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It’s been a good year for good jobs policy

IER was established 45 years ago with funding from the UK Government and what is now the European Commission. Its task then was to provide labour market forecasts to support policymaking. Although government emphasis on skills has remained constant, government interest in employment policy more broadly has waxed and waned over the years.

IER is pleased to announce the launch of , an international research project led by IER, examining how Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Algorithmic Management (AM) are reshaping job quality and workforce dynamics in long-term care (LTC).

As LTC systems across Europe face mounting pressures from ageing populations and persistent staffing shortages, MAIJobCare investigates whether digital tools, such as automated rostering, recruitment platforms, and performance monitoring, can support better care outcomes and working conditions, or whether they risk intensifying work and surveillance.

Professor Philip Taylor attended the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) event in Boston on 12-15 November 2025. He co-chaired sessions on job quality and social care and spoke about early findings from a UK project — Just Systems — where he talked about decarbonising domiciliary adult social care. Added to this, he chaired a meeting of the Aging Workforce Interest Group of GSA, of which he is the convener.

Achieving a Just Transition to Net Zero is one of the defining challenges of modern times. At IER, we're excited to be part of the newly announced Just-Systems project, funded by UKRI and led by the University of Aberdeen.

In this Philip Taylor and co-authors Phillippa Carnemolla and Jane Bringolf consider issues of aged care work that is carried out in people's homes and viewed as workplaces.