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    European Restructuring Monitor Quarterly - 2012, Issue 1

    Hurley J, Salvatore L, Meierkord A, Celikel-Esser F, Riso S and Broughton A | Mar 2012 | European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions

    The first issue for 2012 includes: macroeconomic trends and prospects; job creation and job losses at a glance (1/1/-31/3/2012); sectoral distribution of job losses/job gains, and top five cases; filling the 'Nokia gap' in Jucu, Romania; restructuring support measures under the spotlight; restructuring in the pharmaceutical sector; and life and work after the offshoring of a clothing factory in Wales.

  • Occupational health provision on the Olympic Park and Athletes’ Village - Final report

    Tyers C, Hicks B | Mar 2012 | Health and Safety Executive

    The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) set up a comprehensive occupational health service offering free support and advice to all contractors from a multi-disciplinary occupational health team. The aim of the research was to identify the impact of the occupational health interventions on the attitudes, behaviours and exposures to health risks of people on site and the influence on future behaviours of contractors and workers on the project.

  • Concluding slides

    Paul Fairhurst | Mar 2012 | Institute for Employment Studies

    Concluding slides from Paul Fairhurst at the HR Network event on' Getting maximum business value from your L&D activity' on 29 March 2012.

  • Slides: New paradigms for collaboration and knowledge sharing

    Stephen Dale | Mar 2012 | Collabor8now

    Slides from Stephen Dale of Collabor8now Ltd on 'New paradigms for collaboration and knowledge sharing' which he presented at the HR Network even on 'Getting maximum business value from your L&D activity' on 29 March 2012.

  • Slides: Assessing your L&D function and activity

    John Baker and Paul Fairhurst | Mar 2012 | Institute for Employment Studies

    Slides from John Baker (John Baker Consulting) and Paul Fairhurst (IES) on 'Assessing your L&D function and activity (with videos)' which they presented at the HR Network event on 'Getting maximum business value from your L&D activity' on...

  • Slides: What makes for effective L&D?

    Paul Fairhurst | Mar 2012 | Institute for Employment Studies

    Slides from Paul Fairhurst on 'What makes for effective L&D?' which he presented at the HR Network event on 'Getting maximum business value from your L&D activity' on 29 March 2012.

  • Slides: Introduction to event

    Paul Fairhurst | Mar 2012 | Institute for Employment Studies

    Introductory slides from Paul Fairhurst at the HR Network event on 'Getting maximum business value from your L&D activity' which was held on 29 March 2012.

  • Evaluation of the Fit for Work Service pilots

    First year report

    Hillage J, et al | Mar 2012 | Department for Work and Pensions

    Following Dame Carol Black’s 2008 review of the health of Britain’s working age population, a new Fit for Work Service (FFWS) was proposed, to offer support for people in the early stages of sickness absence, particularly for employees working in small and medium-sized enterprises. Between April and June 2010, FFWS pilots were launched in 11 areas throughout Great Britain with the intention of testing different approaches to providing the service, and getting people back to work as quickly as possible. This report presents the findings from the first year of the evaluation.

  • Second survey of Get Connected Grant Recipients

    Miller L, Oakley J, Stevens H, Higgins T, Behling F  | Feb 2012 | Institute for Employment Studies

    In 2010 the National Institute for Adult and Continuing Education (NIACE) and the Institute for Employment Studies (IES) were commissioned by the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) to evaluate the impact of the introduction of new or improved technologies funded through the Get Connected funding stream. In October 2011, nine months after the initial survey of the first tranche of Get Connected grant recipients closed (in January 2011) a second survey was conducted with the first cohort of Get Connected grant recipients. This report sets out the outcomes of that second round of surveys.

  • Scoping the Development of Work and Cancer Support for SMEs

    Executive Summary

    Wilson S, Hicks B, Stevens H  | Feb 2012 | Institute for Employment Studies

    Macmillan commissioned this scoping research with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to identify the challenges particular to smaller businesses who are managing employees affected by cancer. The aim was to provide an evidence base to determine what Macmillan can do to help SMEs and how this might differ from what they currently, or plan to, offer large employers.