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  1. Evidence & Research
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Research Publications

The IPA publishes research reports, guides and case studies on a range of employment relations issues. Browse the links below or use the search function to look for a specific publication.

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I think the report is extremely well written, the findings are very positive on the whole, and the areas for improvement are clearly articulated. Thanks very much and well done IPA. Department of Health

A Guide to Establishing Staff Networks

A Guide to Establishing Staff Networks

This CIPD guidebook, written by IPA, provides managers and staff representatives with advice on setting up staff networks for women, BAME, LGBT+ or employees from other protected characteristics. It discusses the purpose such networks can serve and key advice for ensuring they fulfil that purpose effectively, including case studies from four organisations. Read more

Published: 31st March, 2021

Author: Patrick Brione

Towards a new normal: What legacy might COVID-19 leave for UK working patterns?

Towards a new normal: What legacy might COVID-19 leave for UK working patterns?

The COVID -19 crisis has led to major, unprecedented changes in UK working practice. While many on them might be temporary, which effects are likely to prove long lasting, and what are the implications for management, workers and wider society? This report by IPA on behalf of FES explores these and other questions about the crisis still unfolding around us. Read more

Published: 19th October, 2020

Updated: 20th November, 2020

Author: Patrick Brione

Representing people working remotely

Representing people working remotely

The rapid move to remote working in response to Covid has had some positive outcomes but also raises important challenges such as ensuring employee voice continues to be heard on the organisation. This publication, with a foreword by Susan Clews, Chief Executive of Acas, offers a guide and tools for workplace representatives. Read more

Published: 16th September, 2020

Updated: 9th October, 2020

Author: Sarah Dawson

ICE: what, why and how?

ICE: what, why and how?

On behalf of CIPD, the IPA has produced a guidebook for practitioners on the Information and Consultation of Employees (ICE) regulations. Read more

Published: 31st March, 2020

Updated: 9th October, 2020

Author: Patrick Brione

My boss the algorithm: An ethical look at algorithms in the workplace

My boss the algorithm: An ethical look at algorithms in the workplace

This report by IPA on behalf of Acas sheds light on the increasing use of algorithmic management tools in the workplace and the opportunities and risks that this poses for the future of employment relations. The report includes practical guidance for employers on how to approach the question of algorithmic management in an ethical and effective manner. Read more

Published: 10th March, 2020

Author: Patrick Brione

Is Thursday the new Friday? The future of working time and hopes for a four-day week

Is Thursday the new Friday? The future of working time and hopes for a four-day week

This paper by IPA on behalf of FES lays out the current state of the UK debate around working time reductions and the campaign for a four-day week. With the Labour Party considering a four-day week as official policy and considerable media interest in trials of a four-day week, this report looks at the evidence for such a policy, as well as the barriers it faces. Read more

Published: 29th July, 2019

Updated: 25th March, 2020

Author: Patrick Brione

New technology and the world of work: the winners and the losers

New technology and the world of work: the winners and the losers

Building on previous research, this latest policy report by IPA and Acas looks at the likely winners and losers from the new wave of technology and automation affecting the world of work. Read more

Published: 15th May, 2019

Author: Patrick Brione

Forces of Change: Innovation and Engagement in UK Policing

Forces of Change: Innovation and Engagement in UK Policing

This report looks in detail at how well UK police forces have managed change and innovation over recent years. It explores how engagement levels have fared during times of austerity, how forces can achieve a culture of innovation from the ground-up and what lessons there are for the change management process. Read more

Published: 1st May, 2019

Updated: 25th March, 2020

Author: Patrick Brione

High-involvement design: the time has come

High-involvement design: the time has come

This report by Professor Stephen Wood outlines a new approach to management termed high-involvement design, putting employee involvement back at the heart of HRM where it belongs. Combining involvement at both the task or role level with involvement at the organisational or strategic level creates a better workplace environment for all, improving employee well-being, organisational productivity and fostering a sense of shared understanding and learning. Read more

Published: 1st February, 2019

Updated: 1st May, 2019

Author: Patrick Brione

The Way Ahead: trade unions and the third sector

The Way Ahead: trade unions and the third sector

This report is an examination of the relationship between the third sector and trade unions and outlines this relationship as a potential ‘Achilles heel’ for the third sector. Building on a wide area of mutual interest or shared concern, this report makes extensive recommendations for the improvement of third sector- trade union relations. Read more

Published: 1st January, 2019

Updated: 31st March, 2021

Author: Sarah Dawson

Working Well for Yourself: What makes for good self-employment?

Working Well for Yourself: What makes for good self-employment?

