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This report presents local governments' evidence needs on supporting people to enter and remain in employment, and proposes evidence reviews to address these.
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This report builds on the interim findings published in September 2025 to provide evidence on whether the JobsPlus model can be adapted to the UK context and effectively implemented to improve employment outcomes.
This report aims to shed light on the experience of young people in work when it comes to mental health, to understand what challenges young workers might be facing and what action is needed, by policy, employers, and wider support networks, to address these.
This report brings together the key findings from the 2019 Parental Rights Survey (formerly the Maternity and Paternity Rights Survey series).
Slides from Zofia Bajorek's presentation at the Public Policy Exchange conference, Mental Health in the Workplace: Providing Comprehensive Support and Improving Employee Wellbeing and Retention
As a part of the work to improve the skills system being conducted by the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE), this report presents findings from externally commissioned research with employers as part of IfATE’s Big Conversation.
This briefing note sets out analysis of the Labour Market Statistics published on 13 June 2023.
A webinar recording and slides from the Commission on the Future of Employment Support online workshop.
Ahead of her HR Network presentation, Astrid Allen considers the substantial challenge in enabling the benefits of flexible working to reach those who often need it most.
In 2022, IES and Ipsos were asked by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to produce a report in response to a series of recommendations made by the Public Accounts Committee.
IES conducted an independent impact evaluation of the Leadership for Personalised Care (LPC) suite of programmes. The LPC offers a range of programmes that deliver learning and development on the key elements of personalised care, and how this can be introduced into individuals’, organisations’ and systems’ practice.
Children in care have reportedly poorer educational outcomes than their peers who are not in care. As such, it is vital that interventions are identified that can help to close this attainment gap.
