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Poor job quality costs UK economy £41 billion a year according to research from The University of Warwick

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 00:05:00 GMT

Job-related ill health is costing UK businesses up to £41 billion a year, with 1.77 million workers suffering due to poor job quality according to new research from The University of Warwick.

Classify gig workers as workers rather than self-employed and abolish exploitative zero-hour contracts, says new report

Mon, 30 Sep 2024 09:12:00 GMT

Gig workers should be classed as workers rather than self-employed, and exploitative zero-hour contracts should be abolished, says a new report released today [30 September].

Care workers worse off than two years ago, new paper shows

Mon, 19 Aug 2024 10:32:57 GMT

Already having a high rate of in-work poverty, care workers are now worse off in real terms than they were two years ago and should be given pay parity with equivalent NHS roles, according to new research.

Building a business case for Good Work

Tue, 09 Jul 2024 11:13:00 GMT

Good jobs help create better business performance. Research has found that good jobs can increase staff wellbeing, productivity and innovation in businesses.

Curtail Zero Hour Contracts and give workers guaranteed work hours, say researchers at the University of Warwick

Wed, 06 Dec 2023 15:59:00 GMT

An evidence review led by the University of Warwick has concluded that the increase of zero hours contracts over the last 20 years has created significant risk for workers.

Increase in the living wage is welcomed, but ‘more needs to be done’ says ReWAGE advisory group

Fri, 20 May 2022 10:02:25 GMT

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

Fri, 08 Apr 2022 11:58:00 GMT

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

Tue, 02 Nov 2021 13:23:31 GMT

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.