Ellie Farmahan describes the success of Living Wage Foundation in putting £3 billion into the pockets of workers over the last 20 years, and what still needs to be done to ensure more workers have security and enough to live on. Citizens UK ow.ly/4HYU50SJ0Qt

Listening to outside expertise – from jobseekers, low-paid workers, employers, trade unions and researchers – is key to ensuring that policies are developed by and deliver for those with different needs in different places. New blog for Futures of Work👇futuresofwork.co.uk/2024/07/23/a-p…

Labour's New Deal aims to transform workers' rights. From banning zero-hour contracts to ensuring full protections from day one, this plan promises fairer work conditions and stronger unions. #LabourNewDeal #WorkersRights ow.ly/g1K350SJ3vu

📢 Issue 28 of #FuturesOfWork is out now! Discover how the new #LabourGovernment plans to turn their 'change' slogan into tangible actions, tackling inherited problems and benefiting both workers and the unemployed. #Labour #Policy 🔶 Read more: ow.ly/y4Yn50SJ0c2

.Annie Irvine asks whether a focus on mental health as a cause of economic inactivity is too narrow. We need a more holistic approach to assessing capacity for work which considers broader social and structural factors. Economic and Social Research Council ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health University of York ow.ly/BL4L50SJ0AM

Progress with a living wage is best achieved through place-based schemes such as Making London a #LivingWageCity. Working with Citizens UK, Living Wage Foundation works to deliver action plans focused on what’s happening locally. Trust for London ow.ly/uiqO50SJ0Uj

Calling on Labour to end the Tories’ ‘work first, work more’ approach to welfare policy, which is neither pro-worker nor pro-business, Katy Jones outlines her grounds for cautious optimism in Labour’s #NewDealForWorkingPeople. #Employers #Jobs ow.ly/raRQ50SJ3cP

“This isn’t about being ‘soft’. This is about offering an alternative and ambitious vision of employment support policies that align with progressive economic and social ambitions.” ow.ly/AQxN50SJ3hL

Current approaches to workplace #MentalHealth are widely divergent, and the best support is not reaching those in the most precarious positions. ow.ly/pSGG50SJ0CA

Vanessa Beck (Vanessa Beck), Tracey Warren (Tracey Warren), and Clare Lyonette ask ‘Is any job better than no job?’ Read their article building on Jahoda et al.’s latent deprivation theory now #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1177/095001…

New #FuturesOfWork issue! Explore how the #LabourGovernment aims to address inherited challenges and turn their 'change' slogan into real progress for workers and the unemployed. #Labour2024 #WorkerRights 🔶Full article here: ow.ly/NRGE50SJ0ge

In the delivery of policies like the #NewDealForWorkingPeople, there is real potential for Labour to once again return to the electorate with an insurgent campaign that translates tight marginal victories into safe Labour seats for a second term. ow.ly/aRMR50SJ3EY

The constant comparison with London, central to the Levelling Up agenda, explains successive regional policy failures, argues @Martin_R_Quinn. Regions should be helped to develop regardless of London. ow.ly/rkcf50SJ10H

“With a new government finally in power, we are excited to engage with the new administration to ensure that a hard day’s work results in a fair day’s pay.” Ellie Farmahan calls on the new gov to incentivise employers to provide a real #LivingWage. ow.ly/aGV550SJ0VC

🌟Free ones to watch collection🌟 Read articles that are having an early impact in academia and beyond this month bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/subject/otw-wge Stefan Schmalz

Under Labour's New Deal, gig economy workers will gain more rights, and unions will have better access to workplaces. This comprehensive plan is set to bring real, positive changes for working people nationwide. #GigEconomy #StrongerUnions #Labour2024 ow.ly/ChOJ50SJ3Hk

Excellent chapter forthcoming in the Routledge International Handbook for the Future of Work, edited by me & Julie MacLeavy⬇️. More details here: routledge.com/The-Handbook-f…

Thank you Susan Halford of Centre for Sociodigital Futures (CenSoF) for the first endorsement of our forthcoming edited volume, THE HANDBOOK FOR THE FUTURE OF WORK. Out Dec 2024, it is edited by Julie MacLeavy & me for the Routledge International Handbooks Series. For more info: routledge.com/The-Handbook-f…

Ahead of its release Dec '24, read a sneak preview of the Introduction and Conclusion that Julie MacLeavy & I wrote for the Handbook for the Future of Work here: academia academia.edu/123474460/An_I… academia.edu/123474788/Conc… researchgate researchgate.net/publication/38… researchgate.net/publication/38…