IER News & blogs
New book on aesthetic labour
A new by IER鈥檚 Chris Warhurst and his co-author of Strathclyde University has now been published by Sage.
Drawing on research by the authors, the book examines the hiring and management of workers based on their looks and the consequence for workers who fail companies鈥� looks policies.
Workplace innovations in the UK social care and Swedish health sectors
Dr Sally Wright co-authored a journal article about workplace innovations in the UK social care and Swedish health sectors. The , based on case studies completed for the European Commission's Horizon 2020 Quality of Jobs and Innovation-generated Employment Outcomes (QuInnE) project, was recently published in the .
Mathieu, C., Wright, S., Boethius, S. and Green, A. (2020). '', European Journal of Workplace Innovation, 5(2): 4-30.
New study on the impact of Covid-19 on job quality in the Australian hospitality industry
The hospitality sector has been hit hardest by Covid-19 in Australia. Sally Wright and Chris Warhurst of IER will be working with of Sydney University to develop a new measure of the impact of Covid-19 on job quality in the Australian hospitality industry. The aim is to help government develop policies to ensure a sustainable recovery for the sector.
New IER working paper on gender gaps in working conditions
The gender pay gap is well researched. This new paper by IER鈥檚 Honorary Professor Rafael Mu帽oz de Bustillo Llorente and his Spanish team adds to that body of research by examining the non-monetary gap in working conditions by gender. Using the European Working Conditions Survey, it explores gender differences in working conditions by different dimensions of job quality and across countries.
What might happen to Apprenticeships in England during the Covid-19 economic downturn? Blog by Terence Hogarth and Lynn Gambin*
Are apprenticeships in peril?
Apprentices are employees of the companies that train them. It stands to reason that if employment falls then the number of apprentices will fall. But looking back to the 2008 economic crisis, it is apparent that the number of apprentices actually increased, in large measure due to the apprenticeship programme expanding its occupational coverage. This time around it looks as if apprenticeships will have little fertile ground to feed any further expansion. Other things being equal it seems reasonable to expect the number of apprentices to show a potentially precipitous fall, at least over the short-term.