The Work Foundation

Type: Organization

Name: The Work Foundation

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

Workers can't pay the costs of zero-hour contracts

It's naive to pretend there are no benefits, but too often only the employers get them.There are two opposing positions on zero-hours contracts. For some, these contracts represent the unacceptable face of a flexible labour market. By offering work only ... [Published New Statesman - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Workers, The Work Foundation, Andy Burnham, Vince Cable

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

Would you have a microchip implanted in your brain?

Would you agree to have a microchip implanted in your body if it would significantly help your career? That was a question posed at a debate on the threat of technology to jobs, held this week at The Work Foundation in London.New technology has helped ... [Published Engineer Online - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Kevin Warwick, Implants, The Work Foundation, Cybernetics

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

Group of Eight

News story: G8 Innovation Conference

The Innovation Conference will bring together today’s leading innovators and thought leaders across disciplines, from the G8 and beyond. From public policy to science and technology, this conference will be facilitating conversations that influence the ... [Published BIS.gov.uk - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Group of Eight, Invention, UK Trade & Investment

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

The Work Foundation

Time to stretch your workforce

OFFICE workers put down their pens to take part in some outdoor exercise.Workout at Work Day (W@WD) saw about 100 people in Hull leave the confines of their desk jobs to get their heart racing and their bodies moving in the open air.The event, held across ... [Published This is Hull and East Riding - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: The Work Foundation, musculoskeletal, HM Revenue & Customs

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

Pensioners push UK employment to a high

Pensioners working into retirement pushed UK employment to a record high between February and April, as the number of employed over-65s rose above one million for the first time. Britain’s workforce grew by 24,000 to 29.76m in the three months to the ... [Published Telegraph - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Chris Ball, United Kingdom, The Work Foundation, Vicky Redwood, Workers

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

Office For National Statistics

Long-term unemployment ‘still rising’

The government must do more to reverse the increasing numbers of long-term unemployed, according to a leading think tank.New data from the Office for National Statistics show the unemployment rate for February to April 2013 was 7.8% of the economically ... [Published ePolitix.com - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Unemployment, The Work Foundation, Office For National Statistics, Ed Miliband

First reported Jun 03 2013 - Updated Jun 03 2013 - 1 reports

Can the Youth Contract help young people furthest away from the labour market?

There is a growing body of research indicating that more focus, inventiveness and co-ordinated action is needed from central government to improve the employment prospects of young people who are furthest away from the labour market. When looking out ... [Published National Institute of Economic and Social Research - Jun 03 2013]

Entities: Disengagement, Coalition, Unemployment, The Work Foundation, Nuffield Foundation

First reported May 31 2013 - Updated Jun 01 2013 - 1 reports

Learning on the job

When members of the government are asked what they’re doing to improve the economy, apprenticeships crop up pretty quickly. The government wants us to think that the more apprenticeships there are, the happier and more productive the nation will be. And ... [Published Economia - May 31 2013]

Entities: Gordon Marsden, NAS, Doug Richard, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, ICAEW Institute of Chartered Accountants in Eng...

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Staff suggestion schemes

Old-fashioned staff suggestion scheme can be a productive workplace initiative, helping staff feel valued and engaged, says Sam BarrettCase Study: British GasArticle in fullBusinesses thrive on good ideas. They can help shape everything from the way an ... [Published Employee Benefits.co.uk - May 21 2013]

Entities: British Gas, Stephen Wood, The Work Foundation, Creativity

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

UK labour force contracts for first time in year, unemployment up

ThThe UK labour force contracted marginally in the three months to February this year, the first decline after four quarters of growth, and unemployment edged up, according to new Office for National Statistics data.The number of people aged 16 and over ... [Published Recruiter Magazine - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Unemployment, United Kingdom, The Work Foundation, Unemployment Rate

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 2 reports

Another blow for George Osborne as UK unemployment rises to 2.56m

Unemployment has increased by 70,000 to 2.56 million, with rises among young people and those out of work for more than a year. The total is the worst since last summer, giving the UK a jobless rate of 7.9 per cent.The number of people in work fell by ... [Published The Independent - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Unemployment, George Osborne, United Kingdom

First reported Feb 20 2013 - Updated Feb 20 2013 - 1 reports

UK unemployment holding around 2009 levels

Unemployment in the UK in the final quarter of 2012 dropped to the lowest total in over a year and a half, at just over 2.5m, equal to 7.8% of the adult population, shows the latest Labour Market Update from the Office for National Statistics.The last ... [Published Recruiter Magazine - Feb 20 2013]

Entities: Unemployment, United Kingdom, Charles Levy, The Work Foundation

Quotes

PhysioHull's service manager Paul Seabourne said: "We wanted to highlight the benefits to employers of having a healthy and active workforce."

Time to stretch your workforce [Published This is Hull and East Riding - Jun 14 2013]

"The attraction of remaining in active employment is a positive thing that influences people, and more of them now see retirement as a gradual process, not simply a cliff edge that they jump off at a particular point in their lives" he said

Pensioners push UK employment to a high [Published Telegraph - Jun 12 2013]

"Day in day out, what people see are prices rising, wages falling, while the Prime Minister tells them they're better off."

Long-term unemployment ‘still rising’ [Published ePolitix.com - Jun 12 2013]

..."But there are still tough challenges ahead. We will continue to give jobseekers all the help and support they need to realise their aspirations. "Ministers said the number of JSA claimants fell in every region of England, Wales and Scotland, while the number of new claims was at its lowest level for more than four years."

Another blow for George Osborne as UK unemployment rises to 2.56m [Published The Independent - Apr 17 2013]

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