 | Institute for Employment Studies

    IES Annual Review 2009

  • Early Assessment of Business Link Health Checks

    Cowling M, Oakley J | Oct 2009 | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    Business Link Health Checks were introduced in November 2008 as part of the government’s Real Help for Businesses Now package to help businesses identify and respond positively to the issues faced as a result of the economic downturn. This report provides an early assessment of Health Checks in terms of the effect it has on business behaviours and the anticipated longer-term outcomes.

  • Increasing the effectiveness of reward management

    An evidence-based approach

    Armstrong M, Brown D, Reilly P | Oct 2009 | Institute for Employment Studies

    The paper describes how organisations pursue effectiveness in reward management. It goes on to distil the lessons learnt into a model of evidence-based reward management that has the potential to enable line and HR managers to make better reward decisions and inform confirmatory research.

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    Research to Shape Critical Mass Pilots to Address Under-Representation in Apprenticeships

    Marangozov R, Bates P, Martin R, Oakley J, Sigala M, Cox A | Oct 2009 | Learning and Skills Council

    This project informed the development of critical mass pilots to tackle inequalities in the representation of particular groups in apprenticeship programmes. The pilots offered additional support to assist in the attraction, retention and completion of apprenticeships. The groups targeted included potential apprentices with disabilities, those who would be gender atypical within an occupation, and those from ethnic minority groups. This project consisted of three elements: a literature review, analysis of secondary data, and findings from 24 expert interviews.

  • Review of Employer Collective Measures: Policy Review

    Cox A, Sumption F, Hillage J, Stone I | Oct 2009 | UK Commission for Employment and Skills

    This report is one of a suite of outputs of the Review of Employer Collective Measures study. The study reviewed the effectiveness of levers on increasing employer investment in skills on a collective basis, such as through levies and tax incentives, in order to provide advice to Ministers on which collective levers might be most effective to introduce or expand.