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Institute for Employment Studies
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IES is a centre for research and evidence-based consultancy in labour market analysis, employment, education and HR policy and practice.
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In a new blog for WorkWise for Screen, Harry Fox explores the purpose of modern-day work experience, and how it can best be managed to be advantageous, rewarding and meaningful for both employers and participants. Read more: bit.ly/3XnlytA
November 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Comment from IES Chief Executive @naomiclayton.bsky.social on today's Autumn Budget.
"Today’s Budget included a welcome focus on youth employment with investment in the Youth Guarantee, including the Jobs Guarantee scheme for 18-21-year-olds, and more support for SMEs to take on apprentices under the age of 25. Nearly a million 16-24-year-olds – 1 in 8 young people – are out of work and not in any form of education or training, and the government should aim to ensure that every young person can access the support they need. Meanwhile, the OBR assesses that the government’s new Pathways to Work support offer for disabled people and people with health conditions will only have a modest impact on employment, and there appears to be no plans to fast track this investment. With unemployment rising and health-related economic inactivity at a record high, it is critical that the government sets out more details on its plans, accelerates progress where it can and scales up what works."
November 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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In our new blog for WorkWise for Screen, Beatrice Rosolin explains that goal setting is a powerful tool, but managers should approach it with due consideration, sharing the whole picture & explaining the purpose behind each goal.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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IES's CEO Naomi Clayton delivered the opening address at the ERSA conference in London earlier today. IES manages The ReAct Partnership, an industry-led collaboration focused on the UK government's Restart employment support program, and funded by the prime providers of Restart.
Naomi Clayton delivering the opening address at the ERSA conference in London earlier today.
November 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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In a new blog ahead of Wednesday’s Autumn Statement,
@naomiclayton.bsky.social calls for the Budget to focus on three key areas for action: youth employment, health and disability support and employer engagement. Read: bit.ly/4pa3pLS
To raise living standards, the government should fast-track supply side reforms that support more people into work and to remain in work, create skills and reskilling pathways and boost economic growth.
November 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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This new paper from ReAct showcases instances where employer engagement, collaboration and shared learning has benefited providers, employers and participants on the Restart employment support programme. Read more: bit.ly/4oYF8IY
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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In our fifth ReAct briefing paper, we consider findings from ReAct research on supporting working carers within the Restart employment support programme, highlighting barriers and recommendations. Read: bit.ly/4pqGfkp
November 20, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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A second new ReAct report covers innovative practices and case studies related to the use of supply chain partners in the Restart programme, focusing on their strengths, challenges, and best practices in delivering employment services. Read more: bit.ly/3M9Xbgp
November 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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New research! This new ReAct report, by Billy Campbell, Abi Clark, Harry Fox, Rosie Gloster & Emily Kramers, presents case studies on innovative practices for supporting English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) participants in the Restart employment support program. Read more: bit.ly/49tuC7s
November 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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In a new ReAct blog, Jonathan Buzzeo reflects on the importance of personalised employment support in the quest to improve employment outlooks, and provides practical approaches and examples of how this can be achieved. Read more: bit.ly/480za2C
Quote from Jonathan Buzzeo, "In drawing together examples of best practice from across the programme, our research identified common ways in which providers can personalise the support they deliver. From this, we can learn lessons for how employment services can be delivered in future within a changing system."
November 17, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Is HR ready for a ‘renaissance’ of union power in industrial relations? In a new CIPD podcast, IPA's Nita Clarke discusses the role of people professionals and employers in strengthening trade union partnerships and creating effective employee voice channels: lnkd.in/exEFBWxc
November 17, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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New resource! The second of two infographics summarising the interim evaluation of the JobsPlus pilot programme has just been published, covering the features of the model and its unique approach with a particular focus on the community-based aspects: bit.ly/3KVk6f7
November 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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In our fourth ReAct briefing paper, we look at strategies to support neurodiverse participants into work. Read: bit.ly/47SfD4v
November 13, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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📢New blog! IES' @naomiclayton.bsky.social reflects on the Keep Britain Working Review, considering how the recommendations can be best implemented by both government and employers, when taking a 'whole-system' approach and embedding good work as a foundation for health. Read: bit.ly/4qRgGdG
“A cross-government approach is needed to reduce work-related illness and absence. While we should build on the wealth of good practice and foster a ‘race to the top’, we must also raise the floor, ensuring that all work meets minimum standards that support health, productivity and retention. Poor quality work, including insecure contracts, excessive or irregular hours, high demands with low control, and weak workplace relationships, can be as damaging to health as unemployment. Work-related ill-health is also a significant problem in public service sectors, including health and teaching, where the government has greater leverage to be able to influence working conditions.”
