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June Labour Market Statistics: Comment from the Institute for Employment Studies
13 Jun 2023Today’s jobs figures are broadly positive, with the level of employment finally back to where it was on the eve of the pandemic and with working hours also returning to pre-Covid levels.
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May Labour Market Statistics: Comment from the Institute for Employment Studies
16 May 2023The stand-out figure in today’s data is another sharp increase in the number of people off work with long-term health conditions, up by nearly a hundred thousand in the last quarter to over 2.5 million people.
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Celebrating the first birthday of the IES Trials Unit
27 Apr 2023A summary of the latest activities of the IES Trials Unit
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IPA and IES open a new chapter
27 Apr 2023The Involvement & Participation Association (IPA) and Institute for Employment Studies (IES) are delighted to announce that the two organisations will merge from 1st May. The move will see the IPA team join IES, while continuing to retain their operational independence.
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April Labour Market Statistics: Comment from the Institute for Employment Studies
18 Apr 2023Today’s figures continue the trend of gradual improvement that we’ve seen over the last couple of months. But progress in the labour market is painfully slow.
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Budget 2023: Institute for Employment Studies reaction – much to welcome but more to do
16 Mar 2023Yesterday’s Budget leaves three significant challenges – around the scale, breadth and pace of reform; and unanswered questions particularly around benefit conditionality and sanctions.
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March Labour Market Statistics: Comment from the Institute for Employment Studies
14 Mar 2023There are still nearly half a million fewer people in work than before the Covid-19 pandemic, driven by more people out of work due to long-term health conditions and more older people out of work.
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IES signs up to the Age-friendly Employer Pledge
31 Jan 2023IES has signed the Age-friendly Employer Pledge, a nationwide programme run by the Centre for Ageing Better.
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December Labour Market Statistics: Comment from the Institute for Employment Studies
13 Dec 2022Today’s figures are broadly flat overall. Employment remains around three hundred thousand below where it was before the pandemic, while economic inactivity is more than half a million higher.
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Webinar & slides: Commission on the Future of Employment Support
2 Dec 2022This webinar introduces our new Commission on the Future of Employment Support, which is being hosted by IES with funding and support from abrdn Financial Fairness Trust.