Publications

Shared Employer Engagement in Practice

Lessons learned from Restart collaboration

This report covers research into the value and impact of the Restart employment programme in terms of the prime Restart providers and the employers they support.

Home-based working: submission of evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee

This 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.

Slides: supporting unpaid carers in the workplace

A lived experience perspective

Dr 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.

Slides: tackling youth employment

Policy levers and effective practices

Becci 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.

Webinar recording & slides: Persistent race inequalities in the UK's labour market and how to address them in your workplace

Using 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.

What works to promote employer action and behaviour change in relation to equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI)

A 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.

Tackling workforce inequalities in health and adult social care

This 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.

Exploring the potential of ‘unbound’ working

This 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.