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As people live for longer and the State Pension age rises, understanding how working lives can be extended in ways which are both sustainable and rewarding has become an increasingly important issue for individuals, employers and policy makers. This study examined how people in their 60s successfully reshaped work to extend their career, on terms which suited their changing needs and priorities.
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The former Department for Business and Trade commissioned this research which aims to inform policy decisions to improve job security, workplace practice and employer awareness of their responsibilities towards pregnant women and parents in the workplace.
The 2008 Education and Skills Act included legislation to raise the age at which young people are required to stay in education or training in England to 17 years from 2013 and to their 18th birthday from 2015. An evaluation of locally-led projects and trials funded to support implementation was commissioned to gather evidence on new activities and effective practice, as well as to assist LAs with planning and preparing for RPA.
This publication was authored by Tony Wilson before he joined IES.
This methodology report was authored by Stella Capuano before she joined IES.
The purpose of this paper to is to review the most recent literature with a focus on (Public Employment Services) PES delivery and policy implementation concerning green skills and jobs, identifying merits and weaknesses of different approaches and transferable core elements.
We held an event to consider why it is that we cannot seem to achieve diversity especially in the senior grades of our organisations. At the event we debated the assertion by Binna Kandola (2009) that: ‘Diversity is about behaviour and outcomes. It’s about how relationships are enacted. It’s about how we perform in everyday situations based on how we think'. This report presents a brief summary of the key points raised and debated.
A case study on lean by Peter McCullen with thanks to Keith Cocksey (BAE Systems) Head of Transformation, RAF Coningsby. This was presented at the HR Network event 'Learning from lean' on 11 July 2013.
The report’s findings are based on 15 case studies spread over the two year evaluation programme with three case studies being repeat visits to give a longitudinal perspective. Investors in People (IIP) was found to be particularly relevant to organisations seeking to grow in employment terms, in helping plan for the challenges of recruiting, managing and retaining a larger workforce.
This research report explores the motivations for pursuing different pathways post-16 and looks at how different pathways, qualifications (including level and type of course), and experiences (such as undertaking work experience) impact upon young people’s outcomes in terms of employment, wages, and satisfaction.
This project considered how and why employers use social media tools for recruitment, the risks and opportunities and the implications for provision of advice to managers, workers and employer and employee representative bodies. It also looked at the policies and strategies employers can put in place to manage legal and reputational risks. A comprehensive literature review is supplemented with case studies of three leading UK organisations that had used social media for the purposes of recruitment, plus the results of an exclusive poll of HR decision-makers undertaken on behalf of Acas in March 2013.
