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  Evaluation of New Deal 50 plus - Qualitative Evidence from Clients: First Phase

  Atkinson J, Kodz J, Dewson S, Eccles J | Dec 2000 | Employment Service

  This publication is no longer available. New Deal 50 plus was part of the Government's welfare to work initiative, and directed towards people aged 50 and over who had been out of work for six months or more and wished to return to employment. This included older people claiming Jobseekers Allowance, those claiming other benefits, those with a disability or long term illness, and the dependent partners of people on these benefits. This report draws on focus groups with New Deal 50 plus clients conducted in four Pathfinder areas: Dorset, City Pride (Manchester), Edinburgh East and Midlothian, and the Black Country.

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  Evaluation of New Deal 50 plus - Qualitative Evidence from ES and BA Staff: First Phase

  Atkinson J, Dewson S, Kodz J | Dec 2000 | Employment Service

  This publication is no longer available. New Deal 50 plus was a voluntary programme for unemployed and economically inactive people aged 50 and over, who had been out of work for six months or more. This research was conducted during the spring of 2000, before ND 50 plus was rolled out nationally. It draws on interviews with ES and BA staff in four Pathfinder areas, Dorset, the Black Country, City Pride (Manchester), and Edinburgh East and Midlothian.

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  Learning in Later Life: Motivation and Impact

  Dench S, Regan J | Jan 2000 | Department for Education and Employment

  The Department for Education and Employment commissioned this study from IES to explore the impact of learning on older people, in terms of social and community activity and involvement. The study also provides information on patterns and characteristics of learning among a sample of people aged between 50 and 71, their motivations for learning, reasons for not learning, barriers to learning and other aspects of their lives.

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  Occupational Pensions and Disabled People

  Meager N, Bates P, McGeer P, Tackey N D | Oct 1999 | Department for Education and Employment

  This report examines how occupational pension schemes operate and how they treat disabled people. The study aimed to assist the Disability Rights Task Force in assessing what changes (if any) might be appropriate to the provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) relating to occupational pensions.

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  Family-friendly Employment: the business case

  Bevan S, Dench S, Tamkin P, Cummings J | Sep 1999 | Department for Education and Employment

  An important theme in current and emerging government policy is the importance of practices that allow individuals to combine employment and caring responsibilities. These 'family-friendly' practices also have direct and measurable business benefits: reduced casual sickness absence, improved retention, productivity and recruitment, and improved morale and commitment. Recognising these benefits can help overcome the fears in small to medium sized enterprises that family-friendly policies are costly, impractical or a threat to stability. This publication is no longer available.

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  Skills, Competencies and Gender: Issues for Pay and Training

  Strebler M, Thompson M, Heron P | Apr 1997 | Institute for Employment Studies

  Corporate training and payment systems based on skills and competencies are becoming more widespread among UK organisations. This study, commissioned by the Equal Opportunities Commission, explores the gender implications of the increasing tendency of organisations to make payments to staff on the basis of an assessment of individual skills or level of training, and on an assessment of individual competencies.

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  Measurement of Employment in High Technology Sectors at the Regional Level

  Jagger N, Perryman S | Jan 1997 | Institute for Employment Studies

  Commissioned by Eurostat (the European Commission’s statistical body) the study represents a feasibility study into the ways in which high technology employment can be measured at the regional level across the European Union. The study examines a definition of high technology employment and then uses the UK Labour Force Survey to test the reliability of estimates based on this definition. This publication is no longer available.

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  Mapping Provision

  The Provision of and Participation in Further Education by Students with Learning Difficulties and/or Disabilities

  Meager N | Dec 1996 | The Further Education Funding Council / The Stationery Office

  This publication is no longer available.

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  Teleworking and Gender

  Huws U, Podro S, Gunnarsson E, Weijers T, Arvanitaki K, Trova V | Sep 1996 | Institute for Employment Studies

  Teleworking is becoming an increasingly important part of working life. But does it makes a positive or a negative contribution to sexual equality? Ursula Huws has been studying teleworking for nearly two decades. Here, she and her colleagues review the evidence and present the results of a unique survey which, for the first time, compares the experiences of male and female teleworkers from the same occupational group.

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  Developing Responsiveness

  College-Employer Interaction

  Rawlinson S, Connor H | Jan 1996 | Institute for Employment Studies

  This publication is no longer available. IES investigated the nature of interaction between colleges and employers, and the factors promoting or inhibiting success. The study was commissioned jointly by the Further Education Funding Council, the Council for Industry and Higher Education, and the Department for Education and Employment. The work was carried out during 1995 and involved interviews with 75 employers, five TECs, and staff and students from 19 colleges. This report presents the findings, and provides a functional model for the management and development of college interaction with employers.