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Sustaining practitioner learning in early years settings with speech and language therapist support
6 Feb 2023Olivia Garner, Alexandra Nancarrow and Anneka Dawson present findings from their recent evaluation of Phase 2 of the Coaching Early Conversation Interaction and Language (CECIL) projects, designed to help practitioners in Private, Voluntary and Independent (PVI) settings to develop their practice to support speech and language outcomes for 2- to 3-year-olds.
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Closing the gap: the role of government in enabling women to build better pensions
26 Jan 2023Abbie Winton, Claudia-Plowden Roberts and Jade Talbot set out the actions that government need to take, in order to close the gender pension gap and ensure that women are supported during their working lives.
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Bridging the Gap: Making young people a vital part of every workforce
16 Jan 2023Cristiana Orlando, Abbie Winton and Kate Alexander, examine employers’ perceptions and experiences of youth employment, how they compare to young people’s own experiences, and how this can inform policy and practice around good quality youth employment.
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Organisational diversity & inclusion strategies: reflections from a diversity & inclusion specialist
5 Jan 2023After a long career spent helping organisations achieve the goals set out in their diversity and inclusion strategies, IES Principal Associate Rob Barkworth turns his attention to questioning how and why the objectives they are aiming for, were chosen in the first place.
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Lessons for HR from the public sector pay disputes? ‘It’s good to talk’
19 Dec 2022Ahead of a week of continued industrial action across multiple sectors, Duncan Brown reflects on what these disputes teach us about reward and employment and what employers can learn from the UK's winter of discontent.
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Caught in a gap – the role of employers in enabling women to build better pensions
12 Dec 2022In light of recent IES research into the gender pensions gap, Abbie Winton, Claudia Plowden Roberts and Jade Talbot consider what action can be taken by employers, to support the future savings capacity of women across different life stages.
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How do your line managers treat your (potential) neurodivergent staff?
7 Dec 2022Alison Carter reflects on her experience of helping a young person with dyslexia and autism look for casual work and considers what employers can do to create an environment that is more inclusive and supportive of neurodiversity.
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The potential role quality part-time work could play in reducing poverty and solving the inactivity crisis
1 Dec 2022Daniel Muir and Charlotte Edney highlight the potential business benefits of creating part-time, flexible jobs, and the impact these would have on the poverty rates and benefit claims of those able to find such work.
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It’s time to stop squeezing the ‘squeezed middle’, for everyone’s benefit
24 Nov 2022In this companion blog to her recently published HR Network paper, Zofia Bajorek looks at ways in which organisations can help support line manager wellbeing.
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Minimum wages: how much is enough? International learning on national minimum wages and protecting low-paid workers
17 Nov 2022Just as the UK is poised to announce the new minimum wage level in Thursday’s Autumn Statement, Duncan Brown considers what we can learn from several international comparisons.