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  • Obesity and Work

    Challenging stigma and discrimination

    Bajorek Z, Bevan S | May 2019 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This IES research looks to enhance workplace practice surrounding obesity - a condition that many believe has reached epidemic proportion and is of global concern.

  • Mindfulness in the Military

    Mindfulness in the Military

    Improving mental fitness in the UK Armed Forces using next generation team mindfulness training

    Carter A, Tobias Mortlock J | May 2019 | Institute for Employment Studies

    The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) commissioned IES and Cranfield University to investigate if, and how, mindfulness could be leveraged for strategic benefits. The team examined and compared different types of mindfulness-based mental fitness training to determine effectiveness in generating improved resilience, cognitive capacity and team work.

  • Employment support for people with epilepsy

    Qualitative research to identify what good employment support for people with epilepsy should look like

    Francis R, Byford M, Wilson S | May 2019 | Institute for Employment Studies

    Epilepsy Action commissioned IES to conduct research exploring the factors that contribute to people with epilepsy being disadvantaged at work, and to identify what good employment support should look like.

  • 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, Auticon

    Ian Iceton, Amanda Callen, Helen Gray, Adam Goldman and Liz Hey's slides from IES HR workshop 'Capitalising on neurodiverse talent', 7 February 2019.

  • Planning and preparing for later life: A social survey feasibility study

    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 Pensions

    What 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?

  • Designing and testing a return on investment tool for EAPs

    Designing and testing a return on investment tool for EAPs

    Final report

    Bevan S, Bajorek Z | Jan 2019 | Institute for Employment Studies

    How we designed and tested a tool to assess whether investing in Employee Assistance Programmes (EAPs) can deliver a return on investment by reducing sickness absence and preventing mental health problems in the workplace.

  • 2019: a totally rewarding year?

    2019: a totally rewarding year?

    IES Perspectives on HR 2019

    Brown D | Jan 2019 | Institute for Employment Studies

    What 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.

  • Evaluation of Mind's mental health and resilience training for new recruits to the Blue Light sector

    Evaluation of Mind's mental health and resilience training for new recruits to the Blue Light sector

    Huxley C, Wilson S, Gay R, Hey L | Oct 2018 | Mind

    This report contains the findings from our evaluation of Mind's training interventions for new recruits in the Blue Light services in England and Wales.

  • Optometrists' Futures 2018

    Optometrists' Futures 2018

    A survey report of recruitment, retention and career aspirations of the optometric workforce, for the Association of Optometrists

    Robinson D, Edwards M, Cockett J, Hey L | Oct 2018 | Association of Optometrists

    The Association of Optometrists (AOP) commissioned IES to carry out an online survey of the optometry profession. The main focus of the survey was to explore the career aspirations of optometrists in the UK, also testing their attitudes towards their work and their profession.

  • Thinking ahead

    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 Better

    This 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.