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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.
This expert paper explores the nature and dynamics of the wider care workforce. In doing so, it considers the expected expanded contribution by the voluntary sector, community organisations and charities, and social enterprises, alongside users and their carers. It goes on to explore issues of gender, age, ethnicity, qualifications and other background descriptors of the wider care workforce.
This publication is no longer available from the client. The Home Office commissioned IES to conduct research into the recruitment and employment of migrant workers in the UK. This research formed part of the preparation for change from the current economic migration system to the new points-based system. The focus of the study was on economic migrants: people who come to this country primarily to work, rather than asylum seekers or refugees. Data were collected between April and August 2005.
The 2004/05 Student Income and Expenditure Survey, commissioned by the Department for Education and Skills and the National Assembly of Wales, covered a random sample of just over 3,700 full-time and part-time students in higher education, in England and Wales, at 88 institutions. It was the first comprehensive assessment since 1998/99 and was designed to set a baseline against which future changes, following the 2004 Higher Education Act, could be monitored.
This paper explores the extent to which there is a link between business models and HR, in terms of structure, function and skills.
This paper discusses uses of job evaluation (JE) and the different types that exist, and advises on how to select a JE scheme. It looks at JE in today's workplace, and shifting expectations. Pay flexibility and equal pay protection are also discussed.
This qualitative research examines: influences on women's employment choices, perceptions and experiences; attitudes to training and employment of women in sectors identified as areas of growth by GLA Economics (financial services; legal services; ICT; creative and media; and administration); work and employment practices that form barriers to equality in these sectors; and other specific policies and practice, including best practice.
This research for the Greater London Authority (GLA) showed that by 2016, it was expected that women would fill seven out of ten new jobs in London, with an extra half a million jobs in the capital. The main key sectors for growth in women's employment during the decade were predicted to be in business service and also health, education, and retail. The GLA commissioned IES to carry out and report on the qualitative research detailed in this report.
The WZB Social Science Research Centre in Berlin commissioned a series of discussion papers from a number of researchers throughout Europe to examine employer-sponsored training in their own countries, in order to aid interpretation, comparison and analysis of the Continuing Vocational Training Survey and to help understand the causes of differences in the data. This paper examines employer-sponsored training for adults in the UK.
This publication was authored by Valerie Garrow before she joined IES.
This publication was authored by Valerie Garrow before she joined IES.
