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JobsPlus is a voluntary community-led, hyperlocal employment support programme designed to help people in social housing communities find work. This partnership paper presents the findings from the JobsPlus pilot evaluation which relate to working with local partners, summarising the wide-spread benefits of this approach.
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These top tips have been developed as part of the Labour Market Evidence programme, a partnership with Learning and Work institute. They share practical lessons on designing, delivering and evaluating local work and health programmes. They are designed for local and regional policy, delivery, data and evaluation teams, and senior decision makers.
The increasing levels of self employment amongst conservators is changing the skills and attributes required for professional development. This report presents the results of a comprehensive study undertaken for the Museums & Galleries Commission.
ACAS commissioned the Institute for Employment Studies to conduct a wide-ranging investigation of homeworking in ACAS, examining both for trends in working arrangements and attitudes to office and home based work. The findings were set within the context of a discussion on developments in homeworking over the last quarter of the 20th century, including a review of research literature relating to the subject.
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This publication was authored by Valerie Garrow and Wendy Hirsh. This is not an IES publication.
This publication was authored by Valerie Garrow before she joined IES.
This publication was authored by Kari Hadjivassiliou before she joined IES.
The Secretary of State for Education and Employment established the Skills Task Force to assist in developing a National Skills Agenda. This paper is one of a series commissioned by the Task Force, focussing on the issues surrounding the provision and use of science skills in the UK economy. This publication is no longer available.
This publication is no longer available. This report presents the findings of a study into employers' use of Jobcentre services. The research contributes to the Employment Service's aim of ensuring that its customer service strategy remains relevant, by identifying what employers experience, like, don't like and would want to see when using Jobcentres. The research centred on a telephone survey of over 800 employers during February and March 1999.
This report pins down the concept of employability into a workable definition. Based on a review of approaches adopted in a series of case study organisations, it develops an emerging framework of appropriate employer responses, and provides a checklist to help employers develop comprehensive policy and practice.
This report examines how occupational pension schemes operate and how they treat disabled people. The study aimed to assist the Disability Rights Task Force in assessing what changes (if any) might be appropriate to the provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) relating to occupational pensions.
