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Bogus self-employment and COVID-19: an added layer of insecurity

By Filed Under: Growth and Inclusion, Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted:

The outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis has raised concerns about its impact on precarious and vulnerable workers when most of them have been at the front line during the crisis and their work has been revealed as essential. Dr Marti Lopez-Andreu, from the Work and Equalities Institute, investigates some of these key workers in areas […]

#HereToDeliver: Valuing food delivery workers in the future

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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the fore a new cadre of valued workers. And it’s not the corporate CEO or senior business leader but the delivery workers that are helping cafes and restaurants stay open (in some form) during lockdown. Cristina Inversi, Aude Cefaliello and Tony Dundon of the Work and Equalities Institute (WEI) […]

Recognising the value and significance of cleaning work in a context of crisis

Miguel Martínez Lucio By and Filed Under: All posts, Growth and Inclusion, Health and Care Posted:

In this blog, Professor Miguel Martínez Lucio of the Work and Equalities Institute and the Alliance Manchester Business School and Dr Jo McBride of Durham University discuss the question of how we have failed to value the work and importance of those in the area of cleaning and hygiene-related employment more generally. The need now […]

Locked down by inequality: Why place matters for older people during COVID-19

Camilla LewisTine BuffelPatty Doran author headshot By , , , and Filed Under: Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted:

Older people have borne the brunt of deaths from COVID-19, whether in hospital or in care homes. At the same time, the coronavirus emergency sits alongside a crisis in many of the communities in which older people live. In this blog, Chris Phillipson, Camilla Lewis, Tine Buffel, Patty Doran and Sophie Yarker examine how the […]

What COVID-19 tells us about the value of human labour

Debra Howcroft By and Filed Under: All posts, Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted:

In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, a radical reassessment of what is considered ‘key work’ has taken place. For many key workers, however, this status is not reflected in their salary, employment rights, or social perception. Here, Abbie Winton and Professor Debra Howcroft, from the Work and Equalities Institute, discuss the disproportionate risk/reward equation […]

The darker politics of wellbeing: the managerial abuse of ‘positive’ interventions at work

Miguel Martínez Lucio By Filed Under: Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted:

In this blog, Miguel Martínez Lucio, Professor in the Work and Equalities Institute and the Alliance Manchester Business School at The University of Manchester,  discusses the ‘individualised’ approach to worker wellbeing and argues for a more collective approach that recognises the seriousness of mental health. Changing agendas in the workplace continue to undermine the regulatory […]

The return of industrial democracy: preparing the ground for dealing with wayward capitalism?

Miguel Martínez Lucio By Filed Under: Digital Futures, Growth and Inclusion Posted:

Miguel Martínez Lucio, Professor in the Work and Equalities Institute and the Alliance Manchester Business School at The University of Manchester, and an expert of worker participation, trade union questions and the role of the state, discusses the renewed interest in industrial democracy and the need for a strategic plan. There is a growing interest […]

Why closing the gender pay gap requires a new debate on fair pay

Jill Rubery By Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Growth and Inclusion Posted:

Professor Jill Rubery, Director of the Work and Equalities Institute at Alliance Manchester Business School examines why progress on closing the gender pay gap within organisations requires a new debate on the principles and practices of fair pay. Similar pay gaps, to those at the BBC, can be expected to be found across the public […]

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Worse than zero hours contracts: work, pay and (in)equalities in the gig economy

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The gig economy is rarely out of the news; former CBI boss Lord Adair Turner is the latest prominent figure to call for the Government to enforce the minimum wage for those who earn a living in this way. Tony Dundon, Professor of Human Resource Management & Employment Relations at Alliance Manchester Business School, and […]

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How can a human development approach inform debates on Greater Manchester’s future?

Jill Rubery By Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Growth and Inclusion, Urban Posted:

On June 14th the University of Manchester is publishing a Human Development Report for Greater Manchester. Here, Jill Rubery lays out why the report is important and some of its key findings. Human development means putting people at the centre. This means putting social goals into investment decisions, developing a longer term approach and focusing […]

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