Covid-19 Resources: Reports
Covid-19 Resources will be updated regularly through this period of unprecedented social and economic disruption. If you want to get in touch to discuss any of this work, then please drop us a line at askies@employment-studies.co.uk
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Help Wanted: Getting Britain Back to Work
This paper has been written in collaboration between IES and a range of other organisations, experts and partners in employment and social policy. It sets out evidence- and practice-based proposals for the employment and labour market response to this crisis.
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Getting Back to Work
The Covid-19 crisis has led to an economic shock that is unprecedented in its size and speed. This report sets out IES’s assessment of the economic challenges that we will face from this crisis, and evidence-based proposals for our labour market response.
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Supporting disadvantaged young people into meaningful work
What works when it comes to getting young people from disadvantaged backgrounds into employment? The Youth Futures Foundation has commissioned IES research to help inform practice and policy making at this crucial time for young people.
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Securing a place for young people in the nation’s economic recovery
The paper, written jointly by Youth Employment UK, the Youth Futures Foundations, Impetus, The Prince’s Trust and IES, sets out practical proposals to ensure that young people are supported during the current crisis and can share in the economic recovery.
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No time to lose: Getting people into work quickly
This report has been co-authored by eleven organisations/ individuals including IES, and sets out proposals for providing immediate ‘Into Work’ support for the newly unemployed and those at risk of redundancy as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Labour Market Statistics, May 2020: Analysis of Claimant Count data
This briefing note sets out analysis of the Claimant Count data published this morning (19 May). The Claimant Count is a measure of the number of people claiming benefits principally for the reason of being unemployed. The statistics released today relate to claimants as at 9 April 2020, so approximately three weeks after the Covid-19 crisis began.
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Labour Market Statistics, June 2020: IES analysis
This briefing note sets out analysis of the Labour Market Statistics published on 16 June. It includes analysis of increases in claimant unemployment, new Labour Force Survey data and real time data from Pay As You Earn tax returns.
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Interim Findings: IES Working at Home Wellbeing Survey
Preliminary results from the first Covid-19 homeworker wellbeing study, looking at how working from home for an extended period is affecting the UK workforce.
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Supporting Mental Health of Employees During and Beyond Covid-19
This toolkit is designed to help business leaders and managers anticipate and take actions that effectively support employees’ mental health during Covid-19 and beyond.
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Covid-19: Practical guidance for the HR professional
A guide designed to help HR professionals navigate through the unprecedented challenges presented by the Covid-19 pandemic. Focused around three phases organisations may need to manage their responses – React, Recover and Renew.
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Covid-19 and the low paid: Early analysis of Labour Force Survey
This briefing note sets out early analysis of the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on low paid employees, drawing on detailed analysis of Labour Force Survey (LFS) responses for the month of April.
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Labour Market Statistics, July 2020: IES analysis
This briefing note sets out analysis of the Labour Market Statistics published this morning (11 July). This covers claimant count data to 11 June 2020, Pay As You Earn tax data to June and Labour Force Survey data from March to May.
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Labour Market Statistics, August 2020
This briefing note sets out analysis of the Labour Market Statistics published this morning (11 August). Today’s figures largely cover the period of full lockdown (from March to June), alongside July data from employee payrolls and the vacancy survey.
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On Notice: Estimating the impact on redundancies of the Covid-19 crisis
This briefing note uses newly released data from employers planning 20 or more redundancies alongside historic estimates of actual redundancies, in order to estimate the potential path of job losses this year.
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Labour Market Statistics, September 2020
This briefing note sets out analysis of the Labour Market Statistics published this morning. The analysis covers Labour Force Survey data up to May to July 2020, and claimant count data to August 2020.
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Potential Impact of Covid-19 Government Policy on the Adult Social Care Workforce
This report is the output of a project conducted by the Institute for Employment Studies and commissioned by the Health Foundation. Its purpose was to identify how government Covid-19 related policy may have impacted upon the adult social care workforce in England.
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Securing a place for young people in the nation’s economic recovery
This paper presents the final recommendations from the Youth Employment Group, for measures to support young people through the Covid-19 crisis, improve their employment prospects and prevent mass youth unemployment.
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The impact of COVID-19 on low-income households
This report sets out the interim findings on the impacts of COVID-19 on low-income households.
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Labour Market Statistics, October 2020
This briefing note sets out analysis of the Labour Market Statistics published on October 13. The analysis covers: Labour force survey data, PAYE real time information, the claimant count and the alternative claimant count.
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Labour Market Statistics, November 2020
This briefing note sets out analysis of the Labour Market Statistics published on November 11. Employment fell and unemployment rose, with the latter reaching its highest since late 2016.
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Caring without sharing: Single parents’ journey through the Covid-19 crisis (interim report)
This report looks at the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on single parents. It focuses on single parent workers who were not defined as ‘critical workers’ and who are likely to have faced the greatest challenges in terms of needing to work and care simultaneously during lockdown.
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Global Wage Report 2020-21
This report, by the International Labour Organization, examines the evolution of real wages around the world, giving a unique picture of wage trends globally and by region. IES provided background analysis on estimates of the labour market impacts of the Covid-19 crisis in Europe.
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The impacts of the coronavirus crisis on the labour market
This paper sets out analysis of the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, using quarterly and longitudinal Labour Force Survey data covering the period from July to September 2020.
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Labour Market Statistics, December 2020
This briefing note sets out analysis of the Labour Market Statistics published on 15 December 2020.
