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This paper looks at how the health and wellbeing of line managers has an impact on the delivery of their role, and on the wellbeing of those they manage.

These figures are a timely reminder of the challenges the next prime minister will face. All the talk of tax cuts and 're-doing Brexit' won't help firms with the biggest problem they're facing, which is finding the workers to fill their jobs.

Dan Lucy highlights three key reasons why workforce planning is critical right now for businesses and HR teams attempting to successfully navigate the tight labour market.

This is really grim news on pay and is only likely to get worse. Despite the tightest labour market on record, nominal pay is broadly flat meaning that rocketing inflation is leading to the largest cuts in real pay in at least two decades.

We are extremely proud to congratulate not one but two IES colleagues

There’s some good news in today’s figures, with record pay growth in the private sector just about keeping wages ahead of inflation, and unemployment continuing to fall to its lowest since 1974.

IES is pleased to announce the launch of a new Trials Unit, dedicated to supporting organisations to test and evaluate new approaches and apply evidence of what works.

This morning’s Labour Market Statistics are disappointing overall (again). The further sharp fall in unemployment disguises an unexpectedly large rise in the number of people out of work and not looking for work.

This morning’s Labour Market Statistics, covering October 2021 to January 2022, continue to disappoint. A further sharp fall in unemployment, now close to its pre-pandemic record, has masked a further growth in ‘economic inactivity’ as the labour force has continued to shrink overall.

In this paper, Duncan Brown highlights four shifts underway in HR’s role and response to Covid-19