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Recognising the role of key workers now and in the future employment landscape

Miguel Martínez Lucio By Gail Hebson and Miguel Martínez Lucio Filed Under: All posts, Growth and Inclusion, Inclusive Growth Posted: August 18, 2020

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the country has become more aware and appreciative of the workers now called ‘key workers’. However, organisational change and deregulation over recent years has led to high levels of job degradation in key work sectors. In this blog, Gail Hebson and Miguel Martínez Lucio introduce and present research from a range […]

Tagged With: ageing, COVID-19, digital, employment, equalities, equality, gig economy, Health & Social Care, inclusive growth, inequalities, inequality, Key workers, micra, older workers, Pandemic, productivity, public health, Trade Unions Labour Market, transport, WEI, welfare, work & pensions

Citizen’s data, healthcare and trust

By John Ainsworth and Niels Peek Filed Under: Digital Futures, Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: August 11, 2020

Health data has informed a central part our NHS for more than two decades, helping the informative bodies to improve services and understand health trends. This has also proved key in understanding, and attempting to mitigate, the worst impacts of COVID-19. However, when this data is shared with secondary bodies, does the public trust that […]

Tagged With: care quality, data, digital, Digital Futures, disability, Health & Social Care, NHS, NHS Digital, NHS improvement, OnDigitalTrust, Privacy, public health, technology

Sharing the load: How work sharing can reduce unemployment, improve gender equality, and benefit mental health

Jill Rubery By Jill Rubery Filed Under: Growth and Inclusion, Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: August 3, 2020

The need to build back better has received widespread endorsement, not only because the COVID-19 pandemic provides an opportunity for change but also because it has revealed the high price paid by those facing inequality in the labour market, including inequality by gender. Here, Professor Jill Rubery, Director of the Work and Equalities Institute, discusses […]

Tagged With: Business Energy & Industry, caring responsibilities & children, COVID-19, economy, employment, Gender Equalities, gender equality, Health & Social Care, inequalities, inequality, labour market, mental health, Pandemic, productivity, Treasury, work & pensions

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