Tony Wilson @tonywilsonIES
Not really posting here any more, in future my occasional posts will be on Bluesky at WilsonTony employment-studies.co.uk Brighton Joined February 2009-
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🏆Our #Researchoftheweek goes to @EmploymtStudies for their report with @HealthFdn which explores the interactions between job quality, industries and health. (1/8) 🔗employment-studies.co.uk/resource/explo…
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Mixed feelings about leaving IES which I have absolutely loved and has given me the opportunity to do work I've really enjoyed and with some great people. But I am also really looking forward to the new role in DWP - can't wait to get started!
Mixed feelings about leaving IES which I have absolutely loved and has given me the opportunity to do work I've really enjoyed and with some great people. But I am also really looking forward to the new role in DWP - can't wait to get started!
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Fear and sanctions have failed to get Britain working. Why not try tea and empathy? | Polly Toynbee theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
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I’ve boiled it down to one theme. LIFE. We have to create systems that enable people to navigate and cope with LIFE. Employment is a vitally important part of that… but it’s not the only factor. Health… skills… housing… relationships… parenting… community… financial…
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@tonywilsonIES Welfare to Work used to be the most researched & evaluated part of govt policy (& OECD). Here is the 2002 summary of what works for people on 'inactive benefits' A key element of what works was based on research by Jobcentre Plus on customer service @Salientwork
@tonywilsonIES Welfare to Work used to be the most researched & evaluated part of govt policy (& OECD). Here is the 2002 summary of what works for people on 'inactive benefits' A key element of what works was based on research by Jobcentre Plus on customer service @Salientwork https://t.co/KTCsgqoHAM
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1) Great to be part of this Commission. Takeaways from launch - compliance culture eg requiring people to spend 35 hours a week on job seeking or work related activity should end. No evidence for it. Instead a new offer of employment support.
1) Great to be part of this Commission. Takeaways from launch - compliance culture eg requiring people to spend 35 hours a week on job seeking or work related activity should end. No evidence for it. Instead a new offer of employment support.
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Our work on employment status reform here: fabians.org.uk/publication/a-…
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Really good comprehensive work this "The application of a sanction represents a failure and not a success" - shouldn't need to be said, but does Also really interesting on local partnerships - an important role for MCAs in that And youth guarantees - absolutely
Really good comprehensive work this "The application of a sanction represents a failure and not a success" - shouldn't need to be said, but does Also really interesting on local partnerships - an important role for MCAs in that And youth guarantees - absolutely
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A new report calls for major reforms to employment support to help address the UK’s ‘participation crisis’, particularly among younger people who haven’t ever worked and older people who have dropped out of the workforce - workingwise.co.uk/major-reforms-… @tonywilsonIES
Wot he says. Bill I quoted you at the launch, the policy is the process as my old boss said
Wot he says. Bill I quoted you at the launch, the policy is the process as my old boss said
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@tonywilsonIES And have done it before. UK public employment service was regarded as a world leader in welfare to work - not just on unemployment benefits but also on inactive benefits. Follow the individual with regular & frequent contact. And devise a jobsearch plan with them @Salientwork
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UK plans shake-up of welfare system to tackle working-age inactivity on.ft.com/3B8MNjK
Agree! We can do it though
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The UK’s workforce is shrinking at the fastest rate in four decades, costing the economy £25 billion a year and adding £16 billion of fiscal pressure to the public finances, a study of Britain’s missing-worker problem shows thetimes.com/business-money…
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