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  • What Works at Work?

    Review of evidence assessing the effectiveness of workplace interventions to prevent and manage common health problems

    Hill D, Lucy D, Tyers C, James L | Oct 2007 | Health Work Wellbeing

    This report gathers together top quality international evidence on the effectiveness of workplace interventions to prevent and manage common health problems. With a focus on the three main health problems affecting the working age population in the UK, it highlights what has been proved effective whilst also identifying areas requiring more research.

  • IES Annual Review 2007

    Sep 2007 | Institute for Employment Studies

    IES Annual Review 2007

  • Engagement: The Continuing Story

    Robinson D, Hooker H, Hayday S | Sep 2007 | Institute for Employment Studies

    Our first research report, The Drivers of Employee Engagement, led to a definition of engagement, an engagement measure to be used within attitude surveys, and a diagnostic tool to identify the drivers of engagement. This deeper investigation tests our engagement measure and drivers tool in different settings and sectors.

  • Acas Helpline Survey 2007

    Hooker H, Usher T, Robinson D | Sep 2007 | Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas)

    The Acas national telephone helpline service provides advice on employment relations issues to employers, employees and their representatives, dealing with approximately 850,000 calls each year across 12 regional offices. This research presents the findings of the 2007 Acas Helpline Survey.

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    Workplace Health Connect: July 2007 Progress Report

    Tyers C, Lucy D, Sinclair A, Wilson S | Sep 2007 | Health and Safety Executive

    Workplace Health Connect (WHC) was a free service providing small and medium-sized enterprises with advice on workplace health and safety. This is the third IES progress report. The main message in this third report is that the service continues to receive a positive response from employers. This publication is no longer available.

  • Work and Enterprise Panel 2

    Business Survey

    Cowling M (IES), Bevan S (Work Foundation) | Sep 2007 | Health and Safety Executive

    This report provided information on UK business attitudes, intentions and performance relating to health and safety in the workplace in 2007. In addition, it provided robust empirical evidence concerning linkages and impacts of health and safety strategy and expenditure on an array of hard and soft performance measures of intermediate and final business performance.

  • Human Resources, Organisational Development and Workforce Development in the NHS

    A Review of Recent Research

    Miller L, Broughton A, Tamkin P, Reilly P, Regan J | Sep 2007 | NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement

    The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement (NHS Institute) commissioned IES to review and summarise existing research findings regarding the role of HR/OD in workforce development and to put forward suggestions for the further development of roles and activities of HR and OD practitioners in the NHS. This report is the outcome of that work.

  • IES Labour Market Overview 2007

    Usher T, James L, Tuohy S | Aug 2007 | Institute for Employment Studies

    The IES Labour Market Overview provides information on the UK labour market in 2007. Bringing together key facts, figures and perspectives for employers and HR professionals, it also provides insights into labour market age, pay, qualifications, sectors, and occupations. User-friendly graphs give you at-a-glance information throughout; no need to trawl through tables and appendices.

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    How can we encourage employers to become involved in education?

    Miller L | Aug 2007 | Institute for Employment Studies

    The Edge Foundation worked with the National Education Business Partnership Network and Business in the Community to examine ways of making it easier for more employers to get more involved in education, more often. This essay prepares an overview of some of the issues, poses some questions to provoke further debate, and identifies some actions that would encourage employers to become engaged in education and training.

  • Pakistani and Bangladeshi Women's Attitudes to Work and Family

    Aston J, Hooker H, Page R, Willison R | Aug 2007 | Department for Work and Pensions

    This study explores Pakistani and Bangladeshi women's attitudes towards education and employment, and how their views around family, marriage and children fit with and shape these. The research was qualitative, and consisted of 60 in-depth interviews with women living in a number of major cities across Great Britain.