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We author and publish a range of resources to keep you up to date with the latest developments in employment, labour market and human resource policy and practice.
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Slides: Capitalising on neurodiverse talent
Optimising the talents of diverse thinkers
Hey Z, Iceton L, Callen A, Gray H, Goldman A | Feb 2019 | Institute for Employment Studies, River & Mercantile Group, AuticonIan Iceton, Amanda Callen, Helen Gray, Adam Goldman and Liz Hey's slides from IES HR workshop 'Capitalising on neurodiverse talent', 7 February 2019.
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Planning and preparing for later life: A social survey feasibility study
Collins D, Toomse-Smith M, Comanaru R, Fenton C, Gloster R, Silcock D, Dodd T | Feb 2019 | Department for Work and PensionsWhat are the most appropriate and cost-effective means to get policy-relevant evidence on people’s behaviours and attitudes towards planning and preparation for later in life?
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2019: a totally rewarding year?
IES Perspectives on HR 2019
Brown D | Jan 2019 | Institute for Employment StudiesWhat can employers and policymakers do to make total rewards a reality for UK employees? In this paper, IES head of HR consultancy, Duncan Brown, analyses trends in total rewards, UK workplaces and the wider economy to consider the state of play on total rewards in UK organisations.
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Improving access for the most able but least likely: Evaluation of the Realising Opportunities Programme
Williams M, Mellors-Bourne R | Jan 2019 | Realising OpportunitiesThis report presents findings from our evaluation of the Realising Opportunities (RO) programme. RO is a programme for Year 12/13 students with good academic attainment but from disadvantaged backgrounds.
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Ethnicity pay reporting: consultation response
Response from the Institute for Employment Studies, January 2019
Jan 2019 | Institute for Employment StudiesOur response to the UK Government's consultation on the introduction of mandatory publication of ethnicity employment and pay gap information.
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Thinking ahead: A review of support provided by employers to help staff plan for their future
Gloster R, Edwards M, Spiegelhalter K, Newton B, Hirsh W | Sep 2018 | Centre for Ageing BetterThis report produced by IES on behalf of the Centre for Ageing Better and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation explores what large employers are doing to support employees in their mid-life through to retirement.
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Building the business case for employee financial wellbeing
IES Perspectives on HR 2018
Rickard C | Aug 2018 | Institute for Employment StudiesThis paper considers how organisations can build the business case for employee financial wellbeing and offers practical guidance to HR and senior leaders in this area.
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Response to consultation on measures to increase transparency in the UK labour market
Submission from the Institute for Employment Studies, May 2018
Jun 2018 | Institute for Employment StudiesThis paper contains our response to the government's consultation on measures to increase transparency in the labour market, which sought views on the recommendations in Matthew Taylor's Review of Modern Working Practices.
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Helping employers support their working carers
Findings and recommendations
May 2018 | Simply Health/The Work FoundationThis report published by Simply Health and the Work Foundation is the result of discussions held at a policy workshop held in 2017. IES' senior research fellow, Sally Wilson, fed in to the workshop, which considered the experiences of working carers and how employers and policymakers could offer support to this section of the UK labour market.
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Rapid evidence assessment: parents' decisions about returning to work and child caring responsibilities
Research review
Newton B, Tamkin P, Gloster R, Cox A, Everett C, Cotton J | May 2018 | Department for EducationOn behalf of the Government Equalities Office, IES conducted a rapid evidence assessment in 2017 of parents' decisions on returning to work. This report contains the findings of the REA, published by the Department for Education.