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"[W]orkers across the country who toil in the heat both indoors and outdoors have to get through the summer without any heat protections in the workplace... [M]any workers are left to try to treat their heat stress symptoms on their own." theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

With colleagues from Strathclyde Business School & Uni of Birmingham, I have published a new article in Economic & Industrial Democracy on “Local labour markets, workforce planning & #underemployment”… doi.org/10.1177/014383…

While regional employment and wage gaps have narrowed in the past 30 years, child poverty gaps across the country have grown. Read the full report by Charlie McCurdy: resolutionfoundation.org/publications/u…

I’ve been to many museums across the world and National Museums Scotland remains one of my favourites. It’s a stunning place of Victorian architecture and has a fantastic Roman collection, large parts of which come from 19th and 20th century excavations by Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Highlights coming up!

"[C]ontinuing high NEET rates and insufficient growth of decent jobs are causing growing anxiety among today’s youth, who are also the most educated youth cohort ever." A concerning assessment in the new International Labour Organization report on Global Employment Trends for Youth ilo.org/resource/news/…

.@ILO's Get Youth 2024 report highlights alarming rates of youth not in employment, education or training (NEET) and growing youth anxiety around jobs, despite some positive unemployment trends. Sarasvati Perenchio, or Angie, from Bangkok, shares her thoughts. #GETYouth2024

📍 Thailand Once feeling lost due to language barriers and labour laws, Burmese migrant worker Soe Moe Oo now proudly helps others. Thanks to training from an ILO-supported Migrant Resource Centre, he's turning challenges into opportunities for fellow migrant workers. 👏

Landmark court ruling that could affect a number of contractors/gig economy workers: Uber loses landmark appeal - court rules drivers are employees, not contractors. nzherald.co.nz/business/uber-…

On the new Australian right to disconnect law as it comes into force:

As the #RightToDisconnect comes into force in Australia and is promised in the UK, an opportunity to return to Mauro Pucheta and Ana Ribeiro Costa on the Portuguese model: academic.oup.com/ilj/article-ab…

In September the AHRC Utopia and Failure Network will host their second workshop in Newcastle. The 'Failed Again: The Fault-Lines in Utopia' programme is available: failingbetter.sps.ed.ac.uk/workshops/seco…

Trongate, near Glasgow Cross, c.1895 Archive Ref: P703

Right now, absolute and relative poverty are both heading in the wrong direction 📈 If the economic forecasts and policies inherited by the new Gov remained unchanged, 1.5 million more people, including 400,000 children, would be in relative poverty by the end of the Parliament

My The Guardian story: UK’s poorest households face another winter of hardship, charities warn, as The Trussell Trust research shows two-thirds of working families on universal credit are struggling to afford food and energy theguardian.com/society/articl…

📘 New International Labour Organization WESO Trends 2024 is OUT❕ ↪️ The #FutureOfWork is @ risk ! The International Labour Organization highlights the widening gap between labour #income & #capital, with young people hit hardest. 🔷 Time to urgently address these inequalities. #SDG targets not on track. 👉 tinyurl.com/mrhmrtcy

"[While] technological advances, including automation, ... have boosted productivity and output the evidence suggests that workers are not sharing equitably from the resulting gains". ilo.org/resource/news/…

Next week join #Hunterian Curator Katie Dr Katie Strang to explore the lost stories and scientific achievements of some of the pioneering women geologists who have contributed to The Hunterian’s collections @uofglasgow Friday 13 September 1-1.30pm Via Zoom eventbrite.co.uk/e/972038652777…