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Paul Bivand @paulbivand.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

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The terms of reference www.gov.uk/government/p... are interesting.

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Keep Britain Working: Terms of Reference

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Annie Irvine @annieirvine.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

The Health Foundation has published new analysis on mental health trends among working age people and invited me to share some thoughts. Taking a more holistic approach to understanding capacity for work seems to be at the heart of it: www.health.org.uk/features-and...

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Unravelling the rise in mental health-related inactivity

Dr Annie Irvine on why we need for a much more holistic approach to understanding capacity in order to tackle mental health-related inactivity.

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Asli Atay @asliatay.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

New Substack is out! In my latest post, I explore why Blair’s call to avoid "medicalising the ups and downs of life" risks missing the bigger picture: the systemic mental health crisis in our workplaces and its connection to bad jobs. Let me know what you think! open.substack.com/pub/asliatay...

Tony Blair’s ‘Tougher’ Message Misses the Real Crisis: Bad Jobs and Mental Health

Workplace Mental Health Starts with Autonomy and Flexibility in Job Design

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Asli Atay @asliatay.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Tony Blair’s ‘Tougher’ Message Misses the Real Crisis: Bad Jobs and Mental Health

Workplace Mental Health Starts with Autonomy and Flexibility in Job Design

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Asli Atay @asliatay.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

I’m at the launch of the Digital Dialogues report at Tech UK. The findings reveal that technology is augmenting and complementing work but also highlight challenges for workers, including new skill demands, risks of work intensification, and digital surveillance.

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Work Foundation @workfoundation.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

However, we also find that employers are struggling to respond. More than three in five employers (65%) acknowledge the value of occupational health services, but only 37% provide these services. In addition, less than half of employers (48%) offer flexible working arrangements.

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Work Foundation @workfoundation.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

.@asliatay.bsky.social continues that the first year after illness is pivotal – 4.2% of workers leave their jobs within the first year of a health setback. Findings also include that employees are four times more likely to leave their job if they lack flexibility following a health setback.

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Work Foundation @workfoundation.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

.@asliatay.bsky.social shares that, since the pandemic, 2.78 million people have left the workforce due to long-term health conditions. This has far-reaching consequences – not just for individuals but also for employers and the welfare system.

Figure showing the change in economic inactivity due to long-term sickness in the UK, for people aged 16 to 64 years old, thousands.

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Asli Atay @asliatay.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

We're about to start our webinar on Healthier Jobs to Tackle Economic Inactivity. Join us to explore how we can better support people with ill health to stay in work!

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Alice Martin @alicepmartin.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

EVENT: Join us on Thurs to explore our research on healthier jobs to tackle economic inactivity, with @asliatay.bsky.social, Nick Pahl @somceo.bsky.social & Prof Stavroula Leka, expert in workforce health We have 100+ sign ups already, looking forward to it www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stemming-t...

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Stemming the tide: Healthier jobs to tackle economic inactivity

Join the Work Foundation to explore new research.

Asli Atay @asliatay.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

"A recent Working Lives of Teachers and Leaders survey shows a big jump in respondents citing the lack of flexible working opportunities as a reason for considering leaving the state education sector in the next 12 months – up from 34% in 2023 to 47% in 2024." www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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UK teachers should be allowed to work from home, education secretary says

Bridget Phillipson insists move to marking and class preparation out of school would help stem retention crisis

Alice Martin @alicepmartin.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

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Great to see our finding in @thetimes.com today - that half the people who leave employment due to illness do so in the first year following their decline in health. This is a critical period, requiring good sick pay, leave and adjustments www.thetimes.com/article/why-...

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Why can’t more than 800,000 job vacancies be filled?

There are four times as many people potentially able to work as there are jobs

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Asli Atay @asliatay.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

🔈 New Substack: Hearing on the news that GDP is declining can feel abstract to many of us. I’ve been thinking about how we can make growth feel more real, so I wrote a blog exploring this, drawing on recent events, reports, and policy discussions. open.substack.com/pub/asliatay...

