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Cristiana Orlando looks at the impact of the national minimum and national living wage increase, and questions whether the increase goes far enough in achieving any positive outcomes for young people.

With the 'levelling up' agenda central to government economic policy, Zofia Bajorek considers what can be done to open up employment progression opportunities for those at risk of being trapped in a low pay, low skill equilibrium.

Today’s figures show that labour shortages are now affecting the whole economy, with fewer unemployed people per vacancy than at any time in at least forty years.

Zofia Bajorek details the latest output from the PURPOSE programme, a toolkit for employers to establish a return-to-workplace plan for employees living with obesity.

Today’s figures confirm that the jobs recovery is continuing to gain speed. However they also show that we’ve seen the biggest fall in the size of the labour market since at least the early 1970s

With the onset of a new academic year, Anneka Dawson reflects on the progress made with early years research projects undertaken during a succession of lockdowns, and details how the adaptation of evaluation methods can help research be more resilient in the future.

With hybrid working and the desire for greater workplace autonomy becoming more commonplace, Zofia Bajorek considers the use of idiosyncratic deals (i-deals), where special conditions of employment are offered to individual workers.

Beth Mason digs deep, drawing on horticultural references to demonstrate how organisational values can be successfully embedded and grown within the business.