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Work, health and well-being research
1 Sep 2011The Institute is evaluating a number of the recent health- and work-related initiatives for the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), including: the evaluation of the pilot of the Occupational Helpline for small employers in areas of England and Wales, and the whole of Scotland; evaluating the Fit for Work Service pilots; and the evaluation of the new Fit Note
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The UK labour market: still stuck in the mud?
1 Sep 2011Recent monthly releases of official UK employment figures have shown modest growth in employment, and small falls in unemployment (at least as measured by the Labour Force Survey (LFS); the claimant count measure of people claiming Jobseekers’ Allowance has, in contrast, started to increase again). The figures have generated a rather confused debate in media and policy circles about the extent and nature of the labour market recovery as we emerge from recession.
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SMEs and their strategies for coping with the recession
1 Sep 2011The economic recession of the past two years has hit businesses hard across the European Union. However, it is arguably small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that are more exposed to the effects of recession, due to the fact that they have fewer resources to enable them to bridge difficult times and may find it harder to gain access to credit to help them weather temporary difficulties. IES has recently carried out a comparative study looking at the sorts of coping strategies that SMEs across Europe have put into place to help them to cope with the recession.