Projects and case studies
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Progression in Employment
Progression in Employment is a two-year research project led by IES and supported by the JPMorgan Chase Foundation through its global New Skills at Work initiative. The project focuses on employer practice enabling low-skilled workers to achieve...
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The Youth Guarantee in light of changes in the world of work
IES is working with ICON-INSTITUT in Germany on a project for the European Commission which aims to:provide an overview of Youth Guarantee delivery models across the EU;present a synthesis of current and upcoming challenges faced by young people...
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Development of an EU framework to assess the overall impacts of occupational health and safety prevention on the performance of construction enterprises
In partnership with Ecorys Netherlands and on behalf of the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (EASME), we will explore the productivity and business benefits of occupational health and safety (OSH) good practice in the...
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The impact of Brexit on European veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses practising in the UK
IES is conducting an online survey of all non-UK European veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses who are registered to practise with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) and are currently living in the UK.The survey aims to find out...
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Research study on the articulation between the EU level and national levels of social dialogue
IES and WMP Consult, Hamburg, have been commissioned to examine the articulation of social dialogue between the EU level - cross-sector and sector - and the national level in EU Member States, in order to ascertain how well the EU social dialogue...
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Awareness, attraction and retention of the Reserve Forces
In 2014, IES collaborated with Cranfield University School of Management, Aberdeen University, Ipsos Mori and Oxford Brookes University to conduct research on behalf of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the UK Armed Forces.The project aimed to...
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Discrimination and access to employment for female workers with disabilities
IES was contracted by the Istituto per la ricerca sociale (Italy) to conduct the UK case study on the multiple discrimination faced by women with disabilities in the labour market.This research, for the European Parliament, included identifying...
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Expert for the ESF Thematic Network on Migrants
Rachel Marangozov took up an expert role for the European Commission’s ESF Thematic Learning Network on Migrants. The aim of the role was to facilitate and strengthen transnational exchange and cooperation between the ESF managing and implementing...
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Casual work – characteristics, regulatory frameworks, spread and implications
The study explores the characteristics, regulatory frameworks, incidence and implications of casual work in 10 European Union Member States. Its specific aims are to explore:which forms of casual work that are regulated by legislation or...
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Good practices in social dialogue
IES supported the Ecorys UK project team in drafting a section on freedom of association and fundamental principle and rights at work for an ILO report on social dialogue.Using the ILO documents provided, IES drafted sections on...