Topical report by Aslı Atay and Trinley Walker on how employers can help workers during the cost-of-living crisis. Employers say they want to support workers but few have implemented measures to help. There are some fascinating case studies of worker and employer experiences.

🏆 Our #resesarchoftheweek goes to Centre for Progressive Policy for their report on the economics of the childcare system that shows that over half of the mums (approx 3 million) said they had struggled to find suitable childcare since becoming a parent. (1/7) progressive-policy.net/publications/g…

Our work on the green transition has highlighted the importance of addressing skills shortages in the green energy sector so these businesses are able to draw upon the skilled workers they need to grow. (7/7) lancaster.ac.uk/work-foundatio…

Do you (or have you) work in an insecure/precarious job & have a disability? Happy to share your experiences to improve understanding about the barriers disabled workers’ face? If so, The Work Foundation would love to hear from you: lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6F… Please share!

This week we are going to focus on disabled people’s experiences of insecure work after our recent report, authored by Aman Navani and Rebecca Florisson, focused on The Disability Gap: Insecure Work in the UK. lancaster.ac.uk/work-foundatio…

Last month we hosted our Disability Insecurity Gap event where Ben Harrison, Rebecca Florisson & Aman Navani were joined by Vicky Foxcroft 💙 MP, Robert Buckland MP & Fazilet Hadi of Disability Rights UK to discuss disabled workers’ experiences of insecure work. lancaster.ac.uk/work-foundatio…

While many politicians are critical of benefit sanctions, few are talking about serious reform of the system of conditionality that drives them My new NEF paper argues that conditionality can only achieve compliance, when what we need is engagement. Here's why that matters...🧵

🏆Our Research of the Week goes to NEF and Tom Pollard for their report ‘From compliance to engagement: rethinking the use of conditionality in our social security system.’ (1/7) 🧵⬇️ neweconomics.org/2023/08/from-c…

It looks like there’s big news on incapacity benefits coming next week, with the government consulting on changing the Work Capability Assessment (WCA). Quick thread to provide some context on this:

New article: "The Impact of Welfare Conditionality on Experiences of Job Quality" in Work, Employment & Society So pleased to share this, co-authored with the wonderful Prof Sharon Wright Prof Lisa Scullion which re-analyses Conditionality data through a "job quality" lens journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09…

Great article by Tom Pollard. If Labour do get into power, they will have to lead a shift in the public debate away from the negative framing around welfare claimants otherwise any move towards a system based on genuine engagement will be difficult to pull off politically

Business orgs are calling for Labour to water down planned employment reforms, citing the damage they could do to UK competitiveness. Here’s why Labour must resist these calls and focus on supporting a healthier and more productive workforce.

Last year, we started this research thinking it would be a one-time thing. But even though inflation has gone down, prices for energy and food are still high. This hits certain groups hard, like low-income families and workers structurally disadvantaged in the labour market.(2/6)

As we work longer, do our leave policies reflect these changes? My research with Aman Navani and Alice Martin, published today, surveys employers & analyses labour force data to reveal a worrying inequality in time off that risks deepening the UK health crisis.🧵(1/9)

Our latest The Work Foundation research using longitudinal data from the Understanding Society survey questions the narrative that insecure work is a stepping stone to more secure work. Insecure workers are more likely to be trapped in insecurity or fall out of work four years on.