Projects and case studies

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  • Compliance with the Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act (1969)

    IES was commissioned by the HSE to conduct research into the Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act (1969). This Act requires all employers (except those in the public sector and those employing close relatives only) to purchase employers...

  • Disability Discrimination Act: Impact of 2005 Changes on Organisations

    The Office for Disability Issues commissioned IES to undertake follow-up research to the 2003 and 2006 surveys of organisations to see how they have responded to disability discrimination legislation. Earlier research explored how employers, goods...

  • Impact and Cost-effectiveness of Consultant Radiographer Posts

    The Scope of Practice 2008 project recommended that the College of Radiographers commission an independent evaluation of the impact of implementation of consultant, advanced practitioner and assistant practitioner roles, in order to assess the...

  • Routes onto Employment and Support Allowance

    This study was carried out for the DWP’s health, work and well-being team. It is complementary to the evaluation of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), but while the ESA evaluation looked at the experience of claiming ESA, the Routes onto ESA...

  • Fairness at Work Seminars

    IES is collaborating with the Universities of Manchester and Brighton to hold a series of seminars on fairness at work funded by the ESRC. IES will host one of six seminars scheduled to run in 2010-11 covering themes including pay, diversity,...

  • Exploring Shared Resources

    We worked with London Councils to explore different options in partnership working within and across London boroughs, and across the public sector. This involved looking at joint posts, joint services, joint procurement and shared resources with...

  • Improving Gender Pay Reporting

    In 2009, average female pay remained stubbornly around 20% behind the average for males. IES conducted research into gender pay reporting on behalf of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). The Commission was working to develop the most...

  • Developing a Talent Management Strategy with the National Offender Management Service

    Wendy Hirsh supported the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) as it developed its strategy for talent management. NOMS covers both prisons and probation services which have different traditions in how they grow future leaders and diverse...

  • Increasing the Participation of Migrants and Ethnic Minorities in Employment

    IES worked for MigrationWork to support the European Commission’s learning network, IMPART (Increasing the Participation of Migrants and Ethnic Minorities in Employment).IMPART aims to help the European Commission understand how ESF funding can be...

  • Testing the Link Between Educational System and Recruitment Practice

    The German Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) tasked partners from the UK (IES), Finland (Research Unit for the Sociology of Education, University of Turku) and Spain (IKEI Research and Consultancy) with a feasibility...