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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.
This publication was authored by Linda Miller before she joined IES.
This publication was authored by Kari Hadjivassiliou before she joined IES.
This publication was authored by Kari Hadjivassiliou before she joined IES.
This publication was authored by Kari Hadjivassiliou before she joined IES.
This study, carried out for the Department for Education and Employment, was the first comprehensive analysis of where young people go when they complete work experience, what they do, and how it is organised. It is based on a national survey of work experience co-ordinators, supplemented by detailed case studies in six parts of the country.
This is a survey of people taking early retirement from seven large employers, all of which were going through major programmes of change and reductions in employee numbers. The report investigates their attitudes towards early retirement, and their attachment to and subsequent experiences in the labour market. It explores their financial situation, the types of advice and support available to them, and the adequacy of these.
This report examines the geographical distribution of various forms of teleworking, and differentiates between 'prosperous rural' and 'peripheral rural' areas on grounds of accessibility, income levels and local economies. The impacts and opportunities of various forms of teleworking on rural areas are assessed, including the kinds of infrastructure, training and marketing support that will be required. This publication is no longer available.
This report presents the key findings from three annual studies based on comparisons of employers involved and not involved in Investors in People. It looks at why employers get involved with Investors, the issues surrounding meeting the standard, the effect on employer training and management practice and the impact on business performance.
Teleworking is becoming an increasingly important part of working life. But does it makes a positive or a negative contribution to sexual equality? Ursula Huws has been studying teleworking for nearly two decades. Here, she and her colleagues review the evidence and present the results of a unique survey which, for the first time, compares the experiences of male and female teleworkers from the same occupational group.
