ReWAGE News Archive
Seasons Greetings from ReWAGE - and a quick review of 2022
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In Spring 2022, ReWAGE secured additional funding to support two new projects, and we had nine active working on papers for publication. Our co-chairs joined the steering group of the ÌÇÐÄTV in a Pandemic World APPG and appeared on an expert panel at a CIPD national conference. ReWAGE co-chair Professor Irena Grugulis spoke at the Chief Economic Development Officers Society event and at the Liverpool City Region APPG. And co-chair Professor Chris Warhurst spoke at the Preparatory Meeting of the 30th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum. |
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In April, our work to engage policy workers ‘behind the scenes’ started to come to fruition - we provided evidence to support the development of the Women and Work APPG’s annual report, and expertise to the government’s Flexible Working Taskforce. In May we partnered with Disability@Work to respond to the government’s consultation on . We also published the policy briefing - . |
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In June we published the policy briefing: ‘, which argues that improving conditions for those who are low paid should be at the heart of a socially just labour market policy. Professors Peter Elias and Chris Warhurst presented to BEIS officials on ReWAGE’s work to derive information from national data sources to help quantify what makes a ‘good job’ We were also featured in the 10th edition of the . |
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In July, Professor Irena Grugulis spoke at the Northern Powerhouse Education, Employment and Skills Summit 2022 and we held a live online briefing on - hosted by Observer columnist Will Hutton. We also published our |
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In August we responded to the government’s call for evidence on its Mental Health and Wellbeing Plan and published a report in partnership with the Migration Observatory at Oxford University about , which received widespread media coverage. |
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In September we released ReWAGE’s , which are driving better job quality in the regions. |
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In October we looked back on ‘’ and celebrated how our experts had worked together over a 12-month period to produce consultation responses, policy briefings and evidence papers on a wide range of work and employment issues, spoken at conferences, events and government meetings, and much more. |
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In November we held an , in Westminster, welcoming Parliamentarians from constituencies across the country, representatives from the House of Lords and colleagues from the CIPD, the Institute for Hospitality, the Corporation of London and the Gatsby Foundation. We also published Eight actions to tackle the impact of the cost-of-living crisis authored by ReWAGE expert Professor Ashwin Kumar (Manchester Metropolitan University). |
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And now it’s December already, but the hard graft hasn’t stopped – some of our experts have recently written a series of , highlighting our work and publications. We have also just published a new evidence paper about . And Professor Irena Grugulis has written an article for on the same subject. |