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  • This independent report by Bruce Carr QC follows his review of the law governing industrial disputes.

  • Provides the government’s interim economic and non-economic evidence to the Low Pay Commission on national minimum wage policy.

  • Findings from case study research into UK employers' responses to changes in the Tier 1 and Tier 2 points based immigration system.

  • Data underlying the 2011 workplace employment relations study (WERS).

  • Sixth employment relations survey of a representative sample of 2,680 British workplaces between March 2011 and June 2012.

  • Summary of published evidence on the costs and benefits to business of flexible working, parental leave, and childcare support practices.

  • Explores why some people work for less than the minimum wage.

  • Assessing the impact of the changes to the Employment Act 2008 and any wider issues in relation to NMW enforcement.

  • Analysis of zero hours employment contracts and how they operate within the labour market.

  • This report, A new conversation: employer and college engagement, highlights the mutual benefits of close working links between colleges and employers and aims to prompt further discussion.

  • Assesses the levels of awareness and understanding of providers, future learners and apprenticeship employers. BIS research paper 159.

  • Trade union statistics and bulletin for 2012.

  • Results from the 2012 to 2013 surveys into the views and experiences of learners and employers involved in apprenticeships.

  • Projections from the for the UK labour market for the period 2012 to 2022 from the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES), part of the Working Futures project.

  • Survey findings on employers' perceptions of maternity and paternity leave and flexible working arrangements.

  • Research exploring the future of work and how jobs, and the skills needed in the workplace, will change by 2030.

  • Employee views on flexible contracts - including zero hours, temporary, freelance and seasonal working.

  • The Low Pay Commission Chair, David Norgrove responds to Vince Cable on the 2014 wage rates and future path of the National Minimum Wage.

  • Evaluation report on projects funded under the third round of the Union Modernisation Fund.

  • A guide on the business benefits of offering work experience.