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Curtail Zero Hour Contracts and give workers guaranteed work hours, say researchers at the University of Warwick
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.
Four Warwick social scientists conferred Fellowship of the Academy for Spring 2023
The University of Warwick is delighted to announce that four academics in the Faculty of Social Sciences have been conferred Fellowship of the Academy this spring.
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.
Urgent need to tackle mental ill-health in the workplace, says ReWAGE
The latest policy brief from work and employment think-tank, ReWAGE, argues that there is an urgent need to reduce rising levels of mental ill-health in the workplace and to help organisations retain and integrate employees with mental conditions.
Under a quarter of firms report that introducing AI has led to a loss of jobs
Less than a quarter of firms introducing AI technology over the past five years believe it has led to a net loss of jobs, a new survey led by researchers at the University of Warwick and the University of Sussex Business School reveals.
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.