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ACAS: Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service: The mission of ACAS is to improve the performance and effectiveness of organisations by providing an independent and impartial service to prevent and resolve disputes and to build harmonious relationships at work.
Author: ACAS
Subjects: economic performance, employment, industrial relations
DeweyClass: 331.89
Resource type: documents, institution
Architecture Jobs: Provides links to UK jobs in the architectural sector at all levels. Offers employer profiles and online submission forms for each vacancy listed. Job alerts and RSS feeds are availble, as is a 'hot jobs' service following registration. All applicants must be entitled to live and work in the UK.
Author: Constructor Technology
Subjects: architecture, employment
DeweyClass: 720
Resource type: service
British Employment Law: Searchable collection of links to case law, commercially available case reports, news, statutes, bills, statutory instruments, UK government resources, EC and EU material, and organisations, private services, and trade unions.
Author: DiscLaw Publishing
Subjects: employment, law links
DeweyClass: 344.032
Resource type: index
Bully Online: Offers information on school and workplace bullying and its consequences. Gives advice on legal action which can be taken to help tackle the problem, and discusses related issues such as stress, disfigurement, and minorities. Also offers advice from employers on developing a policy to deal with bullying at work.
Author: Field, Tim
Subjects: employment, schools, social policy, stress
DeweyClass: 370.115
Resource type: documents
By the Sweat and Toil of Children: Efforts to Eliminate Child Labor: Report examining child labour in sixteen developing nations around the world. Provides an overview of the types of work performed by the estimated 250 million child workers in these countries and their labour conditions. Also reviews child labour laws and enforcement efforts, descriptions of education initiatives aimed at increasing primary school enrolment, and examples of efforts to address the exploitation of working children.
Author: US Department of Labor
Subjects: child welfare, employment
DeweyClass: 362.7
Resource type: article
Careerjet: A searchable database of job listings aggregated from online resources around the UK. Registration is free, and enables users to post CVs. Vacancies can be searched by company, location, keyword and industry and jobs in other countries can also be searched.
Author: Careerjet Limited
Subjects: careers, employment
DeweyClass: 331.124
Resource type: news
CharityJOB: Free employment service for those seeking and offering job vacancies within the UK charity sector including posts in administration, care, finance, fundraising, information technology, management, personnel, and public relations.
Author: Popcorn Promotions
Subjects: charity directories, employment
DeweyClass: 361.7
Resource type: news
Citizens Advice: National organisation offering articles covering social policy issues including social security, housing, employment, immigration, discrimination and health. Details are given on how to become a volunteer or get advice and a bureaux directory is provided.
Author: Citizens Advice
Subjects: employment, housing, social policy, social services, social welfare
DeweyClass: 362.8
Resource type: articles
Conditions of Work: Branch of the International Labour Organisation which strives to encourage and assist governments, employers, and workers to develop policies and practices to improve working conditions and the dignity of employees. Covers topics such as working time, maternity protection, sexual harassment, and workers' privacy.
Author: International Labour Organisation
Subjects: employment
DeweyClass: 331.2
Resource type: documents
Criminal Records Bureau: Government agency aiming to protect organisations throughout England and Wales against recruiting individuals who may be inappropriate for certain types of work. By providing wider access to criminal records, the bureau is able to advise against employing people who, for example, may be deemed unsuitable to work with children and vulnerable adults. Information on data protection and freedom of information is provided, along with details of associated legislation and guidance.
Author: Criminal Records Bureau
Subjects: child welfare, crime, employment
DeweyClass: 351.41
Resource type: documents
CVs.ac.uk: An online service supported by leading universities in the UK aiming to promote research careers. Users can add their CV to a data bank which will then be accessible to potential employers. Available to post graduate students and researchers at member universities.
Author: CVs.ac.uk
Subjects: employment, united kingdom
DeweyClass: 331
Resource type: service
Decent Work Pilot Programme: International Labour Organisation programme aiming to develop and test methods of designing effective country programmes and policies with a view to promoting decent work. Features a full text document highlighting decent work issues and policies.
Author: International Labour Organisation
Subjects: employment
DeweyClass: 331
Resource type: documents
Department for Education and Skills (DfES): Official information from the DfES, the UK Government department responsible for education and employment policy. Offers information for parents, schools, job seekers and employers, and resources for training and equal opportunities. Also includes all DfES press releases.
