Decent Work and the City

Join us on November 21st (1:00-4:00 PM) at Alliance Manchester Business School for an engaging workshop hosted by the Work & Equalities Institute and the ResPecTMe project! #UnpaidLabour #PrecariousWork #Inequality #GreaterManchester 🔗 Register here: eventbrite.ca/e/the-politics…

Important article on the scope and devastation of New York’s punishing clawbacks of unemployment benefits, featuring our heroic clients, and important @SenatorHoylman legislation to fix it @nicole_salk @Ithaca_Ian by @mwparrott @nysfocus nysfocus.com/2024/05/09/dol…

bbc.co.uk/news/world-aus… Why wasn't this classed as a terror attack? We have strange definitions of terrorism...

Zero hour contracts: an uncertain future for insecure employees gmlaw.org.uk/2024/04/16/zer…

In-person and online event: ticketleap.events/tickets/work-a…

April fool! Only this government could launch a policy with no funding on a bank holiday 😣 BBC News - Childcare: Free 15 hours expands to two-year-olds in England bbc.co.uk/news/education…

An avoidable disaster @LeedsCC_News @BBCLeeds See @fightforthefive @SalfordUnison @unisontheunion @salford_mayor

Minimum Wage increase in April will mean a jump in earnings, but for how long? 🤔 #rewage #minimumwage #livingwage linkedin.com/posts/mat-john…

Child poverty has reached a record high, with 4.3 million kids now facing cold homes & empty tummies. Change is possible but we need a commitment from all parties to scrap the two child limit and increase child benefits. Anything less would be a betrayal of Britain’s children.

Out with the old, in with the new? Institutional experimentation and decent work in the UK - Mathew Johnson, Eva Herman, 2024 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01…

@ilo @WorkEqualities

Spot the WEI members 👀 Last week's session on regulating platform work @ILO in Chile.... linkedin.com/posts/m%C3%B3n…

Recent NESTA research assesses how many early-years professionals are needed to meet increased demand of free childcare...turns out a lot😱 nesta.org.uk/report/how-man… via @nesta_uk

Come join us @CeridwenHughes and @gmlawcentre fantastic event on Tuesday discussing employment justice! @WorkEqualities @GM4Women2028

⚠️ We are facing shortages of workers to fill frontline roles. ✍ In #Workingfutures, @evamherman1 & Dr Mat Johnson advise how to avoid a worsening crisis of poor-quality work & patchy services. 👇 ow.ly/NLYq50PWAqm @WorkEqualities

BBC News - Workers on voluntary Real Living Wage see 10% pay rise bbc.co.uk/news/business-…

BBC News - Modern slavery helpline calls surge from care staff bbc.co.uk/news/uk-671516…

📣 Our new report #WorkingFutures provides thought leadership on key challenges around work and employment. With foreword by @NaomiClaytonUK of @LearnWorkUK. 📄 Read it here: ow.ly/raVn50PWzPa @WorkEqualities @AMBS_OrgPsych @UoMHumsImpact @uomsoss