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The last time unemployment was this low was Christmas 1973 and Slade had just reached Number 1.

To mark World Mental Health Day, Stephen Bevan looks at how employers can help tackle the causes of work related mental ill health, setting out three priority areas for action.

Dan Lucy examines the challenges facing the recruitment and retention of older workers and sets out three practical examples of what organisations can do to create a more age inclusive workforce.

Drawing on her latest output for the Better Quality Youth Employment research programme, Cristiana Orlando considers what the UK could learn from other countries when tackling the current challenges surrounding young people’s prospects and outcomes.

Behavioural Insights, an approach that aims to determine what drives behaviour in order to change behaviour, have seen increasing use in employment programmes. Miguel Subosa highlights findings from recent ReAct research regarding behaviourally informed employment programmes and lays out recommendations to help improve employment support services.

Zofia Bajorek sets out ways to reduce ‘productivity paranoia’, ensuring a smoother implementation of hybrid working practice after a recent survey reported that only a minority of managers had confidence that hybrid workers were being productive.

We need a proper plan to help people into work and to help employers fill their jobs, otherwise we’ll continue to throttle growth and fuel inflation.

With vacancies at near record level, IES Director Tony Wilson looks ahead to Friday's emergency mini budget.