Publications

Learning from the Past, Planning for the Future: Strategic People Management and its Vital Role in Today's Uncertain Times

How well is the HR function engaging in strategic people management and can it offer a way forward to uniting the competing perspectives of HR policy and practice.

National Colleges Process Evaluation

Research report

The National Colleges process evaluation provides an in-depth, comprehensive and independent account of how the policy has been designed and delivered since its inception.

Pay and Rewards 2020: depression, hope and anger

My hopes for ‘more of’ and ‘less of’ in the decade ahead

In his first report of 2020, Duncan Brown, IES head of HR consultancy, compiles his pay and reward wish list for the year ahead.

The Squeezed Middle: Why HR should be hugging and not squeezing line managers

With the ‘squeeze’ in roles that line managers have, do they have the opportunity to do a ‘good job’ and are we providing them with sufficient support?

IES Workplace Wellbeing Audit

The Workplace Wellbeing Audit is a good starting point to help employers audit their approach, and ensure it is 'fit for purpose'.

Slides: Health and wellbeing from an employment law perspective

Udara Ranasinghe's slides from the IES HR Network annual conference 'Health and wellbeing from an employment law perspective', 116 January 2020, London

Slides: Fit for purpose? Helping employers to meet the wellbeing challenges of 2030

Steve Bevan's slides from the IES HR Network Annual Conference 'Fit for Purpose? Helping employers to meet the wellbeing challenges of 2030', 16 January 2020, London

Slides: Health and wellbeing: Becoming an age-friendly employer

Patrick Thomson's slides from the IES HR Network Annual Conference 'Health and wellbeing: Becoming an age-friendly employer', 16 January 2020, London