The potential role quality part-time work could play in reducing poverty and solving the inactivity…Vacancy numbers are currently at a near-record high level of around 1.2 million on average per month, more than the number of unemployed…Dec 1, 2022Dec 1, 2022
It’s time to stop squeezing the ‘squeezed middle’, for everyone’s benefitA few years ago, I interviewed a cohort of line managers about how they approach wellbeing conversations in their one-to-ones. One finding…Nov 24, 2022Nov 24, 2022
Creating system change: bringing services together to facilitate employment — lessons from the…As the IES labour market statistical analysis shows, we are facing a substantial mismatch between labour demand and labour supply…Nov 17, 2022Nov 17, 2022
Remind me again, why are higher and cost-of-living-related pay increases a bad thing?‘I’m not saying nobody gets a pay rise. What I am saying is we need to see restraint in pay bargaining, otherwise it will get out of…Oct 24, 2022Oct 24, 2022
World Mental Health Day: identifying three priority areas for employer actionToday is World Mental Health Day and one thing is sure — you will have a wide choice of excellent blogs, tweets, articles and think pieces…Oct 10, 2022Oct 10, 2022
The economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic was felt especially hard by young people.Since then the labour market has recovered, and the latest figures showed that youth unemployment is at record lows. However, the…Oct 6, 2022Oct 6, 2022
Will management ‘productivity paranoia’ be the undoing of hybrid work?Microsoft recently made headlines after publishing survey results suggesting a disconnect between managers and their employees about…Sep 28, 2022Sep 28, 2022
All change: as government returns, we need a new plan for jobs and growthThis comment piece was originally published on the Prospect website on 21 September.Sep 28, 2022Sep 28, 2022
Tackling the labour market participation crisis among older peoplePolicy changes to retirement and pensions, including the abolition of the statutory retirement age in 2011, aimed to give individuals more…Jul 11, 2022Jul 11, 2022