Publications Unfair dismissal – Day One Frights The Government should keep but reduce ‘qualifying periods’ for unfair dismissal protection 26 October 2025 by Nye Cominetti The Government’s Employment Rights Bill is important and welcome … The Government’s Employment Rights Bill (ERB) is nearing the end of its parliamentary journey. It’s a sprawling, 300-page piece of… Continue Reading
Events Seeking a NEET solution Why are so many young people not learning or earning? Tuesday 21 October 2025 The number of 16-24 year olds who are not in employment, education or training (NEET) is increasing, and drawing more political focus. Policy makers are right to worry about this… Continue Reading
Publications Labour Market Outlook Q3 2025 26 August 2025 by Greg Thwaites and Nye Cominetti and Hannah Slaughter Employment and the employment rate are falling according to Resolution Foundation estimates, but not according to the official statistics based on the Labour Force Survey (LFS). The official data also… Continue Reading
Publications Opening doors How to incentivise employers to create more opportunities for disabled workers 24 July 2025 by Ben Baumberg Geiger and Louise Murphy Improving employment outcomes for disabled people is essential not just for raising living standards, but also for supporting economic growth. To increase the employment of disabled people, the report proposes… Continue Reading
Publications Low Pay Britain 2025 Where next for the Government’s employment reforms? 3 July 2025 by Nye Cominetti and Charlie McCurdy This year’s Low Pay Britain report – the 15th in an annual series taking stock of low-paid work in the UK –takes on three important questions as the ERB heads… Continue Reading
Publications The power of place The role of place in driving regional pay inequalities 23 June 2025 by Richmond Egyei and Emily Fry and Tasos Kitsos and Dalila Ribaudo and Greg Thwaites and Enrico Vanino Tracking English early-career workers using the Longitudinal Education Outcomes dataset, we show one-third of regional wage gaps arise from place, not people. Identical full-time workers earn about £1,300 (5 per… Continue Reading
Comment Tracking Pay Lessons from the ‘video’ revolution 30 April 2025 by Mike Brewer and Tom Clark and Nye Cominetti and Stephen P. Jenkins This article was originally published on VoxEU. Around the world, no social buzzword is bigger than “security”. Political scientists use the concept to try and make sense of elections, while… Continue Reading
Publications Precarious prospects Understanding precarious work among foreign-born workers 14 April 2025 by Hannah Slaughter and Imogen Stone This briefing note examines the experiences of precarious work among foreign-born workers, how poor enforcement of rules can drag down standards for UK-born workers too, and what policy can do… Continue Reading