Beyond the numbers: How the Government can reconnect growth with people's lives

From abstract metrics to tangible change

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Asli Atay @asliatay.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

"The Tokyo Metropolitan Government will allow its staff to work a four-day week as authorities in the world’s largest city begin a radical experiment to reverse Japan’s low birth rate." www.ft.com/content/7cc7...

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Tokyo plans 4-day working week to boost births

World’s largest city begins radical experiment as it tries to tackle demographic crisis

Christopher Rocks @christopher-rocks.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

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Great to see this report from the Work Foundation. Interesting findings on how important access to flexible working is for enabling people with health conditions stay in work.

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Paul Bivand @paulbivand.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Because the policy focus has been on benefits, there has been little/no recognition that people may have been on contractual sick pay for quite a long time. This is mainly a big company thing, but given 90% plus employers are tiny, the % of employment from medium/large employers is high.

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Iain Porter @iainkporter.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Great research/thread @asliatay.bsky.social of Work Foundation. Chimes with @jrf-uk.bsky.social/Scope report that the most significant barriers holding disabled people back from work include inaccessible, inflexible jobs lacking health-related adaptations and support: www.jrf.org.uk/work/unlocki...

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Unlocking benefits: Tackling barriers for disabled people wanting to work

Reforms are needed to unlock work for people receiving work-related disability benefits, as informed by research with disabled people in partnership with Scope.

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Claire Campbell @clairecampbellj.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Really interesting and important study by the Work Foundation demonstrating how important flex is to keeping people in work www.personneltoday.com/hr/sick-work...

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Sick workers without job flexibility four times more likely to leave

Research shows people without flexibility in their jobs are four times more likely to leave work following a decline in health.

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Dr Calum Carson @drcalumcarson.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

This speaks to today's report from the Work Foundation exploring the linkages between job quality and ill health (link below), as well as our findings for the @irhws.bsky.social project about the need for inclusive flexible working models to retain people with disabilities/ill health in employment.

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George Williams @gdwilliams9.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

UK: European outlier as it does not place legal requirements on employers to provide occupational health (OH) services to their workers. 45% of workers have access to OH. Germany, Denmark, Netherlands...: mandate employers provide OH. Near universal coverage. (4/7)

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George Williams @gdwilliams9.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

The UK has near record levels of economic inactivity due to ill-health and is the only G7 nation with a smaller workforce than before the pandemic Our new report examines approaches taken by other nations to support healthy work and the overall health of their working age populations A thread...

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Sam Atwell @swjatwell.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

This is a great piece of work from our friends at the Work Foundation. Aside from lots on the risk factors for leaving the labour market, it very helpfully sets out a framework for policy intervention - from healthier workplaces to better ways of managing absence and work returns ⬇️

Asli Atay @asliatay.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Our report on tackling economic inactivity is finally out and it’s one we’ve been working on for a while.🥳 The key takeaway? Flexibility, autonomy, and support during the first year after ill health onset are game changers for keeping people in work. A ~long~ thread to unpack our key findings🧵

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Asli Atay @asliatay.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

The Get Britain Working White Paper mentions 'mission' 30+ times & 'growth' 40+ times—showcasing its role as a vehicle for the government’s mission-driven approach. Not the light Sunday read I planned, but here we are! Read my take on mission-driven policymaking: open.substack.com/pub/asliatay...

Labour’s Plan to Get Britain Working: A Test for Mission-Driven Governance?

What Is Mission-Driven Governance, and How Does It Shape Labour’s White Paper?

Asli Atay @asliatay.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

"Sex workers will be entitled to official employment contracts, health insurance, pensions, maternity leave and sick days. Essentially, it will be treated like any other job." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article....

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Belgium's sex workers get maternity leave and pensions under world-first law

They will be entitled to official employment contracts, health insurance and sick days.

