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IES signs up to the Age-friendly Employer Pledge
31 Jan 2023IES has signed the Age-friendly Employer Pledge, a nationwide programme run by the Centre for Ageing Better.
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December Labour Market Statistics: Comment from the Institute for Employment Studies
13 Dec 2022Today’s figures are broadly flat overall. Employment remains around three hundred thousand below where it was before the pandemic, while economic inactivity is more than half a million higher.
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Webinar & slides: Commission on the Future of Employment Support
2 Dec 2022This webinar introduces our new Commission on the Future of Employment Support, which is being hosted by IES with funding and support from abrdn Financial Fairness Trust.
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November Labour Market Statistics: Comment from the Institute for Employment Studies
15 Nov 2022There are now 630 thousand more people out of work than before the pandemic began and today’s figures show clearly that people aren’t becoming unemployed, they’re leaving the labour force altogether.
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October Labour Market Statistics: Comment from the Institute for Employment Studies
11 Oct 2022The last time unemployment was this low was Christmas 1973 and Slade had just reached Number 1.
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Budget comment from Institute for Employment Studies: Lack of action on labour and skills shortages will “throttle growth and fuel inflation”
23 Sep 2022We need a proper plan to help people into work and to help employers fill their jobs, otherwise we’ll continue to throttle growth and fuel inflation.
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All change: As government returns, we need a new plan for jobs and growth
22 Sep 2022With vacancies at near record level, IES Director Tony Wilson looks ahead to Friday's emergency mini budget.
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September Labour Market Statistics: Comment from the Institute for Employment Studies
13 Sep 2022Today’s figures should be sounding alarm bells in government, with the number of people out of work due to long-term ill health now rising faster than at any point in at least three decades.
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July Labour Market Statistics: Comment from the Institute for Employment Studies
19 Jul 2022These figures are a timely reminder of the challenges the next prime minister will face. All the talk of tax cuts and 're-doing Brexit' won't help firms with the biggest problem they're facing, which is finding the workers to fill their jobs.
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IES colleagues honoured in ‘most Influential’ HR list
1 Jul 2022We are extremely proud to congratulate not one but two IES colleagues