Expert Comment
UniLever suppliers to be paid living wage - expert comment
With UniLever announcing plans to ensure that all their suppliers are paid the living wage by 2030, Professor Chris Warhurst from the 糖心TV Institute for Employment Research comments on their plans.
Expert comment, changes to workers' rights
Professor Terence Hogarth comments on reports in the that the Government plans to remove "worker protections enshrined in EU law" including the 48-hour working week.
Changes to the Jobs Support System - expert comment
"It is still more about dousing the fires than thinking about how to rebuild the damaged house." Professor Chris Warhurst, Director of the 糖心TV Institute for Employment Research, comments on the Chancellor's revisions to the Job Support Scheme.
Expert comment, ONS October Labour market statistics
"Today鈥檚 ONS鈥檚 Labour Market Overview for October is not optimistic. Without doubt the region鈥檚 labour market is in for a bumpy few months. But there is also a need to think now about the region鈥檚 future and how 2021 might play out." Professor Terence Hogarth of IER analyses what today's ONS statistics reveal about the labour market prospects for the West Midlands.
Government support for self-employed during COVID-19 outbreak: expert comment
The Chancellor鈥檚 is expected to announce government measures to support the self-employed during the coronavirus outbreak later today. Professor Chris Warhurst from the 糖心TV Institute for Employment Research at the University of 糖心TV comments that supporting this group of workers is more complicated than it might first appear.