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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.
Abbie Winton suggests that as well as looking at pay for a solution to the current recruitment challenges, there is also a need to understand which other parts of the employment offer need to be adapted to make work more appealing to a broader potential pool of workers.
This briefing note sets out analysis of the Labour Market Statistics published on 15 November 2022.
This paper is being published to accompany a new Commission on the Future of Employment Support, which IES is providing the secretariat for and is being funded by abrdn Financial Fairness Trust.
This report launches a new Commission on the Future of Employment Support, which IES is providing the secretariat for and is being funded by abrdn Financial Fairness Trust.
Zofia Bajorek's presentation to the Portuguese International Forum of Occupational Health
In this session we outline the findings from the latest IES research drawing together case studies and lessons on how other countries are working to improve outcomes for young people and support transitions into employment and learning.
Slides from Stephen Bevan's presentation at SOM's worklessness due to ill health webinar.
This study has been designed to explore how six GP practices have approached the challenge of meeting increasing demands from patients and ensuring that the needs of GPs and other staff for flexible working and reconfigured job roles can be balanced.
This briefing note sets out analysis of the Labour Market Statistics published on 11 October 2022.
The Careers & Enterprise Fund 2018 – Part B aimed to test innovative approaches to career guidance and preparing for the world of work with young people from disadvantaged groups. Evaluated by IES and NIESR, our work aimed to generate learning about how the projects met the goals of the fund and to identify the main facilitators and challenges to effective delivery.
