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Will management ‘productivity paranoia’ be the undoing of hybrid work?
28 Sep 2022Zofia Bajorek sets out ways to reduce ‘productivity paranoia’, ensuring a smoother implementation of hybrid working practice after a recent survey reported that only a minority of managers had confidence that hybrid workers were being productive.
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Budget comment from Institute for Employment Studies: Lack of action on labour and skills shortages will “throttle growth and fuel inflation”
23 Sep 2022We need a proper plan to help people into work and to help employers fill their jobs, otherwise we’ll continue to throttle growth and fuel inflation.
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All change: As government returns, we need a new plan for jobs and growth
22 Sep 2022With vacancies at near record level, IES Director Tony Wilson looks ahead to Friday's emergency mini budget.
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Can businesses afford to pay (or afford not to pay) a living wage?
22 Sep 2022In light of the Real Living Wage increase and the prospect of a significant pay-rise for hundreds of thousands of workers, Claudia Plowden Roberts and Astrid Allen consider the differing terms to describe several recommended pay scales and what this means for both employers and employees alike.
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All change: as government returns, we need a new plan for jobs and growth
22 Sep 2022Tony Wilson looks ahead to this week’s emergency mini budget, setting out four key areas where action needs to be taken to help more people into work, address labour and skills shortages, support growth and tackle inflation.
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Reflections on the Good Work Project: how can councils and combined authorities best support good work in their communities?
20 Sep 2022Danni-May Higlett, Cristiana Orlando and Astrid Allen reflect on their recent research for the Local Government Association (LGA) that highlights the need for local government and local employers to support good work initiatives.
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September Labour Market Statistics: Comment from the Institute for Employment Studies
13 Sep 2022Today’s figures should be sounding alarm bells in government, with the number of people out of work due to long-term ill health now rising faster than at any point in at least three decades.
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How can remote working support levelling-up?
8 Sep 2022Daniel Muir, Astrid Allen and Rosie Gloster highlight the opportunity that remote working presents to distribute wealth more evenly across the UK, and set out how government and employers can capitalise on this trend to attract and retain a diverse and talented workforce.
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Plan while you can: what can HR do now to prepare for recession?
1 Sep 2022Dan Lucy considers five key planning priorities that could help HR to prepare for the looming economic downturn.
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‘You can’t get the staff these days!’ Or the workforce planners and human capital investors..
18 Aug 2022With many businesses blaming staff shortages on Brexit and the pandemic, Duncan Brown argues that with better workforce planning, and investment in staff pay and skills, much of the disruption we're experiencing to services could have been avoided.