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  • Precarious Employment in Europe: Country Case Studies

    Broughton A, Green M, Rickard C, Swift S, Eichhorst W, Tobsch V, Magda I, Lewandowski P, Keister R, Jonaviciene D, Ramos Martin N E, Valsamis D, Tros F | Jul 2016 | European Parliament

    This report contains the results of eight country cases studies for Denmark, France, Germany, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, and the United Kingdom reviewing precarious employment. The case studies examine three types of employment in each country that were deemed to be at a relatively high risk of precariousness.

  • Precarious Employment in Europe: Patterns, Trends and Policy Strategies

    Broughton A, Green M, Rickard C, Swift S, Eichhorst W, Tobsch V, Magda I, Lewandowski P, Keister R, Jonaviciene D, Ramos Martin N E, Valsamis D, Tros F | Jul 2016 | European Parliament

    This study examines precarious employment, its patterns, trends and policy strategies in Europe. It explores the risk of precariousness of different types of contract, using information from EU data analysis and a literature review, as well as case studies of eight EU Member States. It finds that there are a range and degrees of risks of precariousness associated with all types of contract, based on key indicators of precariousness.

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    Podcast: Gender pay gap reporting: full analysis and insight

    Brown D | Jul 2016 | Institute for Employment Studies

    Duncan Brown's debrief podcast for IES HR Network event 'Gender pay gap reporting: full analysis and insight'.

  • Slides: Closing the gender pay gap in higher education: A sector-wide approach

    Hopkins L | Jul 2016 | Institute for Employment Studies

    Laurence Hopkins' presentation slides from IES HR Network event 'Gender pay gap reporting: full analysis and insight', 21 July 2016

  • Slides: Gender pay as part of a diversity strategy

    Gaynor K | Jul 2016 | Institute for Employment Studies

    Karen Gaynor's presentation slides from IES HR Network event 'Gender pay gap reporting: full analysis and insight', 21 July 2016

  • Slides: Gender pay reporting: Overview

    Williams A | Jul 2016 | Institute for Employment Studies

    Audrey Williams' slides from IES HR Network event 'Gender pay gap reporting: full analysis and insight', 21 July 2016

  • Slides: Gender pay gap reporting: Important, undesireable or irrelevant

    Brown D | Jul 2016 | Institute for Employment Studies

    Duncan Brown's presentation slides from IES HR Network event 'Gender pay gap reporting: full analysis and insight', 21 July 2016.

  • The Power of Parity

    A study of how Lewisham Council achieved gender equality at senior levels, the learning and implications

    Brown D | Jul 2016 | Institute for Employment Studies

    With a near-equal gender mix at the top of their organisation, Lewisham Council have successfully overcome the continuing gender pay and position inequality that still persists in many organisations across the UK. A new IES report investigates how Lewisham, with 56 per cent of those in senior grades female and a pay gap slightly in favour of women, have achieved this.

  • Final Evaluation of the ReAct programme 2008-2014: Final Report Summary

    Jul 2016 | Welsh Government

    This report summary, containing IES research, offers an overview of the evaluation of the ReAct programme. The Redundancy Action Scheme (ReAct) aims to prevent long-term unemployment by providing pathways to employment for those recently or about to become unemployed.

  • Final evaluation of the ReAct programme 2008-2014: Final report

    Jul 2016 | Welsh Government

    This report, containing IES research, evaluates the Redundancy Action Scheme (ReAct). The scheme aims to prevent long-term unemployment by providing pathways to employment for those recently or about to become unemployed. IES contributed quantitative data analysis to the research.