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Our response to the January 2019 release of ONS labour market statistics
22 Jan 2019Reflections from Tony Wilson, IES Director, on the first publication of a new 'alternative' claimant count, the highest ever employment rate, youth unemployment, economic inactivity and much more.
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Re-establish total reward to address economic reality for UK employees
21 Jan 2019Duncan Brown's paper on UK rewards highlights how many employers' total reward offers do not reflect the economic reality experienced by many UK employees.
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Differences in reporting on ethnicity pay must be recognised to repeat gender pay success
14 Jan 2019Our response to the government's consultation on ethnicity pay reporting. Unless key differences with gender pay issues are recognised, there is a ‘significant risk’ that reporting ethnicity pay levels could be ‘counterproductive’.
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IES response to Amber Rudd's universal credit speech, 11 January 2019
11 Jan 2019Tony Wilson, director of the Institute for Employment Studies (IES), responds to Amber Rudd’s speech on universal credit, 11 January 2019.
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IES response to the UK Government's Good Work Plan
17 Dec 2018Our Director, Tony Wilson, responds to the government's Good Work Plan, announced by Business Secretary, Greg Clark.
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UK labour market statistics: Good news to end the year, but reasons to be cautious
11 Dec 2018Tony Wilson, IES Director, comments on the December 2018 release of labour market statistics from the Office for National Statistics.
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Effective careers guidance in colleges: new IES research identifies best practice
12 Nov 2018New IES research, on behalf of the Careers & Enterprise Company, considers the impact of careers guidance in colleges, with examples of best practice which colleges can integrate into their current activities.