Run by Acas and its collaborative partners, the event will launch the Midlands Good Work Charter, an initiative which could improve organisations' productivity, raise staff retention levels, lower absence rates and improve well-being among may other benefits.

Hosted by Keele Business School, confirmed speakers include the Department for Work and Pensions, Martin Traynor OBE, HS2, Greater Manchester Good Employer Charter, TUC Midlands, local authorities in the Midlands and the Warwick University's Institute for Employment Research (IER).

The online and in person event will be held on Wednesday 29th June from 10.30am to 3.30 pm. Please register via the Eventbrite website.

IER Director Chris Warhurst will be speaking at a webinar on Decent Work, Inclusion and Sustainability, organised by Dr Deirdre Hughes, OBE, Director DMH Associates. For more information on the webinar, held on Thursday, 28^th May, 14.00 – 15.00 hours, and registration details read here.

Along with Rand Europe colleague Christian von Stolk, IER Director Chris Warhurst gave a talk this year’s Cambridge Festival.

Promoting the drive to improve the healthiness of jobs, their talk – ‘Why work needs to shape up: redesigning jobs for better employee wellbeing’ – is part of their joint advocacy of improving the physical and mental healthiness of jobs.

In March, IER Director Chris Warhurst was invited to give a talk to the ACAS East Midlands Conference on the role of good work in the future of work in the UK.

The focus was on the role of good work in post Covid economic recovery and renewal.

Along with colleagues David Guest from King’s College London and Angie Knox from Sydney University, IER’s Chris Warhurst has published a journal virtual special issue that re-evaluates classic articles on the quality of working life published in Human Relations over the past 50 years.

Read more about the introduction to the special issue here and all the articles here.