News & Press

In support of Mental Health Awareness Week, Zofia Bajorek looks at the issue of fairness at work and calls for employers to review workplace policies and practices to ensure that positive employee wellbeing is supported and maintained.

Duncan Brown considers the government's recently released gender pay gap data, now in it's sixth year of reporting and based on employers with 250 or more employees, comparing men and women’s average pay across each organisation.

Today’s jobs figures are surprisingly poor, with a steep fall in employment and a sharp rise in those out of work, including an unexpected rise in unemployment.

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.