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    Bullying and Harassment

    Building a Culture of Dignity and Respect

    Suff P, Strebler M | Feb 2006 | Institute for Employment Studies

    It is only over the past decade or so that bullying and harassment have emerged as prominent issues on the workplace agenda. This growing interest is not confined to the UK: a report by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (2003) reports that incidence rates of violence, bullying and sexual harassment have increased in member states, although the report notes that it it difficult to say how much the increase is owing to raised awareness of the issues.

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    Mapping the Wider Care Workforce

    Jagger N | Feb 2006 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This expert paper explores the nature and dynamics of the wider care workforce. In doing so, it considers the expected expanded contribution by the voluntary sector, community organisations and charities, and social enterprises, alongside users and their carers. It goes on to explore issues of gender, age, ethnicity, qualifications and other background descriptors of the wider care workforce.

  • Employers' Use of Migrant Labour

    Main report

    Dench S, Hurstfield J, Hill D, Akroyd K | Feb 2006 | Home Office

    This publication is no longer available from the client. The Home Office commissioned IES to conduct research into the recruitment and employment of migrant workers in the UK. This research formed part of the preparation for change from the current economic migration system to the new points-based system. The focus of the study was on economic migrants: people who come to this country primarily to work, rather than asylum seekers or refugees. Data were collected between April and August 2005.

  • Student Income and Expenditure Survey 2004/05

    Finch S, Jones A, Parfrement J, Cebulla A (NatCen), Connor H, Hillage J, Pollard E, Tyers C, Hunt W, Loukas G (IES) | Feb 2006 | Department for Education and Skills

    The 2004/05 Student Income and Expenditure Survey, commissioned by the Department for Education and Skills and the National Assembly of Wales, covered a random sample of just over 3,700 full-time and part-time students in higher education, in England and Wales, at 88 institutions. It was the first comprehensive assessment since 1998/99 and was designed to set a baseline against which future changes, following the 2004 Higher Education Act, could be monitored.

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    Business Models and HR

    Logic or Fashion?

    Robinson D, Wolfe H | Jan 2006 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This paper explores the extent to which there is a link between business models and HR, in terms of structure, function and skills.

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    The Application of an Inexact Science

    Job Evaluation in the 21st Century

    Suff P, Reilly P | Jan 2006 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This paper discusses uses of job evaluation (JE) and the different types that exist, and advises on how to select a JE scheme. It looks at JE in today's workplace, and shifting expectations. Pay flexibility and equal pay protection are also discussed.

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    Women in London's Economy: Qualitative Research

    Hurstfield J, Miller L, Page R, Willison R, Loukas G | Dec 2005 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This qualitative research examines: influences on women's employment choices, perceptions and experiences; attitudes to training and employment of women in sectors identified as areas of growth by GLA Economics (financial services; legal services; ICT; creative and media; and administration); work and employment practices that form barriers to equality in these sectors; and other specific policies and practice, including best practice.

  • Women in London's Economy

    GLA | Dec 2005 | Greater London Authority

    This research for the Greater London Authority (GLA) showed that by 2016, it was expected that women would fill seven out of ten new jobs in London, with an extra half a million jobs in the capital. The main key sectors for growth in women's employment during the decade were predicted to be in business service and also health, education, and retail. The GLA commissioned IES to carry out and report on the qualitative research detailed in this report.

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    Vocational Education and Training in the UK

    Page R, Hillage J | Dec 2005 | Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fur Socialforschung

    The WZB Social Science Research Centre in Berlin commissioned a series of discussion papers from a number of researchers throughout Europe to examine employer-sponsored training in their own countries, in order to aid interpretation, comparison and analysis of the Continuing Vocational Training Survey and to help understand the causes of differences in the data. This paper examines employer-sponsored training for adults in the UK.

  • Employee Involvement

    Information, Consultation and Discretion

    Gifford J, Neathey F, Loukas G | Nov 2005 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This report presents five in-depth case studies of organisations with established and progressive employee involvement practices, and relates them to existing literature on the subject.