Author: Department for Education and Skills
Subjects: educational policy, employment
DeweyClass: 379
Resource type: documents
Disability Job Board: Organisation advertising jobs involving working with people with disabilities and also for those with disabilities, throughout the UK.
Author: Dayjob
Subjects: disability, employment
DeweyClass: 362.4
Resource type: directory
Educational Vacancies: Listing of jobs available in the education field in the UK. Includes vacancies in administration, further education, higher education and schools.
Author: Alexander Advertising
Subjects: employment
DeweyClass: 370
Resource type: news
Employee Benefits: News, articles and case studies documenting employee rights in the UK. Topics include company cars, pensions, health care, bonuses and various benefits available to working parents. The administration of such benefits is also covered as is associated government legislation.
Author: Employee Benefits Group
Subjects: employment
DeweyClass: 331.11
Resource type: documents
Employment of Disabled People in Library Services: Presents guidelines on the employment of people with disabilities in libraries. Covers facts and figures on disabled people in employment in the UK, the 1995 Disability Discrimination Act, government employment services, building adaptations and facilities, and references to useful organisations.
Author: CILIP
Subjects: disability, employment, library management
DeweyClass: 362.4
Resource type: document
ESDS International: ESDS International provides access to, and support for, a range of international datasets - both macro and micro sources. The service aims to promote and facilitate increased and more effective use of international datasets in research, learning and teaching across a range of disciplines. ESDS International is being run jointly by Manchester Information and Associated Services (MIMAS) at Manchester and the UK Data Archive (UKDA) at Essex.
Author: ESDS
Subjects: economics research, employment, manufacturing
DeweyClass: 670
Resource type: reference data
EWEP: Work Experience Placement in the UK: Provides the opportunity for students from Europe to gain work experience, to practise their English and to explore the British way of life.
Author: European Work Experience Programme
Subjects: cultural exchange, employment, higher education students
DeweyClass: 378
Resource type: institution
GenomeJobs: Resource for employment and career opportunities in Genomics, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology and Biocomputing. Includes listings of jobs by company (alphabetical and geographical) and by category, and provides facilities to post CV information and new job vacancies.
Author: Axiom Resources
Subjects: biotechnology, employment, genetics research
DeweyClass: 660.6
Resource type: documents
Global Compact: Describes the nine principles drafted at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January 1999, intended to encourage business leaders to unite the power of markets with universal ideals relating to human rights, labour standards, and the environment. Also suggests ways in which the principles can be put into practice.
Author: United Nations
Subjects: business ethics, economic development, employment, environmental philosophy, human rights
DeweyClass: 330
Resource type: documents
HowTo: A collection of how-to eBooks available to view free of charge. Featured subjects include: starting up and running a business, living and working abroad, wellbeing, property, money, careers and creative writing skills.
Author: HowTo.co.uk
Subjects: business education, careers, employment, writing skills
DeweyClass: 080
Resource type: ebook collection
Institute of Careers Guidance: Professional body promoting standards in careers guidance. Its members work in careers services, schools, colleges and universities, in training and enterprise councils or local enterprise companies, in private guidance agencies, and as freelance consultants. Information includes a positional statement on the added value of placment within a careers guidance setting.
Author: Institute of Careers Guidance
Subjects: careers, employment
DeweyClass: 331.702
Resource type: institution
Intute: social sciences - industrial and organisational psychology: Set of links to selected, evaluated and annotated Internet resources relevant to industrial psychology.
Author: Intute
Subjects: applied psychology, employment
DeweyClass: 158.7
Resource type: index
Intute: social sciences - labour force and market: Set of links to selected, evaluated and annotated Internet resources relevant to the labour market.
Author: Intute
Subjects: employment
DeweyClass: 331.12
Resource type: index
Intute: social sciences - unemployment: Set of links to selected, evaluated and annotated Internet resources relevant to unemployment.
Author: Intute
Subjects: employment
DeweyClass: 331.137
Resource type: index
IT Job Board: Directory service aggregating UK and Europe-based vacancies in the IT sector. CVs can be uploaded and email alerts are free on registration.