This report seeks to address the question ‘what makes for good self-employment’? Building on the wider debate about good work – sparked by the publication of the 2017 Taylor Review of Modern Employment Practices – we set out to uncover what exactly makes for good work for the UK’s 4.8 million self-employed. Read more

Published: 24th July, 2018

Updated: 10th March, 2020

Author: Patrick Brione

Working Well: Perspectives on Good Work and why it matters

Working Well: Perspectives on Good Work and why it matters

To coincide with the government's response to the Taylor Review, the IPA have produced a report which draws together 16 expert perspectives on what Good Work means in modern Britain, why it is important and how to bring it about. Read more

Published: 8th February, 2018

Updated: 1st May, 2019

Author: Patrick Brione

Manufacturing Productivity and Engagement

Manufacturing Productivity and Engagement

In response to the challenge of how the UK's productivity gap might be addressed across major sectors of the economy, the Productivity Leadership Group asked IPA director, Nita Clarke OBE, to look specifically at how productivity in the manufacturing sector might be improved. This a report of her findings. Read more

Published: 16th November, 2017

Updated: 21st February, 2018

Author: Sarah Dawson

Tune in to temps: how employers and recruiters can support agency worker voice in the workplace

Tune in to temps: how employers and recruiters can support agency worker voice in the workplace

This report by IPA and REC examines how to provide engagement and voice for agency workers, through two case studies of best practice in the industry. Read more

Published: 2nd November, 2017

Updated: 16th November, 2017

Author: Patrick Brione

Mind over Machines: New technology and employment relations

Mind over Machines: New technology and employment relations

This report examines the relationship between the introduction of new technology into the workplace and employee wellbeing, autonomy, voice and engagement. IPA for Acas, 2017. Read more

Published: 2nd November, 2017

Updated: 24th July, 2018

Author: Patrick Brione

Uncertain times: the need for new thinking on workplace relations in Britain

Uncertain times: the need for new thinking on workplace relations in Britain

Over the past decade the UK workforce has already undergone rapid changes and evidence points to an accelerating pace of change in the coming years. Between Brexit, the growth of new workplace technologies and the accompanying rise of atypical working and the 'gig economy' it is clear that traditional assumptions about labour relations are rapidly becoming obsolete. Read more

Published: 1st November, 2017

Updated: 5th December, 2017

Author: Meghan Grant

Involvement and Productivity - The missing piece of the puzzle?

Involvement and Productivity - The missing piece of the puzzle?

Since the economic crisis of 2008, the UK has experienced a lengthy and worrying stall in productivity. There has been no sign of a return to pre-crisis levels of productivity growth, with the latest figures showing productivity in 2014 was just a fraction higher than the levels reached in 2007. Read more

Published: 31st October, 2017

Updated: 21st February, 2018

Author: Meghan Grant

Addressing Unconscious Bias in the Workplace

Addressing Unconscious Bias in the Workplace

Following on from the 2015 IPA Diverse Voices report, this report defines what what unconscious bias is and explore the various types of biases that are known to have great impact on organisational culture and processes. We look at the Implicit Association Test and examine the ways in which unconscious bias training programmes can be tailored to be more effective. This includes needing to make sure organisations have the right structures and policies in place beforehand. Read more

Published: 1st October, 2016

Author: Patrick Brione

Going Digital? Harnessing Social Media for Employee Voice

Going Digital? Harnessing Social Media for Employee Voice

This IPA and Acas have published their new research - Going Digital? Harnessing Social Media for Employee Voice - which examines the extent to which employers are making use of social media to promote and access employee voice. Read more

Published: 30th May, 2016

Updated: 21st February, 2018

Author: Meghan Grant

ICE and Voice 10 years on

ICE and Voice 10 years on

It's ten years since the introduction of the Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations. When first introduced in the UK, they were seen by some as an excellent opportunity to promote employee voice. The UK comes second bottom of the European Participation Index - a multi-dimensional measure of worker participation developed by the ETUI - beaten into last place by Lithuania. Read more

Published: 30th November, 2015

Updated: 21st February, 2018

Author: Meghan Grant

Building on Partnership - SPF Stocktake 2015

Building on Partnership - SPF Stocktake 2015

The national Social Partnership Forum (SPF) exists to engage stakeholders in the NHS, and to give them a chance to discuss, debate and influence policy where there are workforce implications. Read more

Published: 30th July, 2015

Updated: 21st February, 2018

Author: Meghan Grant

Diverse Voices - Engaging employees in an increasingly diverse workforce

Diverse Voices - Engaging employees in an increasingly diverse workforce

Diverse Voices is a pioneering project that examines the links between employee engagement and diversity and inclusion in the workplace. While both agendas are increasingly seen as important by employers, few have examined the link between them. Diverse Voices examines these links in detail, and calls on employers to look at engagement and diversity and inclusion as 'two sides of the same coin.' Read more

