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Employment Market Analysis and Research (EMAR)
Employment Market Analysis and Research (EMAR) is as a multidisciplinary team of economists, social researchers and statisticians based in BIS.
EMAR's role is to provide the evidence base for good policy making in:
- employment relations
- the labour market
- equality and discrimination at work
They do this through:
- conducting periodic socio-economic benchmark surveys
- commissioning external research projects and reports
- conducting in-house research and analysis
- assessing the regulatory impact of new employment laws and programmes
- monitoring and evaluating of the impact of government policies
Employment Relations Research Series
EMARs research results are publicly disseminated through the BIS Employment Relations Research Series. All reports are available as a free-of-charge PDF. More recently published reports can be requested in hard copy from the BIS Publications website.
Employment Relations Research Series (ERRS)
Employment Relations Occasional Papers and other EMAR publications
In addition to its Employment Relations Research Series, EMAR publish an Employment Relations Occasional Papers series. These are available as electronic downloads but are not published in hard copy. Current publications in this series and other EMAR reports can be accessed below.
Employment Relations Occasional Papers and other publications
Impact Assessments
BIS normally publish Impact Assessments as an annex to a consultation document or response to a consultation document. There is a central list of IA's that are published as individual documents. If you are looking for a specific IA, you should check the relevant consultation page first.
EMAR Datasets
To facilitate secondary research and to preserve its data for the future EMAR deposits its major survey datasets with the UK Data Archive (UKDA). Researchers, students and teachers from any field, organisation or country may register with the UKDA to download datasets and supporting documentation.
UK Data Archive (UKDA) website
Contracting research projects
Research projects are normally contracted out to independent research organisations, academics and consultancies following a competitive tendering process. BIS welcomes expressions of interest in specific projects, but these must demonstrate research experience of direct relevance to the particular project. BIS reserves the right to draw up its own lists of potential contractors, and submission of an expression of interest does not guarantee receipt of an invitation to tender.
Expressions of interest should be forwarded, in writing, to:
Employment Market Analysis & Research Branch
Employment Relations Directorate
Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS)
Room 4107
1 Victoria Street
London SW1H 0ET