Publications
We author and publish a range of resources to keep you up to date with the latest developments in employment, labour market and human resource policy and practice.
All our pdf publications are free to access.
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Home-based working: submission of evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee
Allen A and Gifford J | Jul 2025 | Institute for Employment StudiesThis submission of evidence looks at the rise in home-based working since the Covid-19 pandemic in the contexts of labour market participation, skills and career development, work-life balance and productivity and organisational effectiveness.
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Slides: supporting unpaid carers in the workplace
A lived experience perspective
Zofia Bajorek | Jul 2025 | Institute for Employment StudiesDr Zofia Bajorek looks at the current situation facing informal carers in the UK and existing government support, and discusses avenues for improving and widening opportunities and access to support for carers.
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Slides: tackling youth employment
Policy levers and effective practices
Becci Newton | Jul 2025 | Institute for Employment StudiesBecci Newton considers what we have learnt about providing youth employability support over many years, and considers what we might need in our toolkit to support better outcomes for those joining the labour force now and in the future.
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Webinar recording & slides: Persistent race inequalities in the UK's labour market and how to address them in your workplace
Krishnan M, Plowden Roberts C | Jun 2025 | Institute for Employment StudiesUsing recent research insights from the health and adult social care sector and from youth employment, Meenakshi Krishnan and Claudia Plowden Roberts discussed the evolving landscape of racial inequalities in UK workplaces.
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What works to promote employer action and behaviour change in relation to equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI)
Krishnan M, Orlando C and Cook J | Jun 2025 | Youth Futures FoundationA report on the findings from IES's rapid evidence assessment to explore effective approaches for promoting employer behaviour change in relation to equality, diversity and inclusion. The research focuses on addressing disparities in youth employment outcomes due to persistent barriers, particularly for young people from ethnic minority backgrounds.
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Tackling workforce inequalities in health and adult social care
Krishnan M, and Plowden Roberts C (IES), Pearmain D, Sealy T (IFF Research) | Jun 2025 | Institute for Employment StudiesThis research looks at unfair treatment of workers in health and adult social care. The aim is to understand how discrimination (both in the system and between people) affects staff, and the best way to stop this unfairness by using regulation.
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Exploring the potential of ‘unbound’ working
Allen A, Alexander K and Dave A | Jun 2025 | Institute for Employment StudiesThis paper explores the concept of ‘unbound working’, a term which is used to explore high levels of autonomy in relation to ways of working (ie when, how much, where and how), and the consequences of unbound working for employees and their employing organisations.
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Evaluation of the national roll-out of the early career framework induction programme: evaluation summary report
Pollard E, Williams J (IES), and Osborne E (BMG) | May 2025 | Institute for Employment Studies/ BMGThis report summarises the key findings from the full three-year evaluation and is designed to complement the reports that cover findings from each year of the evaluation separately and in more detail.
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Evaluation of the national roll-out of the early career framework induction programmes: annual summary (year three)
Ellis K, Pollard E, Williams J (IES), and Osborne E (BMG) | May 2025 | Institute for Employment Studies / BMGThis research briefing presents key findings from the third year of the process evaluation of the two-year Early Career Framework (ECF)-based induction programme.
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Evaluation of London Multiply
Final report
Campbell B, Kramers E, Patel R and Rosolin B | May 2025 | Institute for Employment StudiesThis is the final report on the evaluation of the London Multiply programme which works to increase functional numeracy levels for the adult population.