At the end of October Dr Emily Erickson and Prof. Chris Warhurst of IER presented a report on the business case for more good jobs to the Board of the Northern Ireland Labour Relations Agency. The focus was on the links between good jobs on the one hand and, on the other hand, innovation, productivity and employee wellbeing within firms. Based on the findings, the report makes several recommendations for enhancing policy in Northern Ireland on good jobs.

The report is the outcome of a joint ReWAGE/IER research project undertaken with IER colleagues Dr Jamelia Harris, Gaby Atfield and Rebeka Balogh, with inputs from Dr Sally Wright of Sheffield University and from ReWAGE experts Katie Bailey of Kings College London and Patricia Findlay of Strathclyde University.