February jobs figures: A record breaking month, driven by disabled people and full-time work
Tony Wilson reflects on the latest labour market statistics and highlights the need to support those with long-term ill health to enter and stay in work.
Party manifestos and the big jobs gamble
Ed Griffin, IES Director of HR Consultancy and Research, reviews the main manifesto employment pledges and considers both the opportunities and challenges for HR in light of promised mass job creation.
Any work will do? Young people’s work futures and the search for good work
Dafni Papoutsaki reflects on the changing youth labour market and the challenges facing many younger people in search of good quality employment.
Spending Round 2019 – comment from Institute for Employment Studies
Institute Director Tony Wilson responds to today’s Spending Round announcements
Who’s afraid of evidence-based HR?
Ed Griffin reflects on the need for HR practitioners to take their foot off the accelerator and admire the evidence-based landscape, before it vanishes in the rear view mirror.
Carrot or stick? How are UK employers managing absence?
Stephen Bevan considers the latest Department of Work and Pensions survey summary -looking at how employers are managing employee absence, health and wellbeing.
Planning and preparing for later life in uncertain times
Following a recent publication by the Department for Work and Pensions, our authors offer insights on the UK's ageing working population and discuss implications on employment legislation.
IES at 50: half a century in Brighton & Hove, our local labour market
Our analysis of Brighton and Hove's labour market and employment trends in the 50 years since IES' foundation. Matthew Williams and Tony Wilson delve into the available datasets.
The productivity puzzle: are we looking in the right place?
Stephen Bevan discusses how reductions in sickness absence may be masking increases in 'presenteeism' - in turn contributing to the UK's productivity problems.
Austerity, welfare reform and local growth – what to look out for in the 2018 Autumn Budget
What will the 2018 Autumn Budget have to say on employment, education and welfare? Our Director, Tony Wilson, offers his expert view.