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Manuela Galetto, co-director of the Industrial Relations Research Unit and Associate Professor of Employment Relations on IPPR report, employment services

"The findings of the Institute for Public Policy Research about the inadequate quality of the Government’s employment services provide an important policy pointer in a key moment for the UK economy. Sadly, their findings come as no surprise to those who have been following the continuous de-funding and ‘marketisation’ of jobs centres of the past 20 years."

Wed 06 Sep 2023, 14:42 | Tags: WBS, Employment, Warwick Business School

Government consults on ‘right to request’ flexible working: Dr Erika Kispeter comments

As the Government publishes its consultation on extending the ‘right to request’ flexible working to the first day of a job, Dr Erika Kispeter of the Institute for Employment Research comments on the impact this could make.

Thu 23 Sep 2021, 11:17 | Tags: Research, Employment, Institute for Employment Research

Expert comment, unemployment rises in over-50s

"Having older workers back in jobs is vital both for their sake and the sake of the public purse. Actions are needed on the demand and supply side of the labour market." Professor Chris Warhurst, Director of the Warwick Institute for Employment Research, comments on analysis from the Resolution Foundation revealing a U-shaped crisis with unemployment rising faster for younger and older workers


Furlough extension: "we are not out of the woods yet" says Prof Hogarth

It is announced today in the Budget that the furlough scheme in the UK will be extended to September. Professor Terence Hogarth from the Warwick Institute for Employment Research, comments.


Government support for self-employed during COVID-19 outbreak: expert comment

The Chancellor’s is expected to announce government measures to support the self-employed during the coronavirus outbreak later today. Professor Chris Warhurst from the Warwick Institute for Employment Research at the University of Warwick comments that supporting this group of workers is more complicated than it might first appear.

Thu 26 Mar 2020, 11:37 | Tags: Research, Employment, Institute for Employment Research

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