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Issue 30 // 14th January 2025
Angel Martin-Caballero highlights how gig platforms disrupt labor markets, worsening conditions and posing regulatory challenges. He asks: Have things improved, or are precarious jobs just evolving? Read more of the article
Issue 30 // 14th January 2025
Carlos Pineda Ramos explores how emotions in Colombian call centers are shaped by cultural, social, and economic forces, revealing workplace inequalities. Read more of the article
Issue 30 // 14th January 2025
Naomi Wells examines how unpaid internships deepen inequality, with a Labour ban potentially reducing opportunities. Companies must address socioeconomic biases to improve access to internships and jobs. Read more of the article
Issue 30 // 14th January 2025
Kavya Bharadkar explores how recession in Surat’s diamond industry drives job cuts, unpaid leave, and rising worker distress, exposing deep structural flaws and the need for reform. Read more of the article
Issue 29 // 16th October 2024
Allan Reynolds examines how mental health patients expressed anxiety about the transition from Disability Living Allowance to Personal Independence Payment, rooted in negative experiences with the Work Capability Assessment, highlighting the broader harmful impacts of harsh welfare policies. 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
People with serious mental illnesses (SMI) face unemployment rates of 75-85% and rely on inadequate benefits. Kendall Atterbury argues that as automation reduces job opportunities, stigma against those with psychiatric disabilities increases, highlighting the need to address the structural barriers they face in employment. 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
At the start of a new government, the latest issue of the Futures of Work blog considers what Labour can or should do to address the myriad problems they have inherited, and turn their slogan of change into actions both for those in work and those unable to work. 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
