Helping employers support their working carers
14th May 2018
There is an increasing sense of urgency surrounding adult social care and how...
Society’s headache: the socioeconomic impact of migraine
12th April 2018
Migraine is a common and disabling primary headache disorder. It is the third...
Productivity, Technology & Working Anywhere
9th January 2018
This report highlights the complex and often strained relationship between...
Balancing the scales
21st September 2017
This paper investigates the reasons why a lower proportion of women than men...
A Skills Audit of the UK Film and Screen Industries
28th June 2017
The UK screen industries are of huge economic and cultural benefit to the...
Working with HIV
8th June 2017
A once devastating disease, HIV is now seen as a manageable long-term condition....
More than “women’s issues”
5th June 2017
This paper, the first in a new series, focuses on four areas of women’s...
Gender, Sex, Health and Work
5th June 2017
This background paper discusses a new series of papers which will explore health...
Addressing the health obstacles to employability
18th May 2017
The Bridging the Gap programme is a Department of Health ‘Innovation,...
Could a bad Brexit deal reduce workers’ rights across Europe?
5th May 2017
The report investigates the hypothesis that with increasing global competition,...
MS and work: A guide for health care professionals
27th February 2017
Developed by the Work Foundation and EMSP, this is a guide for neurologists and...
Submission to the ‘Improving Lives’ consultation: from the Work Foundation Employer Group
17th February 2017
A Work Foundation submission to the Government's Disability, Health and Work...
Social Prescribing: A pathway to work?
7th February 2017
Social prescribing is a means of enabling healthcare professionals to refer...
The Transformation to a Knowledge Society
18th January 2017
A paper for the ASBAR World Forum, Saudi Arabia. Transformation to a knowledge...
Employee Assistance Programmes (EAPs) Supporting Good Work for UK Employers?
13th December 2016
Employee Assistance Programmes (EAPs) are among the most commonly used wellbeing...
Shape the Agenda of Good Work
1st December 2016
The UK is going through turbulent times – economically, socially, and...
Fit for Work Call for Action 2016
10th November 2016
A call to action under the Slovakian Presidency of the European Council was...
Complexities and Challenges: working with multiple health conditions
24th October 2016
People who experience multiple long-term health conditions have poorer outcomes...
Health and work – a series of infographics
13th September 2016
A series of infographics intended to help raise awareness and understanding of...
In search of the Gig Economy
2nd August 2016
The first in a series of reports looking at what constitutes the Gig Economy and...
Is welfare to work, working well? Improving employment rates for people with disabilities and long-term conditions
26th May 2016
People with long-term conditions and disabilities experience disproportionately...
Peer support for employment: a review of the evidence
24th May 2016
Peer support is the process through which people with similar experiences...
Fit for Work UK: My plan for life guide 2016
18th May 2016
The aim of 'My plan for life' is to help people with chronic conditions to think...
Wave 2 Growth Hub Programme
16th May 2016
As an early initiative in the devolution and local growth agenda, the W2GH...
The City’s Business: helping young Londoners towards and into employment
21st March 2016
Nearly one in five young Londoners is unemployed. The capital has the third...
Improving progression from low-paid jobs at city-region level
10th March 2016
Existing skills and employment support systems concentrate on getting people...
Working Anywhere
24th February 2016
The UK is on the verge of a mobile working ‘tipping point’ – when working...
Don’t stop me now: supporting young people with chronic conditions from education to employment
23rd February 2016
The sixth policy paper from the Health and Work Policy Unit calls for greater...
The impact of long term conditions on employment and the wider UK economy
11th February 2016
This report looks at the economic implications of six long term conditions...
Multiple Sclerosis and Employment in Europe – literature review
14th January 2016
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease that impairs functioning of the...
Unemployed and overqualified? Graduates in the UK labour market
16th December 2015
This report looks at whether the UK is producing too many graduates for the jobs...
This won’t hurt a bit
24th November 2015
Supporting small business to be healthy, wealthy and wise Libby McEnhill and...
Going Solo: Does self-employment offer a solution to youth unemployment?
17th November 2015
The UK has the largest number of self-employed under 25 in the EU – and three...
The costs and benefits of paying all the lowest-paid care home workers in the UK the Living Wage
5th November 2015
Low pay in care homes is widespread and varies with gender, age, location and...
Ethnicity, poverty and youth unemployment
5th November 2015
With clear evidence that young people’s early experiences in the labour market...
Investing in a Workforce Fit for the Future
16th September 2015
Poor employment outcomes for people with long-term health conditions contradicts...
Health and wellbeing at work: a survey of employees, 2014
14th August 2015
A report of research carried out by NatCen Social Research with The Work...
Living long, working well
22nd July 2015
The fourth paper from the Health at Work Policy Unit considers how, with...
Musculoskeletal Disorders, Workforce Health and Productivity in the United States
30th June 2015
This white paper summarizes what is known about musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs)...
Working with Schizophrenia: Germany
9th June 2015
This report highlights the barriers experienced by people with schizophrenia in...
Symptoms of depression and their effects on employment
21st May 2015
This study looks at the role that symptoms associated with depression can have...
Why early management of chronic disease in the EU workforce should be a priority
28th April 2015
The Fit for Work Europe Coalition calls upon the Latvian Presidency and...
A fit workforce for a fit economy: a collection of Fit for Work good practices
28th April 2015
The booklet will showcase interventions aimed at improving healthcare systems to...
Back to Work – Exploring the benefits of early interventions which help people with chronic illness remain in work
28th April 2015
This paper explores whether early healthcare interventions that promote work...
Healthy, Working Economies
21st April 2015
This paper, the third from the Health at Work Policy Unit, highlights good...
An Evaluation of the ‘IPS in IAPT’ Psychological Wellbeing and Work Feasibility Pilot
30th March 2015
This paper provides an evaluation of a 6 month pilot project, providing...
The Productivity Imperative: Towards a 21st century model of postal service delivery
16th March 2015
This paper describes the productivity challenge, particularly for the postal and...
Fluctuating Conditions, Fluctuating Support
22nd January 2015
This paper, the second from the Health at Work Policy Unit, looks at the...
Working Well – Promoting job and career opportunities for those with IBD
21st January 2015
This report, based on interviews with employers and employees, explores the...
Performance Management HR Thoroughbred or Beast of Burden?
8th December 2014
The purpose of this paper is to examine how we can ensure that PM delivers...
The Way Forward: Policy options for improving workforce health in the UK
21st October 2014
The Health at Work Policy Unit’s first paper recommends that the government...
An Overview of the Health at Work Policy Unit
21st October 2014
This paper outlines the aims and objectives of the Health at Work Policy Unit...
Healthy teachers, higher marks?
28th August 2014
This literature review undertaken by The Work Foundation in partnership with...
Constrained Work?
5th February 2014
This paper argues that enriching jobs will develop engagement and boost...
Exceeding Expectation: the principles of outstanding leadership
15th January 2010
One of the few leadership publications to emerge from empirical research, and...