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Increase in the living wage is welcomed, but ‘more needs to be done’ says ReWAGE advisory group
The ReWAGE advisory group co-chaired by Professor Chris Warhurst of the Warwick Institute for Employment Research has put forward six recommendations for changes in public policy to help the low-paid in a new policy brief.
Disability employment reporting should be mandatory says ReWAGE and Disability@Work
ReWAGE and Disability@Work have jointly responded to the government’s consultation on disability workforce reporting, which was launched in December 2021 to help inform and shape the government’s future approach. The response argues that while most government policy has focused on disabled people’s job-seeking activity and incentives to work, even the most positive measures will only prove effective if disabled people have jobs to go to.
High quality employment key to levelling up, argues expert group
The government’s ‘levelling up’ agenda needs to address employment inequalities between regions, within regions and between people if it is to be effective says ReWAGE, the new independent think-tank based in the Institute for Employment Research at Warwick University.