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  Employment Rights at Work

  Survey of Employees 2005

  Casebourne J, Regan J, Neathey F, Tuohy S | Mar 2006 | Department of Trade and Industry

  The main aims of the study were: to assess employees' general awareness of the scope of their employment rights; for selected topics, to establish employees' knowledge of specific employment rights provision (eg level of the National Minimum Wage(NMW), qualifying period for taking action on the grounds of unfair dismissal and discrimination cases, and rules for the award of costs in employment tribunal cases); to find out the main sources of information and professional advice about employment rights issues and, when employees have had a recent problem (eg in the past five years), where they sought advice and guidance and what they did to try and resolve the problem; and to identify the personal and employment characteristics that influence employees' levels of awareness, knowledge and preparedness to seek advice and take action to enforce their individual employment rights (including employment status).

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  Carers in the Workplace

  Hillage J, Hunt W | Mar 2006 | Institute for Employment Studies

  As the population ages and employers increasingly seek to offer competitive terms and conditions in order to attract and retain key staff, interest in employers' policies on the provision of time off for eldercare - and other forms of care besides childcare - appears to be growing. This briefing reviews recent research on, and practice recommendations for, the growth of the caring population, and the implications for employers.

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  Bullying and Harassment

  Building a Culture of Dignity and Respect

  Suff P, Strebler M | Feb 2006 | Institute for Employment Studies

  It is only over the past decade or so that bullying and harassment have emerged as prominent issues on the workplace agenda. This growing interest is not confined to the UK: a report by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (2003) reports that incidence rates of violence, bullying and sexual harassment have increased in member states, although the report notes that it it difficult to say how much the increase is owing to raised awareness of the issues.

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  Employee Involvement

  Information, Consultation and Discretion

  Gifford J, Neathey F, Loukas G | Nov 2005 | Institute for Employment Studies

  This report presents five in-depth case studies of organisations with established and progressive employee involvement practices, and relates them to existing literature on the subject.

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  Constructing Better Health - Report of Baseline Employer Survey

  Sinclair A, Tyers C | Sep 2005 | Health and Safety Executive

  This report presents the findings of the first of a series of research activities carried out to evaluate the Constructing Better Health (CBH) pilot scheme, a construction industry-led occupational health support pilot, facilitated by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and the Health and Safety Commission (HSC). The report presents the results of the baseline wave of a survey of 2,000 employers and sole traders working in construction within the Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Avon areas.

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  CSR for Employers

  Proof of 'Employee Engagement'

  Barber L | Sep 2005 | Institute for Employment Studies

  This paper is a write-up of IES's review of employer CSR websites, both in the private and public sectors. The areas represented by the review are training and development; communication and consultation; health and safety; work-life balance; pay and benefits; and the involvement of the HR function.

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  Review of the Reporting of Accidents and Incidents Involving Learners

  Miller L, Ballard J, Suff P, Bates P, Hurstfield J, Akroyd K | Aug 2005 | Institute for Employment Studies

  The research aimed to identify factors that might contribute to under-reporting of accidents and incidents of learners, primarily apprentices and those on entry to employment programmes. It consisted of a literature review, interviews with the Learning and Skills Council regional health and safety managers, a review of the data on accident reports, focus groups with learners, a survey of learning providers and a survey of employers.

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  Business Models and Change

  the Effect on Employees and their Psychological Contracts

  Wolfe H | Jun 2005 | Institute for Employment Studies

  The paper asks the following questions: What is business model change, how does is occur, and how is it dealt with? How does business model change affect the employment expectations and how can these be managed? What are the psychological contract effects of business model change? How can change be effectively and appropriately designed and communicated for optimum organisational performance and employee well-being?

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  Age Discrimination

  the Issues for Employers

  Hurstfield J, Akroyd K | Mar 2005 | Institute for Employment Studies

  This briefing, written in advance of the introduction of age discrimination legislation, provided an outline of the scope of the legislation on age discrimination and set out some of the key issues that employers should consider.

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  Employee Assistance Programmes

  Newton L, Hayday S, Barkworth R | Mar 2005 | Institute for Employment Studies

  This paper identifies why organisations chose to offer Employee Assistance Programmes (EAPs), as well as what provision is available, and how organisations decide on a certain provider and service. It looks at how effectively organisations monitor employee usage and satisfaction. The paper guides employers in what to bear in mind when considering providing an EAP, as well as suggestions for evaluating existing EAPs.