https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/news/ The latest from Institute for Employment Research » IER News & blogs (tag [migrants]) en-GB (C) 2026 University of Warwick Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:00:13 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss SiteBuilder2, University of Warwick, http://go.warwick.ac.uk/sitebuilder accolade adult education adult learning ageing aging apprenticeship apprenticeships army artificial intelligence Athena SWAN automotive sector awards BIS blog budget career career adaptability career choices career development career practitioner careers careers guidance CASCOT child labour cities construction cooperative Covid-19 data sources decent work development digitalisation distance learning doctoral programme earnings economic growth economics economy education elderly care employability employer investment employers employer-surveys employment engineering equality esrc ethnic diversity EurOccupations Europe European Union evaluation events Expertise Faculty of Social Sciences families family-friendly workplace pollicies flexible working arrangements food industry forecasting further education future of work Futuretrack gender gender pay gap geo-spatial government graduates Greece green industry health health sector higher education Homepage honour HRM IAG ICT impact india industrial relations industrie 4.0 Industry 5.0 informal care innnovation international in-work progression ISCO job job quality labour market labour market geographies labour market information learning LMI LMI for all local economy lowed skilled methods migrants migration military mobility mothers museum NAS neighbourhood news ngrf occupation older women older workers online social networks part-time work pathways pay pensions phd platform work podcast policy policy brief postgraduate poverty precarious work productivity profiling projections public policy public procurement race refugees regional remote working renewables Research research collaboration retirement schools science sector study Select Committee self-employed skills SOC2010 SOC2020 social care social class social distancing social economy social inclusion social justice social mobility Socialsciences STEM students studentship teacher technology training transition unemployment vacancy VET Visiting Fellow vocational education and training Wales welfare well-being West Midlands women work work experience working conditions working futures worklessness work-life balance workplace learning young people Untagged https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/news/?newsItem=8ac672c492f55768019300ce509a47bf <div class="news-thumbnail" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px;"><img class="thumbnail" width="100" height="100" src="https://warwick.ac.uk/sitebuilder2/file/fac/soc/ier/news?sbrPage=%2Ffac%2Fsoc%2Fier%2Fnews&newsItem=8ac672c492f55768019300ce509a47bf" alt="image"></div><p>IER, together with Copenhagen Business School and FAOS, University of Copenhagen, organised the <a href="https://www.tilmeld.dk/iwplms2024/conference">42nd conference of the International Working Party on Labour Market Segmentation (IWPLMS)</a>, which took place at Copenhagen Business School on 5-6 September. The conference was well attended and both international academic scholars and practitioners took part in the conference.</p> decent work pay migrants news Thu, 07 Nov 2024 09:15:00 GMT 8ac672c492f55768019300ce509a47bf https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/news/?newsItem=094d43a23f9f7219013fa4eb9bee1853 <p>A team at IER undertook a literature review and indepth interviews with key stakeholders on the use of migrant labour in low-skilled sectors, namely &lsquo;construction&rsquo; and &lsquo;accommodation and food services&rsquo;, relative to other sectors of the economy. The study built on and expanded the existing evidence base focusing on the composition of the low-skilled workforce over time, a comparison of the different groups employed, and the characteristics of low-skilled sectors. The project report is now available: </p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Green, A., Atfield, G., Adam, D. and Staniewicz, T. (2013). <a style="-webkit-transition-property: color; -webkit-transition-duration: 0.3s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: linear; -webkit-transition-delay: 0s; color: #123e5a; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/research/ag_et_al_determinants_of_the_composition_of_the_workforce_07.13.pdf" target="_blank">Determinants of the Composition of the Workforce in Low Skilled Sectors of the UK Economy, Lot 2: Qualitative Research &ndash; Final Report<img class="targetBlank" src="http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/static_war/images/shim.gif" border="0" alt="" title="Link opens in a new window" style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px; width: 12px; height: 13px; background-image: url('http://d36jn9qou1tztq.cloudfront.net/static_war/images/newwindow.gif'); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; max-width: 100%; background-position: 100% 3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" /></a>. Report for Migration Advisory Committee (MAC). London: UK Borders Agency, Home Office.</p> lowed skilled migrants labour market skills Wed, 03 Jul 2013 14:24:31 GMT 094d43a23f9f7219013fa4eb9bee1853