A year of uncertainty? The Retained EU Law Bill 2022 and UK workers' rights

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Wages rises cancelled out by inflation as discontent amongst public sector workers grows

The Work Foundation respond to the Labour market overview January 2022 released by the Office for National Statistics

Sunsetting EU laws risks rights of more than 8.6 million UK workers

Government plans to rush the ‘sunsetting’ of EU laws by the end of 2023 will put the rights and protections of more than 8.6 million UK workers at risk, new analysis by the Work Foundation at Lancaster University reveals.

Stark challenges facing workers as inflation wipes away pay rises

The Work Foundation respond to the Labour market overview December 2022 released by the Office for National Statistics

£266,000 award to investigate disability inclusive remote and hybrid working

Lancaster University has been awarded £266,000 for research into ‘Designing inclusive remote and hybrid working to support disabled workers’.

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New report proposes six policy lessons to address digital inequality

Lancaster University research has contributed to a new British Academy report exploring how to tackle the rise of digital poverty.

Concern that Government in planning to put more out of work people under pressure to meet Universal Credit requirements

The Work Foundation respond on Government announcement that 600,000 more people on Universal Credit will need to meet with a work coach

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🏆Our #researchoftheweek for this week goes to @CentreforCities for their report on the drivers of economic inactivity. It finds that in some UK cities, workers are involuntarily leaving the labour market due to a lack of secure, well-paid jobs. (1/7) https://t.co/oF8Vf5gufs https://t.co/29VEHlhCgf

4 days ago

New blog: with the cost of living crisis continuing to bite, employers have needed to examine their approach to financial wellbeing in the workplace. This blog takes stock of key considerations that employers will be grappling with. https://t.co/xNZHNOt2jb

4 days ago

RT @LancasterUni: Great to see @WorkFoundation research cited in an interesting but sobering read in the @WEF: "Women are the ‘shock absorbers of poverty'’" and are "almost twice as likely" to be in insecure work than men 👇 https://t.co/i6OkNXyLZS

6 days ago

Thank you @SmartThinktanks and to everyone who read it! https://t.co/tx1UtqbRuQ