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  • Slides: Organisation effectiveness

    Paul Fairhurst | Oct 2013 | Institute for Employment Studies

    Slides from Paul Fairhurst on 'Organisation effectiveness' which he presented at the IES HR Network event on 8 October 2013.

  • IES Annual Review 2013

    Sep 2013 | Institute for Employment Studies

    IES Annual Review 2013

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    European Restructuring Monitor Quarterly - 2013, Issue 3

    Salvatore L, Gerogiannis E, Celikel-Esser F, Mazza E, Broughton A | Sep 2013 | European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions

    In this issue: sectoral distribution of job losses and gains; top five cases of job loss and job creation; cases in focus: airline restructuring; support measures in focus: Lithuania; and sector in focus: recent restructuring in postal services.

  • Working while studying: A Follow-up to the Student Income and Expenditure Survey 2011/12

    Pollard E, Williams M, Arthur S, Kotecha M | Sep 2013 | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    This qualitative research report is a follow-up to the Student Income and Expenditure Survey 2011 to 2012. It explores the motivations, challenges and benefits experiences of students who worked during their higher education (HE) study.

  • Migrants in low-paid low-skilled work in London

    Research into barriers and solutions to learning English

    Miller L, Braddell A, Marangozov R | Sep 2013 | Institute for Employment Studies

    In 2013 the GLA commissioned the Institute for Employment Studies in partnership with Alexander Braddell Associates, Workbase Training Ltd and GHARWEG to undertake research to investigate the English language learning experiences of migrants in low paid work in London. The aim was to seek interviews with a range of migrants with no or low levels of English who were employed across some of the lower-paid sectors in London.

  • An assessment of the degree to which rural businesses access national mainstream employer skills and government business support programmes

    Evidence Report

    Culliney M, Pollard E, Hillage, J | Sep 2013 | Institute for Employment Studies

    IES, supported by the Countryside and Community Research Institute (CCRI), was commissioned by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), working in conjunction with the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS), to examine and assess the take-up by rural businesses of national mainstream government business and employer skills support programmes. The purpose of the project was, firstly, to compare uptake of business support and skills provision among rural and urban businesses, and secondly, to identify options for improving take-up if evidence of disparity was found.

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    An assessment of the degree to which businesses access national mainstream employer skills and government business support programmes

    Synthesis Report

    Hillage J, Culliney M, Pollard E | Sep 2013 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This report summarises the main findings of research into the 'degree to which rural businesses are accessing national employer skills programmes and government business support programmes and identify options for improving take-up if evidence shows that rural businesses are not accessing programmes that might benefit them’.

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    Slides: Creating the organisation of your dreams

    Gareth Jones | Sep 2013

    Slides from Gareth Jones presentation to the 2013 HR Directors' Provocation: Why should anyone work here?

  • Slides: Career development

    Hirsh W, Nathan R | Sep 2013 | Institute for Employment Studies

    Slides on 'Career Development: The heart of Talent Management' which were co-presented by Wendy Hirsh, Principal Associate, IES and Rob Nathan, Director, Career Counselling Services at the HR Network event on Career development on 24 September 2013.

  • Developing personal and household services in the EU - A focus on housework activities

    Farvaque N, Broughton A, Ledermaier S, Kelemen M, Voss E, Wagner M | Sep 2013 | European Commission

    This report looks at the impact that public policy has had on personal and household services (PHS) around the EU. Specifically, it considers those tools that aim at encouraging formal employment and discourage undeclared work.