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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.
In early 2011 Skills for Health published The role of Assistant Practitioners in the NHS: factors affecting evolution and development of the role. This Working Paper is a follow-up to that earlier publication. The paper reviews the situation, examines the types of education and training being offered to individuals prior to taking on these roles and the progression pathways available and considers the extent to which the issues identified in the earlier report have been addressed and/or resolved.
The Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) Programme is an evidence-based, preventative programme for vulnerable young first-time mothers and their families, offering intensive and structured home visiting, from early pregnancy until the child is two, delivered by specially trained nurses. This study, commissioned by the FNP National Unit, explores workforce issues, especially recruitment, retention and job satisfaction, amongst Family Nurses (FNs) and their Supervisors.
The report summarises employer practice and relevant government policy in each country and presents a series of business case studies showing a range of employer responses to employee well-being and job quality issues. The report proposes a 'typology' of employer behaviour and describes how each of the various case studies can be placed within that framework.
This research sought to develop a greater understanding of the design, implementation and impact on skills of employer networks in the UK to inform the delivery of investment projects. This study explores networks with a skills and/or innovation focus in the UK and draws insight from eight case studies of diverse network types: illustrating how they function and operate; the drivers, and nature, of employer engagement; and the type of impact they have on employers.
This audit provides a detailed evidence base and key intelligence on Wales’ existing and future skills needs in 2012. It was designed to help supply the analysis and evidence required to develop Wales’ skills base so that it would meet the immediate and longer-term needs of the economy.
This publication was authored by Tony Wilson before he joined IES.
This publication was authored by Helen Gray before she joined IES.
In this issue: macroeconomic trends and prospects; job creation and loss at a glance; country in focus – Sweden; Irish restructuring support measures in focus; sector in focus – the newspaper industry.
