Projects and case studies
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Scenarios of strategies of social partners’ cooperation in the hairdressing sector to improve the quality of work and employment
Eurofound commissioned IES to carry out a study examining scenarios of strategies of social partners’ cooperation in the hairdressing sector to improve the quality of work and employment in the sector.IES carried out this work with partners in...
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Feasibility Study: Online occupational safety and health (OSH) tools
IES was commissioned by EU-OSHA to examine and systematically document online occupational safety and health (OSH) tools offered across EU member states and, in doing this, provide a typology of tools.The study also proposed a number of tools for...
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Ex-post evaluation of EU-OSHA'S Healthy Workplaces Campaign 2012-13: Working together for risk prevention
IES was commissioned to carry out an evaluation of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) Healthy Workplaces Campaign 2012-2013. The evaluation aimed to assess the effectiveness and impact of the campaign and its activities at...
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Evidence review of the effect of workplace policies and management practices on employees' health and wellbeing
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) commissioned IES, in partnership with the Work Foundation and Lancaster University to conduct a review of the evidence on the effect of workplace policies and management practices on...
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Research to inform GP referral to the health and work assessment and advisory service
The aim of this study for the DWP was to estimate the likely proportion/numbers of eligible employees that GPs would refer to the proposed health and work assessment and advisory service (HWAAS).IES teamed up with researchers from the University...
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Evaluation of the impact of the internal workplace mediation training service
This project aimed to evaluate the impact of Acas's internal workplace mediation training service for its trainees and to gain an insight into the effectiveness of Acas's in-house training for organisations.It also provided data for the key...
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Scoping study for a foresight on new and emerging OSH risks and challenges
IES was commissioned to undertake a literature review, telephone interviews and an online survey of stakeholders to identify possible subjects for a foresighting study into new and emerging OSH risks arising from changes in the nature of work...
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2014 survey of the vet surgeon and vet nurse professions
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) asked IES to conduct its 2014 surveys of the veterinary surgeon (VS) and veterinary nurse (VN) professions.The surveys, launched in January 2014, collected data about the working lives and attitudes...
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Review and synthesis of the regulations, cultures and behaviours evidence underlying compliance with food safety regulations
This research project centred on psychosocial factors underlying compliance with (and enforcement of) food safety regulations, with an emphasis on small food business operators. The aims were:to pool together existing evidence the FSA possessed on...
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Reducing the occupational sickness absence rate for an NHS Trust
IES advised Mersey Care on how it might reduce its absence levels in its high security unit.Mersey Care NHS Trust wished to review its occupational sickness rate to examine the causes of absence and potential ways of reducing it. IES was asked to...