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Ten years on, has HR learned any lessons from the financial crash?
3 Sep 2018What role should HR take in preventing or mitigating an ethical crisis? Stephen Bevan considers what HR has learned from the 2008 financial crash and whether HR should act as the moral compass of an organisation.
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Further decline in EU workers prompts fears of labour shortages
16 Aug 2018What might the fall in numbers of EU workers mean for the UK's labour market, and economy, in the light of Brexit. Jim Hillage considers this decline in the context of low unemployment and high numbers of vacancies across the labour market.
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Skills-, competency-, and capability-based pay: the magic bullet to solve public sector pay (and UK productivity) problems?
15 Aug 2018With new public sector pay deals announced, head of HR consultancy, Duncan Brown, explores possible ways forward without increasing the government deficit.
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Sickness absence falls, but is there a sting in the tail?
1 Aug 2018Labour Force Survey data reveal that UK workers have taken a record low number of sick days. Here, Jim Hillage analyses this shift and considers possible explanations for the decline, including a rise in presenteeism.
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Seven ways online platforms have changed how we work
26 Jul 2018The rise of the gig economy and how online platforms have transformed the way that people work. Rosie Gloster reflects on findings from IES' qualitative analysis of the experiences of those working in the gig economy.
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Fifty years of organisational change: a story of process before people?
19 Jul 2018Dan Lucy considers the rapid nature of change facing today's organisations and how organisations might focus on the human dimension of change, rather than the processes, in order to succeed in this fast-paced environment.
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Young people still struggle to thrive in today's labour market
12 Jul 2018Over the past fifty years the Institute has monitored the state of the youth labour market which, during that time, has changed more dramatically than almost any other aspect of UK employment. Here, Jim Hillage, considers the latest data on youth transitions and the significance of World Youth Skills Day.
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Cultivating compassion: who cares for NHS staff?
5 Jul 2018Kate Spiegelhalter considers the role of compassion in the NHS, and how research can support the NHS to continue delivering caring, high-quality treatment.
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The NHS at 70: reflections from a HR Director
5 Jul 2018In a guest blog for IES, celebrating the 70th anniversary of the NHS, Dean Royles, director of human resources and organisational development at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, reflects on his career, and offers his thoughts on the future of our health service.
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Our response to the government's consultations on modern working practices
27 Jun 2018Charlotte Zealley summarises our responses to the UK Government's consultations on modern working practices, including our view on the limitations of rights without enforcement and considerations of the long-term impact of new forms of working, such as those found in the gig economy.