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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.
Using recent research insights from the health and adult social care sector and from youth employment, Meenakshi Krishnan and Claudia Plowden Roberts discussed the evolving landscape of racial inequalities in UK workplaces.
This research looks at unfair treatment of workers in health and adult social care. The aim is to understand how discrimination (both in the system and between people) affects staff, and the best way to stop this unfairness by using regulation.
A report on the findings from IES's rapid evidence assessment of to explore effective approaches for promoting employer behaviour change in relation to equality, diversity and inclusion. The research focuses on addressing disparities in youth employment outcomes due to persistent barriers, particularly for young people from ethnic minority backgrounds.
This paper explores the concept of ‘unbound working’, a term which is used to explore high levels of autonomy in relation to ways of working (ie when, how much, where and how), and the consequences of unbound working for employees and their employing organisations.
This report summarises the key findings from the full three-year evaluation and is designed to complement the reports that cover findings from each year of the evaluation separately and in more detail.
This research briefing presents key findings from the third year of the process evaluation of the two-year Early Career Framework (ECF)-based induction programme.
This is the final report on the evaluation of the London Multiply programme which works to increase functional numeracy levels for the adult population.
This research aims to support CITB to explore alternative sources of labour for the construction industry, both now and in the future.
This briefing note sets out analysis of the Labour Market Statistics published on 13th May 2025.
This research aims to better understand the experiences of carers, highlight good practice and improve support by taking a multi-stakeholder approach to examining current activity within the Restart programme and amongst employers.