Published: 30th July, 2015

Updated: 21st February, 2018

Author: Meghan Grant

Employee Engagement in Further Education

Employee Engagement in Further Education

This research from the IPA, commissioned by Association of Colleges examines employee engagement in the Further Education sector in the midst of austerity and organisational change. Read more

Published: 30th November, 2014

Updated: 21st February, 2018

Author: Meghan Grant

Common rights in the single market? The EU and rights at work in the UK

Common rights in the single market? The EU and rights at work in the UK

Those who argue in favour of the EU-membership in the UK tend to focus on the importance of access to the single market for jobs, investment and growth, rather than engaging specifically with the role the EU plays in influencing social policy. This publication aims to address this by examining the fundamental role the EU has played in shaping rights at work in the UK. Read more

Published: 30th September, 2014

Updated: 21st February, 2018

Author: Meghan Grant

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  • A Guide to Establishing Staff Networks

    A Guide to Establishing Staff Networks

    This CIPD guidebook, written by IPA, provides managers and staff representatives with advice on setting up staff networks for women, BAME, LGBT+ or employees from other protected characteristics. It discusses the purpose such networks can serve and key advice for ensuring they fulfil that purpose effectively, including case studies from four organisations.

  • A Just Transition?

    A Just Transition?

    David Coats discusses in this article the prospects of a just transition to net zero in the UK. Comparing our achievements so far with the more rapid progress being made in some other European countries, he questions whether the UK currently has the right institutions, leadership and mechanisms for workforce voice to really achieve a just transition.

  • IPA Employee Voice Hub: Diverse Voices - establishing effective staff networks

    IPA Employee Voice Hub: Diverse Voices - establishing effective staff networks

    Based on IPA’s guide produced for CIPD, Establishing Staff Networks this discussion will focus on the importance of making sure diverse voices are heard within organisations and how to achieve this, drawing on case study examples.

  • IPA Employee Voice Hub: Towards a New Normal: What legacy might COVID-19 leave for UK Working Patterns

    IPA Employee Voice Hub: Towards a New Normal: What legacy might COVID-19 leave for UK Working Patterns

    Produced on behalf of FES (Friedrich Ebert Stiftung), IPA’s report Towards a New Normal examines the potential longer term impacts on the work of work of the COVID-19 pandemic. This event will explore how organisations are approaching the end of lockdown involving employee representatives in the design of “the new normal”.

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    Employee voice exists, whether you recognise it or not. The only question is – "are you listening?" The benefits of employee voice for organisations are explained and alternative forms of voice structures explored in this article, which also includes a look at what makes a system of employee voice effective.

  • Who are IPA?

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  • Working Well: Perspectives on Good Work and why it matters

    Working Well: Perspectives on Good Work and why it matters

    To coincide with the government's response to the Taylor Review, the IPA have produced a report which draws together 16 expert perspectives on what Good Work means in modern Britain, why it is important and how to bring it about.

  • Employee engagement

    Employee engagement

    This training programme focuses around how to use the four key enablers of employee engagement - a strong strategic narrative, engaging managers, employee voice and integrity - to move from a purely transactional approach to engagement to a genuinely transformational one.

  • Overview of services

    Every workplace is different, so every project we undertake is individually developed by our professional and experienced team, and delivered based on the needs and circumstances of the client.

  • Engagement

    Engagement

    Employee engagement is seen by a growing number of organisations as a key issue in measuring employee attitudes, managing the behaviours of management, developing operational and human resource policies, and establishing a strong employer brand. Find out more about what engagement is, the four enablers of engagement, the work of Engage for Success and what the IPA can do to help your organisation boost the engagement of its employees.

  • Mind over Machines: New technology and employment relations

    Mind over Machines: New technology and employment relations

    This report examines the relationship between the introduction of new technology into the workplace and employee wellbeing, autonomy, voice and engagement. IPA for Acas, 2017.

  • Working Well: preview of IPA publication on good work

    Working Well: preview of IPA publication on good work

    On 8th February, IPA will be launching our report on Good Work, to coincide with the government's response to the Taylor Review. This publication draws together 16 expert perspectives on what good work means, why it matters and how to bring it about.

  • The real impact of the EU on UK employment law

    The real impact of the EU on UK employment law

    The UK is set to have a referendum on 23 June on whether or not to remain a member of the European Union. In this article, Rachel Suff, Public Policy Advisor at CIPD discusses how ‘the world of work might be affected’ if the UK voted not to remain in the EU. She highlights that a large part of the UK employment law is derived from the EU and that a vote to leave the EU could allow the review or repeal of legislation that came out of EU directives.

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