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📣 EVENT: Join us Thursday 9 January as we explore our research on healthier jobs to tackle economic inactivity and assess the factors for those with long-term health conditions that influence the risk of falling out of work. Speakers: ▪️ Asli Atay, Senior Policy Advisor, Work Foundation ▪️ Alice Martin, Head of Research, Work Foundation ▪️ Professor Stavroula Leka, Professor of Organisations Work & Health, Lancaster University ▪️ Nick Pahl, Chief Executive, Society of Occupational Medicine 🎟️Register here: https://lnkd.in/eTwtuexm

📝As we start the new year, we asked our team to choose key policy areas to look out for in the world of work and the labour market in 2025. ⬇️ 🔗Read here: https://lnkd.in/endageX3

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📣 EVENT: Join us Thursday 9 January as we explore our research on healthier jobs to tackle economic inactivity and assess the factors for those with long-term health conditions that influence the risk of falling out of work. Speakers: ▪️ Asli Atay, Senior Policy Advisor, Work Foundation ▪️ Alice Martin, Head of Research, Work Foundation ▪️ Professor Stavroula Leka, Professor of Organisations Work & Health, Lancaster University ▪️ Nick Pahl, Chief Executive, Society of Occupational Medicine 🎟️Register here: https://lnkd.in/eTwtuexm

🏆 Our first #Researchoftheweek of 2025 goes to Lancaster University Management School for their report with ProAge.org on flexible options for older workers. The research investigates how employers can design and offer flexible working arrangements that appeal to older employees and bring benefits for businesses and workers 📌It found that flexible work is essential for businesses looking to attract and retain this talented demographic with 72% of those aged over 50 saying they want some form of flexibility to achieve a better work-life balance. 📌32% of those who would consider going back to work cite flexible working as an important factor in choosing a new job. To address these gaps and help businesses attract and retain older talent, the report makes several recommendations including engaging with older workers, adapting job descriptions, piloting flexible arrangements and promoting flexible role models. 🔗Read here: https://lnkd.in/eNnsqr8Y

📣 EVENT: Join us Thursday 9 January as we explore our latest research on healthier jobs to tackle economic inactivity & assess the factors for those with long-term health conditions that influence the risk of falling out of work. Speakers: ▪️ Asli Atay, Senior Policy Advisor, Work Foundation ▪️ Alice Martin, Head of Research, Work Foundation ▪️ Professor Stavroula Leka, Professor of Organisations Work & Health, Lancaster University ▪️ Nick Pahl, Chief Executive, Society of Occupational Medicine 🎟️ Register here: https://lnkd.in/eTwtuexm

🏆 No.1️⃣ of our #Top5 reports of 2024 is the UK Insecure Work Index 2024. 🚨We found that in 2023, an estimated 6.8 million people (21.4%) were in severely insecure work - an increase of 500,000 from 2022. This represents over one in five workers in the UK. Key findings include: 📌 A record 1.45 million disabled workers are now in severely insecure work 📌 Three in five (60%) newly insecure workers are women, who are also 2.3 times more likely than men to experience severely insecure work when accounting for other factors 📌 The rate of insecure work grew strongly among Indian workers and Black African and Black Caribbean workers than White British and other ethnic minority groups 📌Young workers (16-24) are 2.2 times more likely than older workers (50-65) to be in severely insecure work 📌 On average, individuals in severely insecure work face a financial penalty of £3,276 per year, compared to those in secure work. 📌The sectors that have seen the largest increases in severely insecure work are wholesale and retail, professional and scientific and hospitality. 🔗Read here: https://lnkd.in/e25ReQFj Rebecca Florisson Ben Harrison Alice Martin Jon Fitzmaurice

As we approach the New Year, we are calling for Government and employers to work together on a national reset on workplace health in 2025 to tackle the ‘greatest employment challenge for a generation’ and stem the flow of people leaving work due to ill health. https://lnkd.in/eyqCTiSV

📣No. 2️⃣ of our #Top5 reports of 2024 is our report 'Zero Choices: Swapping zero-hour contracts for secure, flexible working.' 🚨It found that 1.1 million working age people primarily work under zero-hour contracts, the poster child for insecure work. The briefing investigates the contemporary use of zero-hour contracts in the UK, the approach of comparable countries to zero-hour style contracts, and policy options for reform. 🔗 Read here: https://lnkd.in/e-zr96pH Asli Atay Rebecca Florisson Alice Martin George Williams

📣 At No.3️⃣ of our #Top5 reports of 2024 is our report 'No Progress? Tackling long-term insecure work.' The longitudinal analysis shows that insecure work in the UK is a trap for millions not a short-term stop gap. Using Understanding Society survey, we tracked the employment trajectories of 10,804 UK workers in secure and insecure jobs over a four-year period, and found that four in ten insecure workers (44%) remained in 'long-term insecure work' - stuck in insecure employment at the end of the four years. 🔗 Read here: https://lnkd.in/eRw59fuN Aman N. Rebecca Florisson