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  The 2010 RCVS Survey of the UK Veterinary and Veterinary Nursing Professions

  Robertson-Smith G, Robinson D, Hicks B, Khambhaita P, Hayday S | Oct 2010 | Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS)

  This report presents the results of the 2010 surveys of the Veterinary and Veterinary Nursing professions, carried out on behalf of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS). Where possible and appropriate, results are compared with those of previous surveys. The aim of these surveys is to provide RCVS, and other interested parties, with an evidence-based view of the veterinary surgeon and veterinary nurse professions, and the changes taking place within them.

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  Evidence Review on Regulation Culture and Behaviours

  Wilson S, Tyers C, Wadsworth E | Aug 2010 | Food Standards Agency

  The Food Standards Agency commissioned an evidence review to investigate the culture and behaviours in businesses and enforcement bodies, and the communication between individuals in these two groups, to understand what works best to secure regulatory compliance particularly, though not exclusively, in relation to food safety. It forms part of the Agency’s response to the recommendations made in the Public Inquiry Report (2009) that documents the circumstances surrounding the outbreak of E.coli O157 in South Wales in 2005. The review was carried out following the principles of a rapid evidence assessment (REA).

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  Determining current health and safety practices, awareness of HSE initiatives and economic trends in relation to isocyanate paint use in the MVR sector

  Broughton A, Sumption F, Jagger N, Tyers C | Jun 2010 | Health and Safety Executive

  This report contains the main results of research examining health and safety practices and procedures in relation to the use of isocyanate-based paints in the motor vehicle repair (MVR) sector. The main objective of this research was to determine current health and safety practices in the motor vehicle repair sector in relation to the use of isocyanate paint spray, focusing in particular on the use of masks and the use of spray booths. The intention was to gather data about practice, in order to gain a view of the overall state of play in relation to the health and safety practices that determine isocyanate use in the sector. The aim was that this will, in turn, make it possible and viable for the HSE to develop a baseline for targeting future embedding activity. The report is based on a telephone survey of 500 motor vehicle repair bodyshops and visits to 30 bodyshops, during which face-to-face interviews were carried out with bodyshop managers and sprayers.

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  Healthy Workplaces Milton Keynes Pilot

  Evaluation Findings

  Lucy D, Tyers C, Savage J | Jun 2010 | Health and Safety Executive

  The Healthy Workplaces Milton Keynes (HWMK) pilot was one of several pilots designed by HSE to test various models of delivering advice and support of occupational health, safety, absence management and return-to-work issues to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This report summarises the findings of the HWMK evaluation.

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  Should I Stay, or Should I Go?

  Older employees' later life planning in a business context

  Strebler M, Baldwin S | May 2010 | Institute for Employment Studies

  Helping older employees plan their future is challenging at the best of times. In an economic downturn these challenges are even greater. This report explores case study research gathered from a broad range of organisations. We focussed on how - and whether - older employees proactively planned their future working life and retirement; what support their employer provided and what sort of conversations they were having and with whom.

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  Public/private sector sickness absence: the impossible divide

  Can the gap between public and private sector sickness absence levels ever be closed?

  Knott S, Hayday S | Apr 2010 | Institute for Employment Studies

  This article examines explanations for the differences between public and private sector performance when it comes to sickness absence levels and suggests that some simple changes in public sector policy and practice could make a very real difference, provided that the public sector follows the general public trend, selects the 'value' or 'basics' range of products, and makes the best use of 'well-worn clothes'.

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  Moving Goods Safely 3

  Evaluation Report

  Wilson S, Tyers C, Carta E | Mar 2010 | Health and Safety Executive

  The Moving Goods Safely 3 (MGS3) intervention took place during 2007 and 2008, and targeted risks associated with the movement of goods in the logistics, warehousing, road haulage and goods delivery sectors. This report presents the findings of an evaluation carried out during 2008/09, and after the intervention had ceased.

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  Learning from the downturn - An employer perspective

  Chubb C, Reilly P | Mar 2010 | Institute for Employment Studies

  The aims of the research were: to see whether organisations were responding to economic problems differently than in the past; and if so, to consider why they were adopting these strategies; to assess how well the strategies had worked; and to consider whether such initiatives might have longer term beneficial impacts, not just on the bottom line but on factors such as employee engagement and workforce flexibility.

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  The HR Agenda for 2010

  Ten top trends as we come out of recession

  Garrow V (ed.) | Jan 2010 | Institute for Employment Studies

  The HR team at IES reflected on some of the priorities for organisations as they started to emerge from recession and looked to the future. In these short articles topic leaders provided insights that had emerged from recent consultancy and research practice across the public and private sector.

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  Strategies for Effective HE-Employer Engagement

  A South West Higher Level Skills Pathfinder Research Report

  Bolden R, Hirsh W, Connor H, Petrov G, Duquemin A | Jan 2010 | University of Exeter Business School and Council for Industry and Higher Education

  This is the third in a series of reports summarising the outcomes of research to support the South West Higher Level Skills Pathfinder Project 1. This final report complements the two previous publications through a series of case studies of 10 English HE institutions (HEIs) on their institutional strategies to EE.