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  • Acas Helpline Survey 2007

    Hooker H, Usher T, Robinson D | Sep 2007 | Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas)

    The Acas national telephone helpline service provides advice on employment relations issues to employers, employees and their representatives, dealing with approximately 850,000 calls each year across 12 regional offices. This research presents the findings of the 2007 Acas Helpline Survey.

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    Workplace Health Connect: July 2007 Progress Report

    Tyers C, Lucy D, Sinclair A, Wilson S | Sep 2007 | Health and Safety Executive

    Workplace Health Connect (WHC) was a free service providing small and medium-sized enterprises with advice on workplace health and safety. This is the third IES progress report. The main message in this third report is that the service continues to receive a positive response from employers. This publication is no longer available.

  • Work and Enterprise Panel 2

    Business Survey

    Cowling M (IES), Bevan S (Work Foundation) | Sep 2007 | Health and Safety Executive

    This report provided information on UK business attitudes, intentions and performance relating to health and safety in the workplace in 2007. In addition, it provided robust empirical evidence concerning linkages and impacts of health and safety strategy and expenditure on an array of hard and soft performance measures of intermediate and final business performance.

  • Human Resources, Organisational Development and Workforce Development in the NHS

    A Review of Recent Research

    Miller L, Broughton A, Tamkin P, Reilly P, Regan J | Sep 2007 | NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement

    The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement (NHS Institute) commissioned IES to review and summarise existing research findings regarding the role of HR/OD in workforce development and to put forward suggestions for the further development of roles and activities of HR and OD practitioners in the NHS. This report is the outcome of that work.

  • IES Labour Market Overview 2007

    Usher T, James L, Tuohy S | Aug 2007 | Institute for Employment Studies

    The IES Labour Market Overview provides information on the UK labour market in 2007. Bringing together key facts, figures and perspectives for employers and HR professionals, it also provides insights into labour market age, pay, qualifications, sectors, and occupations. User-friendly graphs give you at-a-glance information throughout; no need to trawl through tables and appendices.

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    How can we encourage employers to become involved in education?

    Miller L | Aug 2007 | Institute for Employment Studies

    The Edge Foundation worked with the National Education Business Partnership Network and Business in the Community to examine ways of making it easier for more employers to get more involved in education, more often. This essay prepares an overview of some of the issues, poses some questions to provoke further debate, and identifies some actions that would encourage employers to become engaged in education and training.

  • Pakistani and Bangladeshi Women's Attitudes to Work and Family

    Aston J, Hooker H, Page R, Willison R | Aug 2007 | Department for Work and Pensions

    This study explores Pakistani and Bangladeshi women's attitudes towards education and employment, and how their views around family, marriage and children fit with and shape these. The research was qualitative, and consisted of 60 in-depth interviews with women living in a number of major cities across Great Britain.

  • Managing Sickness Absence in the Police Service

    A Review of Current Practices

    Hayday S, Broughton A, Tyers C | Aug 2007 | Health and Safety Executive

    The Home Office and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) commissioned this review of absence policies and management in seven police forces. It presents an in-depth analysis of absence management in the case study forces and identifies the clear themes and issues which are vital for the effective management of absence.

  • An Evaluation of the Local Authority Programme Joint Authorisation Pilot Project

    Transfer of enforcement responsibilities in the motor vehicle repair and dry-cleaning sectors

    Wilson S, Tyers C | Aug 2007 | Health and Safety Executive

    During 2006 the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) ran a pilot initiative at Peterborough City Council which involved handing over inspection responsibilities from HSE in two industrial sectors. This transfer was the first of its kind: neither HSE nor the local authority had prior experience of a large-scale handover on a premises-by-premises basis. This independent report examines the effect of these pilot activities. It has two main components: a process evaluation which assesses the way in which the pilot programme has been delivered, the way in which staff have been supported, the challenges that they have faced, and the successes they have experienced; and an impact evaluation, leading to a costs and benefits analysis, which investigates the extent to which the service has resulted in a cost-effective improvement in outcomes.

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    Qualitative Assessment of Jobcentre Plus delivery of the JSA and New Deal Interventions

    Davis S, James L, Tuohy S  | Jul 2007 | Department for Work and Pensions

    This report presents the findings from a qualitative assessment of Jobcentre Plus delivery of the Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) and New Deal (ND) interventions. The research, which involved interviews with staff from three Jobcentre Plus districts, explored how delivery might differ from the ‘prescribed’ model, and how that might impact on performance.