Tag: Work
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Youth employment, education and training – policy response
The Equalise Work theme submitted written evidence to the Works and Pensions Committee Inquiry on Youth employment, education and training on 5th February 2026. Executive summary The response was prepared by the Equalise work theme with contributions from: We would be pleased to speak further about our response. Please contact Niamh Bridson-Hubbard (niamh.bridson@ucl.ac.uk).
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Young people and work – policy response
The Equalise Work and Place themes responded to a call for evidence from the Department for Works and Pensions on Young people and work on 26th January 2026. Summary The response was prepared by the Equalise Work and Place themes with contributions from: We would be pleased to speak further about our response. Please contact…
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What’s the impact of ‘right to request’ flexible working reforms?
In 2014, a UK policy change gave all employees the right to request flexible working after six months on the job. This study found that the change led more women to reduce their working hours, which helped lower stress and improve life satisfaction. However, men didn’t show the same increase in flexible working, and the…
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Unpaid work – the missing link in the gender gap
Unpaid work such as housework and caring plays a major but often overlooked role in shaping gender inequality, work opportunities, and health. Women continue to do far more unpaid work than men, which affects their employment, pay, mental health, and long‑term wellbeing, especially at key life stages like parenthood, lockdowns during COVID‑19, and when caring…
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Employment support for disabled people – policy response
The Equalise Work theme submitted written evidence to the Work and Pensions Committee Inquiry on Employment support for disabled people on 23rd September 2025. Executive summary Recommendations The response was prepared by the Equalise Work theme with contributions from: We would be pleased to speak further about our response. Please contact Niamh Bridson-Hubbard (niamh.bridson@ucl.ac.uk).
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New indicators to analyse how social roles relate to health
Researchers used data from the ALSPAC study to track six key adult roles, across education, employment, and parenthood, among people aged 16 to 31. They developed a method to reliably measure whether someone was in or out of each role each year of the analysed period. The patterns they found, such as when people left…