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  Workplace Health Connect Pilot

  Evaluation Findings

  Tyers C, Lucy D, Carta E, Savage J, Kossykh Y, Bailey Y | Jan 2010 | Health and Safety Executive

  The Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) Workplace Health Connect (WHC) pilot was launched in February 2006 and ran until February 2008. It was a free, no-obligation service which aimed to provide small and medium-sized enterprises with advice on workplace health issues in order to increase the level of healthy workplaces across England and Wales. The pilot included an extensive evaluation of the service to inform the further development of the occupational health, safety and return to work (OHSR) model underpinning the design of this and other HSE pilots.

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  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.

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  An Ageing Workforce: the Employer's Perspective

  Barnes H, Smeaton D, Taylor R | Sep 2009 | Institute for Employment Studies

  This study assesses the range of schemes introduced to prevent early exit (whether voluntary or involuntary) and to facilitate the employment of staff to pension age and beyond. The project was designed to explore how effectively and comprehensively different types of employer (eg by size and sector) are responding to workforce ageing.

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  Business Case for the NHS Staff Survey

  Robinson D, Hayday S, Mercer M | Jul 2009 | Department of Health

  A series of information and guidance resources produced to help NHS organisations and staff understand the benefits of conducting and participating in the NHS staff survey, and to improve services for patients.

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  Is well-being still important at work?

  Employers’ views on recession, the new fit note and priorities for the year ahead

  Tyers C, Martin R | Jul 2009 | Institute for Employment Studies

  While the economy was booming, so was a huge industry based around helping employers to promote health and well-being at work. The business climate has clearly changed. In tough times, will employers feel this is one issue too many to worry about? This paper explores employers' attitudes to the new fit note and their top priorities in the health and well-being area.

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  Learning to be Healthier

  The role of continued education and training in tackling health inequalities

  Hillage J, Savage J, Lucy D | Jun 2009 | University College London

  This paper concentrates on adults and their participation in learning activities from formal work-based qualifications to informal community-based activities. This paper helped inform the first phase of the Strategic Review of Health Inequalities in England Post 2010 (Marmot Review).

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  Employee Engagement: A review of current thinking

  Robertson-Smith G, Markwick C | May 2009 | Institute for Employment Studies

  This report brings clarity to the debate. Based on a systematic review of the literature on employee engagement and synthesising current thinking and evidence.

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  Financial Well-being in the Workplace

  Cox A, Hooker H, Markwick C, Reilly P | Feb 2009 | Institute for Employment Studies

  This report explores the relationship between financial well-being and employee performance at work. It incorporates one of the first surveys of employee financial well-being in the UK.

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  Organisational Responses to the HSE Management Standards for Work-related Stress

  Progress of the Sector Implementation Plan Phase 1

  Tyers C, Broughton A, Denvir A, Wilson S, O'Regan S | Feb 2009 | Health and Safety Executive

  Working to reduce the causes of work-related stress is a key area for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). This research was designed to evaluate a particular aspect of this work, the Management Standards for work-related stress, Sector Implementation Plan Phase 1 (or SIP1). This report provides an overview of the progress of SIP1 and draws together a range of qualitative data, including the experiences of organisations participating in SIP1, from the perspective of managers and staff working in those organisations, and the experiences of HSE and Acas staff supporting participating organisations.

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  Managing Stress and Sickness Absence

  Progress of the Sector Implementation Plan Phase 2

  Broughton A, Tyers C, Wilson S, O’Regan S | Feb 2009 | Health and Safety Executive

  This report reflects research that evaluates the HSE’s Sector Implementation Plan Phase 2 initiative, which aimed to help organisations manage stress and absence. It explores the effectiveness of the intervention in influencing procedures for managing work-related stress and sickness absence in organisations in the HSE’s target sectors. It also examines organisations’ existing policies and procedures in sickness absence management and stress management practices.