Publications

Search results

• 📄

  Managing Absence Effectively

  Sue Hayday | Aug 2006 | Institute for Employment Studies

  Virtually all organisations have absence management policies in place but absence continues to cost the UK economy many millions of pounds each year. There is some debate about whether the approach to tackling absence should be punitive or well-being focused. This paper investigates the causes of absence and demonstrates how to achieve a successful absence management policy.

• 📄

  Third Work-Life Balance Employees' Survey

  (Revised Edition with corrected figures)

  Hooker H, Neathey F, Casebourne J, Munro M | Jul 2006 | Department of Trade and Industry

  This report presents findings from the third Work-Life Balance Employee Survey, conducted in early 2006 amongst employees of working age living in Great Britain working in organisations with five or more employees at the time of the survey. The research was undertaken by IES in partnership with ICM Research. Using computer-assisted telephone interviewing, 2,081 telephone interviews were conducted in February and March 2006.

• 

  Impact Evaluation of Five Steps to Risk Assessment

  Neathey F, Sinclair A, Rick J, Ballard J, Hunt W, Denvir A | Jun 2006 | Health and Safety Executive

  This report, which presents an evaluation of the impact of the HSE's Five Steps to Risk Assessment leaflet as well as the Five Steps approach more generally, is based on survey and case study research on risk assessment behaviour in establishments across Great Britain.

• 📄

  Evaluation of the Safe Learner Pilot

  Miller L, Hunt W | Jun 2006 | Institute for Employment Studies

  In 2005 IES was commissioned by the LSC to determine the extent to which its safe learner model was successful in raising learner awareness and knowledge about health and safety. This document reports the design, conduct and outcomes of that evaluation of the impact of the pilot on learner knowledge.

• 📄

  Watching Me, Watching You

  the Search for Safe Supervisory Practice

  Miller L, Jagger N | May 2006 | Institute for Employment Studies

  This research indicates that the types of factors identified within models of safety culture are present in good practice organisations, although not all aspects were present in each organisation. Perhaps of more importance is the fact that the research revealed that safety culture theory largely ignores issues to do with the development of health and safety awareness and responsibilities in learners in the workplace and training locations. Given that these are among the most vulnerable individuals this omission needs to be addressed.

• 

  The UK Veterinary Profession in 2006

  The Findings of a Survey of the Profession Conducted by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons

  Robinson D, Hooker H | May 2006 | Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons

  This report presents the results of the 2006 Survey of the Profession, carried out on behalf of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS). The 2006 survey is the fourth survey carried out by the RCVS. The membership was also surveyed in 1998, 2000 and 2002. Throughout this report, where possible and appropriate, results are compared with those of previous surveys. The aim of these membership surveys is to provide RCVS, and other interested parties, with an evidence-based view of the veterinary profession and the changes taking place within it.

• 📄

  Working together

  Embedding Good Employment in Public Services

  Apr 2006 | CBI

  Good employment goes hand in hand with good service standards. For most public service users, contact with an employee is the service they receive. Employment practices that help employees excel are therefore vital to delivering world-class public services. The companies included in this report all saw good employment practice as a priority and sought to create environments where employees felt motivated, valued and involved. This report was based on research by IES. This publication is no longer available.

• 

  Employment Rights at Work

  Survey of Employees 2005

  Casebourne J, Regan J, Neathey F, Tuohy S | Mar 2006 | Department of Trade and Industry

  The main aims of the study were: to assess employees' general awareness of the scope of their employment rights; for selected topics, to establish employees' knowledge of specific employment rights provision (eg level of the National Minimum Wage(NMW), qualifying period for taking action on the grounds of unfair dismissal and discrimination cases, and rules for the award of costs in employment tribunal cases); to find out the main sources of information and professional advice about employment rights issues and, when employees have had a recent problem (eg in the past five years), where they sought advice and guidance and what they did to try and resolve the problem; and to identify the personal and employment characteristics that influence employees' levels of awareness, knowledge and preparedness to seek advice and take action to enforce their individual employment rights (including employment status).

• 📄

  Carers in the Workplace

  Hillage J, Hunt W | Mar 2006 | Institute for Employment Studies

  As the population ages and employers increasingly seek to offer competitive terms and conditions in order to attract and retain key staff, interest in employers' policies on the provision of time off for eldercare - and other forms of care besides childcare - appears to be growing. This briefing reviews recent research on, and practice recommendations for, the growth of the caring population, and the implications for employers.

• 📄

  Bullying and Harassment

  Building a Culture of Dignity and Respect

  Suff P, Strebler M | Feb 2006 | Institute for Employment Studies

  It is only over the past decade or so that bullying and harassment have emerged as prominent issues on the workplace agenda. This growing interest is not confined to the UK: a report by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (2003) reports that incidence rates of violence, bullying and sexual harassment have increased in member states, although the report notes that it it difficult to say how much the increase is owing to raised awareness of the issues.