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  Occupational Hygiene at the Olympic Park and Athletes' Village

  Can workplace health management be cost effective?

  Tyers C, Speckesser S, Hicks B, Baxter K, Gilbert M, Ball E | Jun 2012 | Institute for Employment Studies

  This project was commissioned by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) and conducted by the Institute for Employment Studies (IES) with the support of the occupational hygienists from Park and Village Health. These occupational hygienists worked as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing Occupational Health support during the construction of the Olympic Park and Athletes’ Village.

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  Occupational health provision on the Olympic Park and Athletes’ Village - Final report

  Tyers C, Hicks B | Mar 2012 | Health and Safety Executive

  The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) set up a comprehensive occupational health service offering free support and advice to all contractors from a multi-disciplinary occupational health team. The aim of the research was to identify the impact of the occupational health interventions on the attitudes, behaviours and exposures to health risks of people on site and the influence on future behaviours of contractors and workers on the project.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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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  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.

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  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.

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  Barristers’ Working Lives: A Biennial Survey of the Bar 2011

  Pike G, Robinson D | Jan 2012 | Bar Council and Bar Standards Board

  The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, and the Bar Standards Board, the regulator of barristers in England and Wales, commissioned IES to research and produce 'Barristers’ Working Lives', the first in a planned series of biennial surveys of the Bar. The aims of the survey were to provide improved demographic data and information on the profile of the Bar, to gather data and insights into the working lives and employment experiences of barristers and to gain a better understanding of career aspirations, motivations and intentions to stay in or leave the profession.

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  IES Perspectives on the HR Year Ahead 2012

  Strength and opportunities

  Dec 2011 | Institute for Employment Studies

  This report looks at opportunities for change, whilst ensuring your workforce and managers are in a strong position to embark on them.

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  Leadership and worker involvement on the Olympic Park

  Lucy D, Tamkin P, Tyers C, Hicks B | Sep 2011 | Health and Safety Executive

  The HSE commissioned this research into leadership and worker involvement across projects on the Olympic Park to understand the degree to which approaches impacted positively or negatively and could be transferable to other construction projects and industries. This research project sought to explore the range of initiatives and approaches used, their impact on worker involvement, attitudes and behaviours, and other desired outcomes and the context in which they were effective or ineffective.