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  • Speaker notes: Shared parental leave and pay

    Speaker notes

    Debbie Jackson | Feb 2015 | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    Debbie Jacksons presentation with speaker notes from IES HR Network event 'Shared parental leave', on 26 February 2015

  • Slides: Some things to think about

    Approaches organisations are taking in implementation

    Mary Mercer | Feb 2015 | Institute for Employment Studies

    Mary Mercer's slides from the IES HR Network event 'Shared parental leave', on 26 February 2015

  • Slides: Shared parental leave and pay

    The new rules and how they work in practice

    Debbie Jackson | Feb 2015 | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    Debbi Jackson's slides from the IES HR Network event 'Shared parental leave', on 26 February 2015

  • HR in a disordered world: IES Perspectives on HR 2015

    Feb 2015 | Institute for Employment Studies

    IES presents its annual Perspectives on HR publication, in which IES researchers and consultants offer their insights into the challenges of today's turbulent world for the HR function.

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    Differential Treatment of Workers under 25 with a View to their Access to the Labour Market

    Mallender J, Todaro L, Griffiths D, Gutheil M, Hadjivassiliou K | Feb 2015 | European Parliament

    This study aimed to provide an up-to-date, comprehensive picture of the latest developments in policy measures regarding differential treatment of workers under 25 in the EU with a view to their access to the labour market.

  • Reasonable Accommodation and Sheltered Workshops for People with Disabilities

    Costs and Returns of Investments

    Mallender J, Liger Q, Tierney R, Beresford D, Eager J, Speckesser A, Nafilyan V | Jan 2015 | European Parliament

    IES participated in this extensive study on costs and returns on investment in measures to improve the labour market situation of disabled people. Our particular focus was on estimating the impact of regulatory reform in the longer term, updating previous impact studies.

  • Organisation Design: A framework for thinking about your own approach

    Varney S | Jan 2015 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This third paper in our new series of HR Essentials highlights five key challenges of organisation design and offers ten practical tips to help HR professionals to navigate those challenges.

  • Work Programme Evaluation: the participant experience report

    Meager N, Newton B, Sainsbury R, Corden A, Irvine A | Dec 2014 | Department for Work and Pensions

    This report brings together and summarises the main evidence from the different strands of the Work Programme evaluation about the experience of participants. The evaluation tracks the Work Programme over several years from its introduction in 2011. This report notes changes in participants’ experiences and perceptions of the programme during this period.

  • Work Programme Evaluation: Operation of the commissioning model, finance and programme delivery

    Foster S, Metcalf H, Purvis A, Lanceley L, Foster R, Lane P, Tufekci L, Rolfe H, Newton B, Bertram C, Garlick M | Dec 2014 | Department for Work and Pensions

    This report brings together and summarises the main evidence from: the 2013 and 2014 waves of the Work Programme evaluation about the commissioning model, finance and programme delivery; and provider surveys from 2012, 2013 and 2014. The report explores the impact of the commissioning model on the provider market, the operation of the financial model and programme delivery.

  • Evaluation of Day One mandation of prison leavers to the Work Programme

    George A, Metcalf H, Hunter G, Bertram C, Newton B, Skrine O, Turnbull P | Dec 2014 | Department for Work and Pensions

    Since March 2012 prison leavers who make an advance claim to Jobseeker’s Allowance before release, or within 13 weeks of being released, have been referred directly to the Work Programme to receive employment support. This is known as ‘day one mandation’. This report covers: participants’ experiences of making advance benefit claims whilst in prison; participants’ experiences of Work Programme support; and staff perspectives on operating day one mandation.