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Asli Atay @asliatay.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Exciting news! Alice Martin, our Head of Research, has joined Bluesky! 🎉 Welcome, @alicepmartin.bsky.social l! It's so much nicer here without bots and irrelevant ads 😅

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Asli Atay @asliatay.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

I’m at the Inclusive Growth Conference organised by @centrepropolicy.bsky.social this morning. The event started with a great keynote from Baronness Ayesha Hazarika on the importance of considering not just what growth is, but also how it feels for ordinary people. #IGCon24

Asli Atay @asliatay.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Yesterday was a big day for employment policy enthusiasts! The Government finally unveiled the Get Britain Working White Paper—and yes, I printed it out (guilty!). A short thread on our reflections... (1/5)

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Asli Atay @asliatay.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Work and Pensions Secretary, Liz Kendall, is currently speaking on the Get Britain Working White Paper: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...

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Nuffield Trust @nuffieldtrust.org.uk · 26/11/2024

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The Employment Rights Bill working its way through the legislative process has reached Committee stage. Our briefing explores the implications for #SocialCare with regard to zero-hours contracts and pay of staff, and how the Bill affects #NHS employers. 👇 www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/emp...

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Employment Rights Bill Committee Stage: key considerations for social care and health

The Employment Rights Bill working its way through the legislative process has reached Committee stage. The Bill has important implications for social care with regard to zero-hours contracts and pay ...

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Dr Calum Carson @drcalumcarson.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

A brilliant exploration here from my colleague @asliatay.bsky.social on the inequalities concerning who has access to flexible working models in 2024, and the need for bolder action in expanding the right to flexibility to millions more workers across the UK: well worth a read.

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Working From Home Was Supposed to Be the Big Revolution. The numbers tell a different story

The hybrid work dream and who gets to live it

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Asli Atay @asliatay.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Great report from #HealthierWorkingLives Commission on the link between poor job quality and workforce health: ✔️Job insecurity harms wellbeing ✔️Excessive/irregular hours predict ill health ✔️Lack of control leads to poor outcomes ✔️Adverse behaviours severely impact wellbeing

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Asli Atay @asliatay.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

An interesting finding, aligning with research by @aman93.bsky.social in the No Progress report, which shows that young people are more likely to escape insecure work.

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The Autonomy Institute @autonomy-institute.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Iceland has charted a path to greater work-life balance through reduced working hours: 97% say new shorter hour contracts made balancing work and life easier 🇮🇸 Dig into the details in our latest report 👇

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On firmer ground: Iceland's ongoing experience of shorter working weeks

Read our new report analysing the latest data on Iceland's ongoing experience with shorter working weeks.

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Asli Atay @asliatay.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Hello, I put together a starter pack for employment policy wonks since I couldn’t find one before! Let me know if I missed anyone or if you’d like to be added. 🔗https://go.bsky.app/4U7rFk8

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Asli Atay @asliatay.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Hello, I put together a starter pack for employment policy wonks since I couldn’t find one before! Let me know if I missed anyone or if you’d like to be added. 🔗https://go.bsky.app/4U7rFk8

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Asli Atay @asliatay.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Since the pandemic, the two-tier labour market has become clearer—those who can work hybrid and those who can’t. On days like this, I’m reminded of the real privilege of working from home! In my latest Substack, I explore who gets to WFH, who doesn’t, and what it means for the labour market.

Working From Home Was Supposed to Be the Big Revolution. The numbers tell a different story

The hybrid work dream and who gets to live it

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Asli Atay @asliatay.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

New data from ONS shows an estimated 1.4 million "sandwich carers" aged 16-64 in the UK (2021-2023). Around 53% report being unable to work at all or as much as they'd like due to their caregiving roles. www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...

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Asli Atay @asliatay.bsky.social · 10/10/2024

Finally, the #employmentrightsbill is dropped—exciting day for policy wonks! Still going through the long Bill, but it's mostly welcome to see positive developments like banning zero-hour contracts, strengthening sick pay, and first-day rights. bills.parliament.uk/bills/3737

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Employment Rights Bill - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament

Current version of Employment Rights Bill with latest news, sponsors, and progress through Houses

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Asli Atay @asliatay.bsky.social · 04/09/2024

It was great to start the day with a roundtable on the future of workplace relations, which brought me to my favourite park in London—St. James's Park!

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Asli Atay @asliatay.bsky.social · 04/09/2024

Hello, Bluesky! I've heard it's much nicer here!