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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 article discusses productivity from several angles: how it is measured, the history of the concept, some 'productivity problems', the relationship of productivity to the various initiatives designed to improve organisational performance, and the role played by HR.
This paper has been written following discussions with IES colleagues, and informed further by a literature search on the subject of job families. All our member organisations use a variety of employee taxonomies and several have experimented with the job family approach. We are interested in what works, and what does not, and in the organisational factors that need to be in place for an employee taxonomy to be usable and useful.
Over the past decade, organisations have become increasingly aware of the need to manage stress. There have been two drivers for this. The first is the need for a motivated and productive workforce, where the negative effects of stress on attendance, performance, job satisfaction and commitment are minimised. The second is an organisation's legal responsibilities for the care of their employees.
There is widespread evidence from both organisational reports and academic literature of the increase in the use of eLearning as part of a portfolio of training options available to HR managers. This paper addresses some of the challenges in this area for training and HR professionals and outlines some solutions for the future.
Management/union partnership is the right approach to employee relations according to many politicians, trade unionists and business people. Management benefits by employees accepting the organisation's business goals. Employees benefit through their employer tackling issues of importance to them, including: equal opportunities, reward, work/life balance, training, health and safety, and work organisation.
The twice-yearly survey for the Association of Graduate Recruiters Members.
This is the report of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Skills Dialogue undertaken by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES), the Department for Trade and Industry (DTI) and the sector National Training Organisations (e-skills NTO, EMTA and Skillset).
The electronics sector was one of the most vibrant parts of the UK manufacturing sector in 2002. However, there had been increasing reports that the future growth of the sector was being constrained by an endemic skill shortage. To clarify the extent and nature of skill needs in the sector and examine the barriers to meeting those needs EMTA, the National Training Organisation for Engineering Manufacture an in-depth research study. This publication is no longer available.
This publication was authored by Becci Newton before she joined IES.
This publication was authored by Linda Miller before she joined IES.
