Publications

Evaluation of the HSE worker involvement training courses

Final report

This report presents the main findings of the Institute of Employment Studies’ evaluation of the Health and Safety Executive's 'Do Your Bit' training for new health and safety representatives and for more established representatives and their managers, aimed at increasing the effectiveness of worker involvement in health and safety in organisations.

Evaluation of the Outcomes for Employers Participating in the Corporate Health Standard and Small Workplace Health Award - Summary of Interim Findings

The purpose of this evaluation was to look at the outcomes of the awards in terms of: reduced sickness absence; improved employee retention; improved engagement and motivation of employees; and improved company profile. This report presents interim findings based on the telephone interviews conducted up to the end of July 2012. This includes interviews with 16 new applicants for the awards and 15 previous award holders. The individuals interviewed were those responsible for the award application in the organisation.

Employment, Partnership and Skills

This report (also published by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills as Research Report 107) evaluates how well new skills and employment policies and systems were being implemented by Jobcentre Plus, National Careers Service, and skills providers such as colleges and training organisations. In particular it looked at: how aligned the employment and skills systems were; how well local partnerships were working; the claimant experience; and how mandating claimants to skill development was working in practice.

Masterclass: Organisational Values

IES event report

This masterclass for members of the IES HR Network started by asking why there was such an enduring interest in organisational values, despite recent well-publicised events that appear to illustrate the exact opposite of value-driven behaviour. Further debates centred around the meaning of ‘values’ and their potential uses. This report presents a brief summary of the key points raised and debated at the event, and the conclusions drawn.

Understanding Occupational Regulation

Occupational regulation is a policy mechanism which can raise skill levels by introducing minimum prescribed skills standards into an occupation or an aspect of it. Whilst there is evidence of the positive effects of introducing occupational regulation there is little information on schema design or the motivations for their introduction or amendment. This report addresses some of these gaps.

The Role of Temporary Agency Work and Labour Market Transitions in Europe

Institutional frameworks, empirical evidence, good practice and the impact of social dialogue

Eurociett and UNI Europa aimed to improve the knowledge and gather qualitative as well as quantitative data on how temporary agency work caould contribute to facilitating transitions in the labour market, thereby fostering progression in the career paths of agency workers in line with the concept of 'making transitions pay'. The study was carried out between February and November 2012, closely monitored by a steering group consisting of the two European social partner organisations as well as representatives of national members.

Assistant Practitioners in the NHS: drivers, deployment, development

In early 2011 Skills for Health published The role of Assistant Practitioners in the NHS: factors affecting evolution and development of the role. This Working Paper is a follow-up to that earlier publication. The paper reviews the situation, examines the types of education and training being offered to individuals prior to taking on these roles and the progression pathways available and considers the extent to which the issues identified in the earlier report have been addressed and/or resolved.

Slides: WSH A values driven business

Slides from Lynne Graham, HR Director at WSH on 'WSH A values driven business' which she presented at the HR Network event on Values on 31 January 2013.