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The Government is consulting on ending exploitative zero‑hours contracts, prompting conflict between unions urging guaranteed hours rights for workers on variable‑hours contracts and employers pushing back against such reforms amid a public debate.
New research finds 21‑week driving test backlogs are preventing NEET young people from accessing jobs; one in six vacancies requires a driving licence, rising to one in three care roles and over two‑thirds of plumbing jobs.
Presents Learning and Work Institute’s analysis of the ONS labour market statistics published on 18 August 2026, offering commentary on employment, unemployment and labour market trends for August 2026.
Learning and Work Institute chief executive Stephen Evans gives an immediate response to the Office for National Statistics' latest labour market data for August 2026, analysing implications for employment, vacancies and policy priorities.
IPPR finds workers without fixed hours who regularly work 20–30 hours a week are 73% more likely to fall behind on bills than comparable fixed-hours colleagues, warning government guaranteed‑hours reforms risk excluding these people and urging coverage up to 30 contracted hours.
Learning and Work Institute publishes a monthly interactive labour market dashboard, offering detailed, timely analysis of the latest ONS statistics on employment, unemployment and related labour-market indicators.
IPPR recommends a 30‑hour low‑hours threshold for new guaranteed‑hours rights to ban exploitative zero‑hours contracts, arguing any lower threshold would leave many who consistently work beyond their contracts without protection or guaranteed income.
Contends that calls for Andy Burnham to prosecute firms over widespread bogus self‑employment are ironic, while noting a Fabian Society and Joseph Rowntree Foundation report warning that millions—including four million gig workers—miss out on statutory employment rights.
US teen summer employment among 16–19‑year‑olds was 35.5% this summer, a slight rise from 2025 but well below pre‑2000 rates when over half typically worked, signalling a long‑term decline in adolescent labour market participation.
Reviews recent caselaw on qualifying conditions for the childcare element of universal credit where one partner works and the other is a carer, clarifying entitlement tests and implications for couple claimants.
The piece criticises an AFL‑CIO claim that workers’ share of US national income is at a post‑war low, arguing the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates of wages and output — and resulting labour share calculations — are contestable.
Presents new data showing 100,000 persistently absent school leavers risk joining a projected one million young people not in education, employment or training, with an estimated £24 billion lifetime cost, and urges ministers to act.
Argues that Andy Burnham’s plan to take control of employment support is justified, endorsing devolution of those services to Greater Manchester to tailor job support more closely to local labour market needs.
The July WorkerTech round-up highlights two major developments: DWP’s new Pathways to Work Innovation Fund and sizeable changes to vocational education designed to tackle youth unemployment, plus other WorkerTech-relevant announcements.
Argues that boosting job quality — pay, security, working conditions and progression — strengthens the labour market and supports a sustained jobs recovery, outlining how policy can shift employers towards ‘good work’.