Projects and case studies
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Information services: quality of work and employment, industrial relations and restructuring and management of change
IES was commissioned to provide information reporting services to the Dublin European Foundation's Observatory websites on industrial relations, working conditions and change management, relating to developments at EU-level.
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Research on the role of temporary agency work in facilitating transitions in the labour market
IES worked as a partner on an international research project, co-ordinated by Wilke, Maack and Partner in Germany, examining the role of temporary agency work and its potential contribution to transitions in the labour market. IES carried out...
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ILO retreat contribution
Jim Hillage from the Institute, contributed to a session on how to evaluate the impact of skills and learning programmes at a recent event for staff from the International Labour Organisation (ILO). The ILO is engaged in all parts of the world...
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Staff survey and pay benchmarking
For the Architects' Registration Board (ARB), we carried out two pieces of work: pay and reward benchmarking, and a staff survey with associated focus groups. The ARB's activities are specialised, so it is not directly comparable to most private,...
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Evaluation of Apprenticeship Grant for Employers of 16 to 24 year olds
At a point when youth unemployment was a particular challenge, the Apprenticeship Grant for Employment was designed to make a significant contribution to ameliorating this problem, with potentially major savings to the long-term social...
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Employee engagement in Higher Education Institutions - a toolkit
UCEA and Universities HR commissioned IES to develop an evidence-based toolkit for HEIs on employee engagement. The aim of the project was to provide a practical framework for use by those in leadership roles in HEIs in building employee...
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Ex-post evaluation of the ESENER survey
The European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER) is a pan-European survey of enterprises across 31 countries and is focussed on exploring management practice and policy with regard to managing health and safety risks at work....
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Perspectives of the European Land Armament Sector
The main aim of this study, for the European Metalworkers Federation, was to examine the medium and long-term business, industrial and employment perspectives of the European land armament sector. It collected state-of-the-art information,...
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Comparative Analytical Report on the impact of the crisis on industrial relations
Eurofound commissioned IES to coordinate a comparative analytical report on the impact of the crisis on industrial relations in the EU27 Member States. The study looked at impacts on the social partners, and processes such as collective bargaining...
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Country case studies for the ILO/World Bank
IES was commissioned to produce country case studies of the UK and Canadian apprenticeship systems for the ILO/World Bank project on ‘Possible futures for the Indian Apprenticeship system’.