Labour Market Statistics, March 2019: Another record breaking month, but more needed on long-term unemployment
Reflections from Tony Wilson, IES Director, on this month's ONS labour market statistics.
Labour Market Statistics, February 2019: Beneath the headlines, more work is needed to tackle burning injustices
Reflections from Tony Wilson, IES Director, on this month's ONS labour market statistics.
Our response to the January 2019 release of ONS labour market statistics
Reflections from Tony Wilson, IES Director, on the first publication of a new 'alternative' claimant count, the highest ever employment rate, youth unemployment, economic inactivity and much more.
IES response to the UK Government’s Good Work Plan
Our Director, Tony Wilson, responds to the government's Good Work Plan, announced by Business Secretary, Greg Clark.
New gig economy study reveals diversity of worker experiences
Press release: A new report reveals that many gig economy workers are 'relatively content with their working life'. Led by IES, the research involved one of the largest qualitative studies of the gig economy and highlights the diversity of this section of the UK's workforce.
UK labour market tightens but wage growth remains sluggish; no turning point in sight
Institute director, Nigel Meager comments on the July release of ONS labour market statistics as the 'inexorable tightening of the UK labour market continues'.
UK labour market statistics: more of the same tightness with early signs of a pick-up in wage growth?
Nigel Meager, institute director, comments on the March release of ONS labour market statistics. Nigel comments that, on the face of it, the latest employment statistics show a continuation of the slightly unusual pattern seen in last month's release.
Labour market statistics: move along, nothing (much) to see here
Nigel Meager comments on the ONS labour market statistics released on 21 February 2018.
Dominant UK reward model is failing: new approaches must address low pay, gender pay and total rewards
With many UK workers experiencing real wage cuts and persistent pay gaps in a tightening labour market, a new research paper by IES identifies areas where employers and policymakers should act to reinvigorate their pay practices to improve employee engagement and productivity.
Segmenting the UK’s self-employed workforce
Andrea Broughton writes in Employment Studies on recent research for the Centre for Research on Self-Employment. In offering a segmentation of the self-employed workforce, the research helps to shed a light on the great heterogeneity in this section of the UK's workforce.