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  • Slides: What research tells us about the HR Director’s role as organisational leader

    Penny Tamkin | Jun 2013 | Institute for Employment Studies

    An Introduction to the HR Directors' Retreat 2013: What research tells us about the HR Director’s role as organisational leader presented by Penny Tamkin.

  • Evaluation of the Statement of Fitness for Work (fit note): quantitative survey of fit notes

    Shiels C, Hillage J, Pollard E, Gabbay M | Jun 2013 | Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

    The Statement of Fitness for Work (known as a ‘fit note’), was introduced on 6 April 2010 across England, Wales and Scotland. Fit notes are issued by doctors as evidence of their advice about an individual’s fitness for work. If a patient ‘may be fit for work’, the doctor should tick at least one of four boxes outlining common return-to-work approaches to help their patient. There is also space for the GP to give further advice. As part of the wider fit note evaluation programme, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) commissioned the Institute for Employment Studies (IES) and the University of Liverpool to conduct a quantitative assessment of the fit note to strengthen the evidence base on sickness certification.

  • Student Income and Expenditure Survey 2011/12: English-domiciled Students

    Pollard E, Hunt W, Hillage J, Drever E, Chanfreau J, Coutinho S, Poole E | May 2013 | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)

    This report presents the findings of the 2011/12 Student Income and Expenditure Survey for students from England. A separate report covers students from Wales. The aim of the survey was to provide an authoritative report on the financial position of HE students in England and Wales in the academic year 2011/12, and provide a baseline against which to measure changes to the student financial support package from 2012/13.

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    Work Programme Evaluation: Procurement, supply chains and implementation of the commissioning model

    Lane P, Foster R, Gardiner L, Lanceley L, Purvis A | May 2013 | Department for Work and Pensions

    This is the second in a series of research reports aiming to evaluate the Work Programme in terms of: the way it is commissioned; how it is delivered; how claimants experience support; and whether it leads to additional employment outcomes. This research is part of a comprehensive evaluation of the Work Programme, commissioned in 2011 to provide an independent assessment of delivery and performance.

  • Impact of the crisis on industrial relations

    Broughton A, Welz C | May 2013 | European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound)

    This report explores the impact of the crisis on industrial relations in the 27 EU Member States plus Norway.

  • Slides: Job design innovation from around Europe

    Penny Tamkin | May 2013 | Institute for Employment Studies

    Slides from Penny Tamkin at IES on 'Job design innovation from around Europe' which she presented at the HR Network event on 'Beautiful jobs' on 9 May 2013.

  • Slides: The role of the manager in job design

    Stephen Harding | May 2013 | Towers Watson

    Slides from Dr Stephen Harding at Towers Watson on 'The role of the manager in job design' which he presented at the HR Network event on 'Beautiful jobs' on 9 May 2013.

  • Slides: Job design in Unipart

    Peter Rose | May 2013 | Unipart

    Slides from Peter Rose at Unipart on 'Job design in Unipart' which he presented at the HR Network event 'Beautiful jobs' on 9 May 2013.

  • Slides: What is job design?

    Peter Totterdill | May 2013 | UKWON

    Slides from Peter Totterdill at UKWON on 'What is job design?' which he presented at the HR Network event 'Beautiful jobs' on 9 May 2013.

  • Slides: Job design in context

    Penny Tamkin | May 2013 | Institute for Employment Studies

    An introduction to job design from Penny Tamkin at the HR Network event 'Beautiful jobs' on 9 May 2013.