News & Press

In a blog originally published in March on the Adzuna website, Daniel Muir looks at how the policies announced – and not announced – in the Spring Budget, will have an impact on various occupations across the UK.

With pay reform legislation continuing to spread across the US, Duncan Brown reflects on the latest US developments on pay equity and transparency and considers if the UK will benefit from the ripple effect of pay reform from 'across the pond'.

Stephen Bevan looks at how several methods of job crafting can provide ways to improve access to meaningful work for employees with a terminal illness.

After Tata Steel closed in Port Talbot, Daniel Muir and Nick Litsardopoulos consider other local labour markets dominated by singular employers or industries that may also be vulnerable.

Joy Williams summarises recent IES research into Skills Bootcamps and how well they fit with occupational standards, including a call to action for employers who have used Skills Bootcamps to participate in further research.

Today’s jobs figures show that the labour market remains pretty subdued. The employment rate is broadly flat but still about one percentage point below where it was before the pandemic, even though unemployment has fallen back to where it was.

Duncan Brown takes an in-depth look at strategic workforce planning (SWP), specifically comparing the different approaches in the UK and France, and highlighting current challenges, possible ways forward and what the UK can learn from French strategies.

In the light of the Valentine's Day strike by Deliveroo and Uber Eats workers, Kate Alexander looks at the rapid rise in app-based employment and accompanying legislation (or lack of it) around pay and workers' rights for platform-based employees.