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  Family-friendly Employment: the business case

  Bevan S, Dench S, Tamkin P, Cummings J | Sep 1999 | Department for Education and Employment

  An important theme in current and emerging government policy is the importance of practices that allow individuals to combine employment and caring responsibilities. These 'family-friendly' practices also have direct and measurable business benefits: reduced casual sickness absence, improved retention, productivity and recruitment, and improved morale and commitment. Recognising these benefits can help overcome the fears in small to medium sized enterprises that family-friendly policies are costly, impractical or a threat to stability. This publication is no longer available.

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  Skills, Competencies and Gender: Issues for Pay and Training

  Strebler M, Thompson M, Heron P | Apr 1997 | Institute for Employment Studies

  Corporate training and payment systems based on skills and competencies are becoming more widespread among UK organisations. This study, commissioned by the Equal Opportunities Commission, explores the gender implications of the increasing tendency of organisations to make payments to staff on the basis of an assessment of individual skills or level of training, and on an assessment of individual competencies.

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  Measurement of Employment in High Technology Sectors at the Regional Level

  Jagger N, Perryman S | Jan 1997 | Institute for Employment Studies

  Commissioned by Eurostat (the European Commission’s statistical body) the study represents a feasibility study into the ways in which high technology employment can be measured at the regional level across the European Union. The study examines a definition of high technology employment and then uses the UK Labour Force Survey to test the reliability of estimates based on this definition. This publication is no longer available.

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  Mapping Provision

  The Provision of and Participation in Further Education by Students with Learning Difficulties and/or Disabilities

  Meager N | Dec 1996 | The Further Education Funding Council / The Stationery Office

  This publication is no longer available.

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  Teleworking and Gender

  Huws U, Podro S, Gunnarsson E, Weijers T, Arvanitaki K, Trova V | Sep 1996 | Institute for Employment Studies

  Teleworking is becoming an increasingly important part of working life. But does it makes a positive or a negative contribution to sexual equality? Ursula Huws has been studying teleworking for nearly two decades. Here, she and her colleagues review the evidence and present the results of a unique survey which, for the first time, compares the experiences of male and female teleworkers from the same occupational group.

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  Developing Responsiveness

  College-Employer Interaction

  Rawlinson S, Connor H | Jan 1996 | Institute for Employment Studies

  This publication is no longer available. IES investigated the nature of interaction between colleges and employers, and the factors promoting or inhibiting success. The study was commissioned jointly by the Further Education Funding Council, the Council for Industry and Higher Education, and the Department for Education and Employment. The work was carried out during 1995 and involved interviews with 75 employers, five TECs, and staff and students from 19 colleges. This report presents the findings, and provides a functional model for the management and development of college interaction with employers.

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  Contemporary Issues in Industrial Relations: Implications for WIRS

  Atkinson J, Hillage J, Thompson M | Dec 1995 | Institute for Employment Studies

  This publication is no longer available.

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  Skills Requirements and Priorities in the Environmental Sciences

  Court G, Jagger N, Moralee J | Oct 1995 | Institute for Employment Studies

  This report assesses the labour market for environmental scientists with postgraduate qualifications. It looks first at trends in the number of individuals leaving university with qualifications in the environmental sciences and the kinds of work they do. This publication is no longer available.

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  Winners and Losers

  Funding Issues for the Training of People with Special Training Needs

  Meager N | Oct 1995 | Institute for Employment Studies

  This publication highlights genuine concern felt by TECs and voluntary organisations in the delivery of training provision for those with special training needs. It is the first substantive piece of work to demonstrate the impact of changes in the publicly funded training market on the volume and quality of provision for STN groups and others at disadvantage in the training market. This publication is no longer available.

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  Women in the Labour Market

  Two Decades of Change and Continuity

  Court G | Sep 1995 | Institute for Employment Studies

  This report summarises the main trends and issues in women's employment in the two decades up to 1995. It provide information on economic activity, full-time and part-time work, industrial and occupational change, pay and women's educational attainment. This is followed by a discussion on the extent to which women remained at a disadvantage in the labour market.