Author: IT Job Board
Subjects: careers, computer industry, computer programmers, employment, news
DeweyClass: 004.02341
Resource type: news
Job-hunt.org: American-based but international job-search resource - includes useful free articles and advice on job searching online.
Author: NETability
Subjects: computer industry, employment
DeweyClass: 004
Resource type: directory
Jobs.ac.uk: Recruitment resource for academic and associated communities, fully searchable by job, contract, or employer type, as well as discipline, and location within the UK. Also includes a selection of employer profiles, free email registration for current vacancies, as well as a selection of Internet resources dealing with graduate positions, seasonal work, and international vacancies.
Author: Universities Advertising Group
Subjects: careers, employment
DeweyClass: 331.124
Resource type: index
Journal of Labor Economics: Examines issues affecting the economy as well as social and private behaviour. Research topics, relating to both US and international data, include supply and demand of labour services, labour markets and economics, demographics, unions and collective bargaining, personnel economics, distribution of income, and applied and policy issues in labour economics. Tables of contents and abstracts are available.
Author: University of Chicago Press
Subjects: employment, industrial relations
DeweyClass: 331
Resource type: journal
Journal of Vocational Education and Training: Refereed journal which discusses education with regard to employment and the workplace. Topics covered include the development of a learning society, apprenticeships, National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs), and skills recognition.
Author: Triangle Journals
Subjects: careers, employment
DeweyClass: 370.113
Resource type: journal
Labour Economics Gateway: Collection of resources featuring links to the Web pages of labour economists, research centres, statistics on labour markets, datasets for labour market research, a discussion forum, and a selection of journals, online books, and articles.
Author: Brosius, Jacques
Subjects: economics research, employment
DeweyClass: 331
Resource type: documents
Labour Force Survey: Main purpose of the LFS is to produce a set of national and regional employment and unemployment statistics for use by government departments and for comparison with other European Union countries, based on internationally standardised definitions. The LFS asks a range of basic questions relating to household composition, housing tenure, ethnicity and related topics. It also collects detailed information for each adult in the household relating to education and training, employment, unemployment and job search activities, reasons for not wanting to work, income, labour mobility, travel to work, trade union membership, current working conditions, hours of work and health.
Author: Office for National Statistics
Subjects: economics research, employment, social science research
DeweyClass: 331
Resource type: reference data
Minimum Wage: Information for employers and employees on the implications of the minimum wage law signed by President Clinton on August 20th 1996. The page includes the history of the minimum wage, an analysis of its impact on working people, information for employers, details of employee rights, information on individual state minimum wage laws and details of amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Author: US Department of Labor
Subjects: employment, industrial relations
DeweyClass: 331.23
Resource type: documents
Museum Jobs: Free service for those either recruiting or seeking employment in the museum sector throughout the world. Postings are keyword searchable, and employers can add advertisements automatically, uploading their corporate logo if desired.
Author: museumjobs.com
Subjects: employment, museum links
DeweyClass: 069
Resource type: service
National Minimum Wage: The Story so Far: Assesses results of the implementation of a National Minimum Wage in the UK in April 1999. Claims that a large number of people have benefited from the minimum wage, that most business have found the resultant costs to be manageable, that employment has continued to grow in the low-pay sector of the economy, and that both employers and workers have adapted to the change. Also offers developmental suggestions concerning younger workers, compliance and enforcement, pay, working time, and government funding. Report is presented as PDF document.
Author: Low Pay Commission
Subjects: employment, poverty
DeweyClass: 331
Resource type: document
Prospects Web: The Official Graduate Careers Web Site: Offers a database of graduate employers and job vacancies throughout the UK and Ireland, and of postgraduate courses and research in the UK.
Author: Higher Education Careers Services Unit
Subjects: careers, employment, higher education courses, higher education students
DeweyClass: 378.194
Resource type: news, reference data
Quarterly Labour Force Survey: Continuation of the annual Labour Force Survey. The main purpose of the QLFS is to provide internationally comparable statistics on the levels and changes in employment, unemployment and economic inactivity. The questionnaire collects general information about the household, family composition, housing and demographic characteristics. The main topic areas include economic activity and inactivity; employment, unemployment and under-employment, educational qualifications and training, labour mobility and health and disabilities which affect work. Available in SIR-DBMS format.
