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Building the business case for employee financial wellbeing

IES Perspectives on HR 2018

Rickard C | Aug 2018 | Institute for Employment Studies

This 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.
Money Advice Service What Works Fund: IES project final evaluation report

Aug 2018 | Institute for Employment Studies (IES)

This report presents the findings from an IES study funded by the Money Advice Service and conducted in 2017-18. The study trialled IES and Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) employee financial wellbeing guidance in organisations and aimed to build a business case for support on employee financial wellbeing.
Understanding the conditions for successful mental health training for managers

Mental health training programmes and methods for line managers

Wilson S, Martin A, Spiegelhalter K | Jun 2018 | Rail Safety and Standards Board

This report presents the findings of research conducted by IES to consider the best way to support the rail industry to begin to train line managers in the rail industry on aspects of mental health and wellbeing.
Barristers' Working Lives 2017: Harassment and bullying report

Jun 2018 | The Bar Council

This report presents a selection of findings from IES' survey of barristers on behalf of The Bar Council. Focusing on three areas of the findings from the 2017 Working Lives survey, it explores the prevalence and nature of reports of harassment, bullying and discrimination.
Fit for Work: Scoping the feasibility of an impact evaluation

Gonzalez Carreras F J, Speckesser S, Hillage J | Jun 2018 | Department for Work and Pensions

This report considers the possible approaches that could be pursued to estimate the impact of the assessment and/or Return to Work Plan elements of the Fit for Work service.
Fit for Work process evaluation: Technical Annex

Gloster R, Marvell R, Huxley C | Jun 2018 | Department for Work and Pensions

The technical annex to the Fit for Work process evaluation report, produced by IES on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions, should be read alongside the evaluation report, and contains tables and figures relating to the headline findings.
Fit for Work: Final report of a process evaluation

Gloster R, Marvell R, Huxley C | Jun 2018 | Department for Work and Pensions

This report presents the findings from IES' process evaluation of the Fit for Work service. The evaluation of the occupational health assessment and advice service was conducted on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions between September 2015 and May 2017.
Barristers' Working Lives 2017

Barristers' attitudes towards their working lives

May 2018 | The Bar Council

This report presents the findings of a survey conducted by IES in partnership with Employment Research Ltd on behalf of The Bar Council.
Exploring wellbeing and mental health and associated support services for postgraduate researchers

Metcalfe J, Wilson S, Levecque K | May 2018 | Research England

This report presents the findings of research conducted by researchers from Vitae, IES and the University of Ghent into the provision of wellbeing and mental health support for postgraduate researchers (PGRs) in UK higher education.
Helping employers support their working carers

Findings and recommendations

May 2018 | Simply Health/The Work Foundation

This 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.