Shocking BBC pay revelations heralds golden opportunity to model social change
The unsurprising yet still shocking BBC pay revelations of elite employees’ salaries give voice and substance to a pay gap that we know exists but to date has lacked a concrete sense of reality....
1st August 2017PRODUCTIVITY AND SKILLS,POLICY
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Valuing our NHS staff is important now more than ever
I am putting it out there – I love the NHS. I know millions of people across the country do as well. Having a service that provides free medical treatment - usually of high quality - when we need...
28th July 2017HEALTH AND WELLBEING,PRODUCTIVITY AND SKILLS
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Commentary on the labour market statistics for March to May 2017
The labour market statistics for March to May 2017, released today, show a continued increase in employment. Wage data, however, continue to be a source of concern. The latest labour market...
12th July 2017PRODUCTIVITY AND SKILLS
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Good Work: keeping health in the picture
The health of the working age population and its relationship to good work is a core interest of ours here at the Work Foundation. Health and work are inextricably linked, and we are pleased to see...
12th July 2017WORKING FUTURES,HEALTH AND WELLBEING,PRODUCTIVITY AND SKILLS,POLICY
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Ensuring the Future of Good Work
Today, the much anticipated ‘Good Work’ review on modern working practices was published. We welcome this report, its findings and recommendations, not least for its formal recognition for the...
11th July 2017WORKING FUTURES,HEALTH AND WELLBEING,PRODUCTIVITY AND SKILLS,POLICY
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Women, Work & Health in the 21st century
The Work Foundation has just released the first of a new series of reports on Gender, Sex, Health and Work, entitled “More than ‘Women’s Issues’: Women’s Reproductive and Gynaecological...
15th June 2017HEALTH AND WELLBEING,POLICY
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Commentary on the labour market statistics for February to April 2017
The labour market statistics for February to April 2017, released today, show a continued fall in the unemployment rate. However, pay settlements also continue to fall. The latest labour market...
14th June 2017PRODUCTIVITY AND SKILLS
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More than “women’s issues”: why aren’t we focusing on reproductive and gynaecological health?
Women’s reproductive systems and gynaecology can have a considerable, and in some cases debilitating effect on their health. 51% of the UK population may, at some stage in their adult life,...
6th June 2017HEALTH AND WELLBEING,POLICY
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Let’s join the campaign and create more Good Work
The policy world may have taken a pause, with the calling of a snap election, but our work advancing the importance and value of good work must press ahead as nothing in the modern global economy ever...
22nd May 2017WORKING FUTURES,HEALTH AND WELLBEING,PRODUCTIVITY AND SKILLS,POLICY
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Working with HIV – report preview
Since Autumn 2016 the Work Foundation has been undertaking a piece of research to assess the impact of HIV on working lives in the UK. This extends our previous study on the economic costs associated...
19th May 2017HEALTH AND WELLBEING
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