Publications

Duncan Brown (IES) and Steve Munday (KPMG) ask why job evaluation still thrives and whether the opposing positions on job evaluation and pay management can be reconciled.

NHS Employers commissioned the Institute for Employment Studies to conduct an evidence review in the areas of total reward and employee engagement. This report contains our findings which summarise existing research on the links between the two areas whilst drawing out the implications of our findings for employing organisations in the NHS.

Duncan Brown offers a detailed description of this year's gender pay reporting requirement and how to maximise the benefits from it.

This compilation of bite-sized essays by leading thinkers confronts and expands on existing thinking, plans, and practices in HR and employment. It will help HR leaders think about, plan for, and deal with these ‘known and unknown unknowns’, challenging modern fads, reinforcing some long-standing truths and offering original and practical insights.

Using a large set of empirical macroeconomic data from a variety of sources, including Eurofound and the European Commission AMECO database, this report analyses how the institutional features of national wage bargaining regimes influence pay outcomes

The objective of this research was to establish how progression operated across the private sector in the UK. The report was based on both quantitative and qualitative evidence gathered over the course of spring and summer 2014. The quantitative phase of the research consisted of an online survey of UK employers which secured 189 responses. This was supported by qualitative evidence gathered through telephone interviews with respondents to the online survey (28) and in-depth case studies at large employers (6).