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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 report presents the third of the three reviews based on qualitative, non-intervention studies which examined factors which enable constrain employers in implementing workplace policies and practices to: protect and promote the wellbeing of older workers, support workers who wish to continue in employment up to and beyond state pensionable age, and affect the quality and outcomes of pre-retirement planning.
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
This report forms part of the STYLE Working Papers 3 series and offers an overview of the series, summarising eight independent but comparative country reports, of which IES offered one. The reports looks at several European countries and assesses the structure of country-specific, youth-related policies using a common systematic framework.
The mini-conference in May was a very successful event, with lots of positive feedback from members. We have written a full account of the day’s events, covering each presentation in detail.
Penny Tamkin has written a reflective paper inspired by presentations at the HR Directors' Retreat 2015, in which she considers the case studies in detail, and explores some of the ideas raised.
The report presents an exploratory analysis and discussion of the institutional aspects and social learning processes that are in play in the UK in relation to youth-related policies.
This report produced by IES on behalf of the Gatsby Foundation examines the potential of an occupational database such as the United States of America's O*NET resource to help research and address UK occupational and skill challenges.
This infographic summarises Peter Reilly's framework and top tips, as published in his guide: Workforce planning: a framework for thinking about your own approach.
This second paper in our new series of HR Essentials papers focuses on workforce planning. It offers the practitioner two elements of support on just two pages: A framework for thinking about your own approach, and ten practical tips for developing and implementing a successful approach.
This report presents the findings of a research project undertaken for the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) to update its understanding of institutional support provision for students with mental health problems and other impairments with high cost or intensive support needs.