Author: UK Data Archive
Subjects: economics research, employment, social science research
DeweyClass: 331
Resource type: reference data
Research Recommendations to Facilitate Distributed Work: Full results of a 1994 study of the technological issues and impacts related to telecommuting.
Author: National Academy of Sciences
Subjects: employment, human resource management, technology impact
DeweyClass: 658.3
Resource type: book
Riley Guide: Employment Opportunities and Job Resources on the Internet: Guide to using the Internet to find jobs. Includes links to general recruiters, population-specific resources, and resources for specific occupational areas.
Author: Riley, Margaret
Subjects: careers, employment
DeweyClass: 331.128
Resource type: guide
Statbase: A large searchable catalogue which provides access to a set of key statistics drawn from over 230 UK government datasets. Topics covered include population, income, balance of payments, birth and death rates, consumer expenditure, marriage and divorce rates, economic activity, employment and unemployment, education and training, road accidents, household income and expenditure, gross domestic product, housing, livestock, labour market, international migration, criminal offences, national lottery, recycling of waste, atmospheric and water pollution, drug seizures, and various other social statistics.
Author: Government Statistical Service
Subjects: birth, british economic data, crime, death, economic performance, employment, uk population
DeweyClass: 310
Resource type: bibliography, reference data
Study Skills Online: Resource offering ideas on how to make the most of university and prepare for subsequent employment. Includes tips on time management, presentations, revision, exams, writing CVs and letters of application.
Author: Brunel University
Subjects: employment, study skills
DeweyClass: 378.17
Resource type: guide
Studying Development: Run by a group of former LSE students, this free resource allows users to find study and training courses in International Development and Humanitarian Aid. Aims to help orientate those wishing to enter, or already active in these areas. This course directory is international in scope and covers professional training, as well as university degree courses. Job listings are provided and users can add useful links, job adverts or news. Users are asked to register for a free account.
Author: Studying Development.org
Subjects: employment, higher education, humanitarian relief, international development
DeweyClass: 338.9
Resource type: articles, directory
TUC Online: Trades Union Congress: Aim is to promote the rights and welfare of those in work and to campaign for policies which help the unemployed in their search for quality jobs.
Author: TUC
Subjects: employment, industrial relations, trade unions
DeweyClass: 331.8
Resource type: institution
Urban Design Jobs: Lists details of jobs available in the UK in all sectors of Urban Design. Offers employer profiles and CV upload. Registration required.
Author: Urban Design Jobs
Subjects: architecture, employment
DeweyClass: 720
Resource type: service
VSO: Voluntary Service Overseas: News, campaigns and events, publications and information about volunteering overseas. Includes a small sample of jobs.
Author: VSO
Subjects: development studies, employment, humanitarian relief
DeweyClass: 361.26
Resource type: institution
WikiJob: Interview Success: Candidate-focused graduate recruitment resource, offering objective advice on topics such as interview techniques, CV writing and completing job applications. Also provides answers to common questions and lists potential employers in the following sectors: accounting, consulting, investment banking, law, and IT and technology.
Author: WikiJob
Subjects: careers, employment
DeweyClass: 378.194
Resource type: documents
Working in the UK: Work Permits (UK): Information about working in the UK and the Work Permit Scheme, which allows employers based in Great Britain to employ people outwith European Economic Area countries. Application forms and guidance notes are available online.
Author: Home Office
Subjects: employment
DeweyClass: 331.62
Resource type: documents, news
World Employment Report 2001: Life at Work in the Information Economy: An overview of the International Labour Organisation report, which examines the impact of new information and communication technologies upon life at work at a time when the global employment situation remains a cause for concern. Argues that despite positive developments in some industrialised countries, the growth of new employment opportunities in most parts of the world remain insufficient to employ those who have lost jobs due to restructuring, as well as new entrants into the labour force. A free copy of the full text report is available for order on CD-ROM.
Author: International Labour Organisation
Subjects: employment
DeweyClass: 331
Resource type: documents
Your Voice at Work: Released as a follow up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, this series of reports examine trends relating to fundamental principles and rights in the workplace. Areas addressed include forced or compulsory labour, child labour, and discrimination.
Author: International Labour Organisation
Subjects: employment, trade unions
DeweyClass: 331.8
Resource type: documents