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New research on pregnancy and maternity discrimination by IES for the former Department for Business and Trade, highlights why policy reforms must be accompanied by effective implementation if they are to improve employee experiences. In this blog, we highlight three key findings and what they mean for employers.
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We set out five questions ahead of the Budget. In summary, it delivered on devolution but kept us waiting on employment.
In advance of the 2026 budget announcements, Naomi Clayton identifies the five most pressing issues relating to employment, outlines why they are important and makes recommendations on how to meet these challenges.
Can organisations build trust and collaboration among people who do not share the same beliefs and values?
The UK labour market has remained flat with little movement in the headline employment, unemployment and inactivity rates over the last quarter.
Following the JobsPlus pilot partnership publication, Olivia Garner reflects on what we are learning from the programme, drawing out some of the key themes and lessons for those designing and delivering place-based employment support.
Ahead of the publication of the paper on JobsPlus partnerships next week, Harry Fox explores the positive impact of working collaboratively with local organisations, and how this has benefitted specific JobsPlus pilot schemes in different locations.
In her latest blog, Meenakshi Krishnan considers what role should AI play in people management, and how much should employers be willing to delegate to algorithms when making decisions about people?
Emily Kramers reflects on the evaluation of the Embedded Maths project that looked at how maths confidence and competence at home and work could be delivered by integrating Level 1 maths concepts into the curricula of Health & Social Care Level 2 qualifications.
The UK is facing a dual challenge of both consistently focusing on the development of the invisible skills and systematically measuring them. Unless both the issues are addressed together, the disadvantage gap is likely to widen in the context of the future labour market.
Representing IES at the annual Forum of the European HR Directors’ Circle last week, Dr Duncan Brown came away with some great ideas and examples for taking the opportunities presented by our ageing workforces across Europe, as well as how states and employers should be responding to the undoubted challenges.
Alison Carter examines how carers can most effectively be supported in the workplace by colleagues, managers and employers, particularly in terms of the critical first step of self-recognition as a carer.
