Projects and case studies
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Examining the effect of employment and social indicators
IES will complete a short country profile for the UK and a very short briefing for Greece as part of a study led by the Istituto per la ricerca sociale (IRS) examining the effect of employment and social indicators in the 2014 and 2015 European...
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Comparative spotlight report on working conditions in the road haulage sector
IES co-ordinated a small study examining the issue of working conditions for drivers in the EU road haulage sector, in the context of the German government seeking to apply its national minimum wage to all drivers transitting through Germany. IES...
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Industrial Relations and Youth Employment: Chapter 5 of the 2014 Industrial Relations in Europe report
Andrea Broughton was asked to contribute a chapter on youth employment to the European Commission's Industrial Relations in Europe 2014 report.The chapter aimed to present an overview of the role of industrial relations in promoting schemes to...
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Differential Treatment of Workers under 25 with a View to their Access to the Labour Market
IES worked with Matrix to carry out research for the European Parliament on a study on differential treatment of workers under 25 with a view to their access to the labour market.This research aimed to review existing national...
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Discrimination of migrant workers at the workplace
IES worked with Matrix to carry out research for the European Parliament on discrimination against migrant workers in the workplace.The project comprised desk research to review the discrimination that foreign-born workers face in the labour...
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The costs and returns of investments for reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities and sheltered workshops
IES worked with Matrix to carry out research for the European Parliament on the costs and returns of investments for reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities.The aim of the study was to provide Members of the Committee on Employment...
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A review of academic workforce planning for Universitas 21
Universitas 21, a leading global network of research-intensive universities that aims to 'foster global citizenship and institutional innovation', commissioned IES to review academic workforce planning 'to stimulate and inform strategic thinking...
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Economic and Social Costs of Low Skilled Adults in the EU
The aim of this project for Cedefop was to:develop conceptual and methodological frameworks for both defining and measuring the magnitude of low-skilled population in the EU;describe and analyse the characteristics, causes and trends regarding the...
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Industrial relations and restructuring in the automotive and banking sectors in the EU
IES was commissioned to provide research into industrial relations during restructuring in the automotive sector in the UK, as part of a project run by the economic and social research institute of the Italian trade union confederation CGIL. The...
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Assessment note on the European added value of applying the principle of equal pay
IES and Matrix Insight were commissioned by the European Parliament to provide an assessment note on the European added value of applying the principle of equal pay in the EU. The work focused specifically on the gender pay gap and the efficacy of...