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Strategic Human Resource Management: Back to the future?

A literature review

Armstrong M, Brown D | Feb 2019 | Institute for Employment Studies

This IES and CIPD report pulls together the evidence on the impact of Strategic Human Resources Management (SHRM) on the performance of employers, their employees and wider society.
Slides: Capitalising on neurodiverse talent

Optimising the talents of diverse thinkers

Hey Z, Iceton L, Callen A, Gray H, Goldman A | Feb 2019 | Institute for Employment Studies, River & Mercantile Group, Auticon

Ian Iceton, Amanda Callen, Helen Gray, Adam Goldman and Liz Hey's slides from IES HR workshop 'Capitalising on neurodiverse talent', 7 February 2019.
Planning and preparing for later life: A social survey feasibility study

Collins D, Toomse-Smith M, Comanaru R, Fenton C, Gloster R, Silcock D, Dodd T | Feb 2019 | Department for Work and Pensions

What are the most appropriate and cost-effective means to get policy-relevant evidence on people’s behaviours and attitudes towards planning and preparation for later in life?
The impact of the minimum wage on employment and hours

Interim Report

Capuano S, Cockett J, Gray H | Feb 2019 | Low Pay Commission

This paper describes the data and methods used for the identification and estimation of the effects of the introduction of the National Living Wage (NLW) and the upratings of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) on employment and working hours, with a special emphasis on the impact on young people.
Which way now for HR and organisational changes? IES Perspectives on HR 2018

Jan 2019 | Institute for Employment Studies

IES' annual series of reflections on contemporary employment concepts and challenges continues, with essays from our team of researchers and consultants.
Designing and testing a return on investment tool for EAPs

Final report

Bevan S, Bajorek Z | Jan 2019 | Institute for Employment Studies

How we designed and tested a tool to assess whether investing in Employee Assistance Programmes (EAPs) can deliver a return on investment by reducing sickness absence and preventing mental health problems in the workplace.
2019: a totally rewarding year?

IES Perspectives on HR 2019

Brown D | Jan 2019 | Institute for Employment Studies

What can employers and policymakers do to make total rewards a reality for UK employees? In this paper, IES head of HR consultancy, Duncan Brown, analyses trends in total rewards, UK workplaces and the wider economy to consider the state of play on total rewards in UK organisations.
Improving access for the most able but least likely: Evaluation of the Realising Opportunities Programme

Williams M, Mellors-Bourne R | Jan 2019 | Realising Opportunities

This report presents findings from our evaluation of the Realising Opportunities (RO) programme. RO is a programme for Year 12/13 students with good academic attainment but from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Ethnicity pay reporting: consultation response

Response from the Institute for Employment Studies, January 2019

Jan 2019 | Institute for Employment Studies

Our response to the UK Government's consultation on the introduction of mandatory publication of ethnicity employment and pay gap information.
Young people's education choices and progression to higher education

A comparison of A-Level and Non-A-Level students in Key Stage 5, their subject choices and transitions to university

Bursnall M, Naddeo A, Speckesser S | Jan 2019 | Institute for Employment Studies

This study analyses students' choices when leaving Key Stage 4 (KS4) to Key Stage 5 (KS5) for pupils progressing to either academic A-Level or vocational 'Non-A-Level' Level 3 programmes.