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Covid class of 2020, and beyond
Sussex Learning Network commissioned IES to lead research into the implementation of a collaborative ‘Pan Sussex’ approach, ensuring all learners and potential learners in Sussex can make effective transitions within education and training as a protective measure against the economic storm created by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Laid low: The impacts of the Covid-19 crisis on low-paid and insecure workers
This is the final report of a mixed methods project exploring the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on low paid workers. The project has been funded by Standard Life Foundation.
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Labour Market Statistics, January 2021
This briefing note sets out analysis of the Labour Market Statistics published on 26 January 2021.
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Digital learning in a post Covid-19 economy
This report presents the findings from an evidence review that IES was commissioned to carry out by the CIPD on digital and online learning within adult vocational education and in the workplace.
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Working from Home under Covid-19 Lockdown
This research examines how enforced working from home in the UK is changing how people want to work in the future and how organisations respond.
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An Unequal Crisis: The impact of the pandemic on the youth labour market
This report sets out analysis of trends in youth participation in education and employment during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Labour Market Statistics, February 2021
This briefing note sets out analysis of the Labour Market Statistics published on 23 February 2021.
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OVO Foundation report: Education Inequality in the early years
This report outlines the initial plans to evaluate three early years projects chosen by the OVO Foundation; Doorstep Library, Parental Engagement Network (PEN) and Tales Toolkit.
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Labour Market Statistics, March 2021
This briefing note sets out analysis of the Labour Market Statistics published on 23 March 2021.
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Labour Market Statistics, April 2021
This briefing note sets out analysis of the Labour Market Statistics published on 20 April 2021.
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Labour Market Statistics, May 2021
This briefing note sets out analysis of the Labour Market Statistics published on 18 May 2021.
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Caring without sharing: Single parents’ journeys through the Covid-19 crisis (final report)
This research sought to assess the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on single parents, focusing on single parent workers who were not defined as ‘essential workers’.
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The impact of Covid-19 on part-time employees
This new report from Timewise Foundation is based on Labour Force Survey research from IES and explores the specific impact of the pandemic on part-time employees, and sets out what needs to be done to ensure they are not left behind.
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Labour Market Statistics, June 2021
This briefing note sets out analysis of the Labour Market Statistics published on 15 June 2021.
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What works in youth employment partnerships
The 'What Works in Youth Employment Partnerships’ guide and case study collection are the first outputs from a three-year Health Foundation-funded project led by IES on improving access to good quality work for young people.
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Working well? How the pandemic changed work for people with health conditions
IES research on behalf of the Centre for Ageing Better highlights that more support is needed for employees to manage health conditions in the workplace.
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Situations vacant: Online job adverts during the crisis and recovery
This briefing note sets out new analysis of online job postings, drawing on vacancy data held by Adzuna.
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Labour Market Statistics, July 2021
This briefing note sets out analysis of the Labour Market Statistics published on 15 July 2021.
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Labour Market Statistics, August 2021
This briefing note sets out analysis of the Labour Market Statistics published on 17 August 2021.
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Returning to the workplace after Covid-19
A toolkit to help employers establish a return-to-workplace plan for employees living with obesity, part of the PURPOSE research programme (Promoting Understanding and Research into Productivity, Obesity Stigma and Employment).
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Labour Market Statistics, September 2021
This briefing note sets out analysis of the Labour Market Statistics published on 14 September 2021.
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Labour Market Statistics, October 2021
This briefing note sets out analysis of the Labour Market Statistics published on 12 October 2021.
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A better future: Transforming jobs and skills for young people post-pandemic
This research, carried out by IES and IPPR, explored the impact of the pandemic on young people, the prospects for future employment growth and how youth employment and participation can be increased.
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Labour Market Statistics, November 2021
This briefing note sets out analysis of the Labour Market Statistics published on 16 November 2021.
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Not just any job, good jobs! Youth voices from across the UK
This report takes a youth-centred approach to explore young people’s perspectives on what good quality work and support mean to them and the impact of the pandemic on their perceptions and experiences of work.
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Labour Market Statistics, December 2021
This briefing note sets out analysis of the Labour Market Statistics published on 14 December 2021.
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Perspectives on HR 2021: A collection of HR Network member papers published throughout 2021
Over the course of 2021, IES has provided insight to our HR Network members on how the pandemic is affecting employers and our workforce through our Perspectives papers.
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Labour Market Statistics, January 2022
This briefing note sets out analysis of the Labour Market Statistics published on 18 January 2022.
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Labour Market Statistics, February 2022
This briefing note sets out analysis of the Labour Market Statistics published on 15 February 2022.
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Lessons from Lockdown: No going back
This report presents insights from three waves of research, relating to distinct phases of the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions introduced in the UK and summarises the learnings and implications for employers and policy makers.
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Good quality work: youth voices from across the UK
This report is part of a three-year research project for the Health Foundation’s Young People’s Future Health Inquiry. The Inquiry focuses improving access to good quality youth employment and achieve systemic change across the four UK nations.
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Labour Market Statistics, February 2022
This briefing note sets out analysis of the Labour Market Statistics published on 15 March 2022.
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The Single Parent Employment Challenge: Job loss and job seeking after the pandemic
This report focuses on the sub-set of single parents who experienced unemployment during the pandemic. It explores the routes that led to them becoming unemployed and their attitudes to and experiences of job-seeking and back-to-work support.