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This report is the culmination of research carried out by IES on behalf of the CIPD, investigating how employers can best manage an increasingly older workforce in the context of their health and wellbeing and care responsibilities. It is a comparative study covering five European countries: the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany and the UK.
Generational differences and how they play out in the workplace have become a major area of interest to organisations and catalysed articles in the HR and broader business press and much commentary from consultancy organisations. The thrust of many of these articles is that such generational differences are fuelling difficulties in the workplace as different attitudes clash.
Duncan Brown offers a detailed description of this year's gender pay reporting requirement and how to maximise the benefits from it.
The findings of this research for Centrepoint enables them to offer constructive advice on how new policies on youth employment should be implemented to ensure they make a meaningful contribution towards helping the hardest to reach enter sustained employment.
IES was commissioned to provide Greek and Cypriot national reports for this publication, produced by Ecorys for the European Commission. This study sought to consolidate the evidence base regarding the diversity of the teaching workforce – based on a migrant and/or minority background – across the EU28.
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.
Conversations with our HR Network members, and recent studies give us an insight into the implementation and take-up of Shared Parental Leave, and the issues that organisations have faced in trying to get it right.
This thematic paper was prepared for the high level Learning Exchange on 'Designing and implementing effective strategies to support the integration and retention in the labour market of youth at risk'.
This report presents the first of three reviews based on effectiveness studies which examined workplace policies and practices in place to protect and promote the health and wellbeing of older workers, and support workers who wish to continue in employment up to and beyond state pensionable age.
This report presents the second of three reviews based on effectiveness studies which examined workplace policies and practices on pre-retirement planning.
