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In mid-January IER will host a meeting of the Working Life Engagement and Improvement Group. The group was established in 2018 by social scientists committed to using insights from social science to advance the quality of jobs and working life in the UK.

For further details contact: c.warhurst@warwick.ac.uk.

Following the 2017 Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices’ recommendation that the UK Government should develop new measures of job quality for the UK, a Working Group was established by the RSA and Carnegie UK Trust, and included IER Director Chris Warhurst. The Group has now reported, launching its . The report recommends that seven dimensions of job quality should be monitored annually by the government. These dimensions include pay and benefits, voice and representation, work-life balance and job security. A formal response form the UK Government is expected later this autumn.

Director of IER, Chris Warhurst, was invited to talk about European perspectives on measuring and promoting good work at the Fulfilling Work in Ireland roundtable hosted by TASC and the Carnegie UK Trust in Dublin in November.

Gail Irvine of the Carnegie UK Trust and Paul Novak of the TUC debate good jobs at the 91¸£Àû IER fringe event at the annual Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham.

The Horizon 2020 funded project presents key findings in late September, focusing on questions such as: Does innovation produce more and better jobs? Does innovation combat or exacerbate inequalities? What aspects of job quality facilitate innovation?

Presenters include Professor Chris Warhurst.

The event takes place on 26 September 2018, 15.00 – 17.00, in Brussels and registrations are requested before 19 September. For further event details read here.