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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.
Kirsty Knight and James Sutherland's slides from IES HR Network event 'HR Annual Conference 2015: Organisational Development', 1 October 2015.
This report presents the second of three reviews based on effectiveness studies which examined workplace policies and practices on pre-retirement planning.
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 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.
