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Issue 29 // 16th October 2024
Annie Harper and Yolanda Herring show how people on disability benefits face contradictions: they must prove total inability to work, enduring stigma and fraud checks, while being pressured to return to work, reflecting a belief that full citizenship depends on 'productive' employment. Read more of the article
Issue 29 // 16th October 2024
Daphne Hall suggests that Labour's proposals offer a holistic approach to employment support, shifting the DWP's role toward helping people. However, issues like the NHS and adult social care, which impact the nation's health, also need urgent attention. Read more of the article
Issue 29 // 16th October 2024
Niall Cooper and Jane Perry emphasise the importance of including individuals with lived experience in reforming the employment support system to effectively address economic inactivity and enhance welfare policies. Read more of the article
Issue 28 // 23rd July 2024
On the Futures of Work blog, Ellie Farmahan describes the success of Living Wage UK 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. Read more of the article
Issue 27 // 29th April 2024
Malte Laub considers the effect of austerity on the role of the police, who are now having to act as teaching assistants and mental health support workers, and pick up the pieces of a failed welfare state. Read more of the article
Issue 27 // 29th April 2024
Iris Nikolopoulou analyses how the increasing influence of the financial sector has generated distinct paths in terms of working conditions between workers employed by private financial institutions and the rest of the economy. Read more of the article
Issue 27 // 29th April 2024
Thibault Darcillon and Yasmine Mohamed look at the link between the rise of institutional investors and the decreasing power of trade unions, and their consequent bargaining power. Read more of the article
Issue 27 // 29th April 2024
Gregory Tsardanidis looks at the power of boycotting in the digital age, when used by workers fighting unfair employment conditions. Read more of the article
Issue 25 // 21st November 2023
On Futures of Work, Joyce Mamode considers the role of equality reps in workplaces during the pandemic in representing minority groups and encouraging managers to be more flexible and adaptable in their implementation of covid19 emergency policies. Read more of the article
Issue 25 // 21st November 2023
On Futures of Work, Kantha Dayaram and Hasnat Ahmad report their findings into how increased working hours, because of remote working or constant connectivity, have impacted workers’ mental health. Read more of the article
