Projects and case studies

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  • Gender Pay Gap Reporting

    IES worked with the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) to consider the most appropriate methods and measures that private and third sector employers could use to report voluntarily on gender pay gaps, in support of a clause in the...

  • Ethnic Minority Customers of Jobcentre Plus: Views and Experiences

    The current employment gap between ethnic minorities and the general population stands at 13.8 percentage points. Jobcentre Plus plays a key role in the delivery of PSA 8 'Maximise Employment Opportunity for All' and has its own key objectives...

  • Meeting the Needs of Disadvantaged Learners and Non-learners

    IES conducted this study on behalf of the LSC, leading a consortium which included Ipsos MORI and NIACE. The research included a large-scale survey, consultative workshops, and qualitative interviews and focus groups. The project segmented...

  • Evaluating Race Equality Procurement Pilots

    The Race Equality Procurement Pilots are an Ethnic Minority Employment Task Force (EMETF) initiative, taking place in four government departments and agencies: Jobcentre Plus; the Department for Work and Pensions; the Identity and Passport Service...

  • Using the Flexible Nursing Workforce in the NHS

    IES carried out some work for NHS Professionals on the use of the flexible nursing workforce in the NHS. This included analysing data held by NHS Professionals on trends in the use of bank and agency nursing staff, and conducting case studies of...

  • An evaluation of Partners Outreach for Ethnic Minorities (POEM)

    The policy intent of POEM was to improve the economic activity of its target groups: Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Somali women, by addressing their barriers to work, including cultural barriers, confidence, knowledge of labour market options and...

  • Mental Health and Employment

    IES, in partnership with the Social Policy Research Unit at York University participated in a major project on mental health and employment, for the Department of Work and Pensions. IES looked at employers' policies and practices towards people...

  • Evaluation of Access to Work

    The Access to Work (AtW) programme has been operating in Great Britain since 1994 and is designed for people with long-term health conditions or impairments who need practical support to take up work or to do their job. This project is a...

  • Black and Ethnic Minority Apprenticeship Experiences

    SummitSkills, the sector skills council for building and engineering, has identified in its Action Plan the need for more research to help them in their efforts to increase the diversity of the workforce in the building services engineering sector...

  • Coaching, Women, and a Seat on the Board

    IES worked with the Foundation of Coaching (New York) to examine issues relating to the coaching of senior women managers, looking in particular at the reasons why women decide to, or decide not to, apply for board-level positions.The research...