November 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Comment from IES Chief Executive Naomi Clayton on the just-announced Labour Market Statistics from Office for National Statistics.
“The labour market continues to cool. The last two months have seen the most significant falls in payrolled employment in the last year and the unemployment rate has increased to the highest rate in four years. With weak hiring and rising unemployment, the upcoming Autumn Budget must focus on boosting employment and expanding support for the 2.1 million people who are outside the labour force but want to work. This should include accelerating the rollout of the Get Britain Working reforms, launching the first phase of workplace health initiatives to help more people stay in or return to work, and strengthening pathways for reskilling.”
November 11, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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In a new blog, @jonnygiff.bsky.social explores the role of HR in the context of disciplinary processes, including the importance of adopting a humane approach, and encourages HR professionals to critically examine their decisions from a 'do no harm' perspective: bit.ly/3JGhTE0
Quote from Jonny Gifford, "The idea of Avoidable Employee Harm gives a new lens to disciplinaries and potentially other HR processes. It’s a challenging perspective, because it confronts management with the question: Are your actions harming people in ways that are simply not necessary?"
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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The next IPA Employee Voice Hub Event is on 18 Nov 1-2.30pm! Join us for a specially extended webinar focusing on the impact of the forthcoming Employee Rights Bill. Speakers: Nita Clarke (IPA) and Martin McIvor (Prospect). More information & to register: bit.ly/4nIh9MH
November 5, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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In our latest blog for WorkWise for Screen, Arundhati Dave explains that delegation is not simply task assignment. It involves giving a team member autonomy and support while increasing task-responsibility.
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November 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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New research! Our analysis for the Commission for Healthier Working Lives supported by The Health Foundation shows that work-related health risks are a growing challenge for the future. To keep people in work & support good health, the government needs to act now: bit.ly/4oJu5CS
Part of report cover.
October 29, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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In a new BBC podcast, IES' Zofia Bajorek discusses what it means to feel 'well' at work, reflecting on how workplace wellbeing is more than ensuring somebody is happy at work and how it extends to giving purpose, satisfaction and a platform to thrive. Listen here: bit.ly/431zUDf
BBC Learning English - Work in the future / What is wellbeing at work?
Pippa and Phil talk about how the way you feel affects the way you work.
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October 28, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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In a new blog, Amy Fox summarises the results of the interim JobsPlus pilot evaluation: bit.ly/42UItQ7, in advance of the IES webinar in November which will explore additional emerging results, and what they mean for future policy and practice: bit.ly/4o5kpTj
Quote from Amy Fox, "Data collected over the first year of the pilot confirms that JobsPlus has been particularly successful at reaching residents who face complex barriers to work and are often underserved by mainstream employment support."
October 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Sign up for @employmentstudies.bsky.social's webinar on the JobsPlus pilot programme on Wednesday 5 November. ⬇️📺

And find out more about JobsPlus: learningandwork.org.uk/resources/re... 🔍
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Whether you're involved in programme delivery, policy development, strategic commissioning or frontline support, our webinar on November 5th offers insights into the design, implementation and emerging outcomes of the JobsPlus pilot scheme. Join the discussion! Register here: bit.ly/3KFPeim
October 22, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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In a new blog, IES Principal Associate Dr Duncan Brown questions whether HR leaders need to ‘think slow’, review their crisis-driven ‘fast’ reactions and plan a clearer direction for their future workforce. Read more: bit.ly/3KT8XeO
Quote from Dr Duncan Brown, "Stopping this breathless cycle of fast-action crisis-responses might appear to be counter-productive to the HR function’s influence. And in the reward sphere this year there appears to a somewhat schizophrenic pattern of action and inaction. We are seeing continuing innovations apparent in employee benefits, especially on the health and wellbeing side, but relatively low rates of change in pay management."
October 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Our latest blog for BFI's WorkWise for Screen initiative reflects on the skill of delivering high-quality feedback and the benefits it can bring to individuals, teams and the wider business.
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October 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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New resource! These infographics summarise the evaluation of the JobsPlus pilot programme, which supports job seekers living in social housing to find employment and progress in the workplace, including the key success factors identified so far. See more: bit.ly/3KVk6f7
Extract from the JobsPlus pilot infographic showing key success factors
October 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM