Work Today
Research for a rapidly changing world of work and labour.
As the labour process is reshaped by changing technologies and escalating climate crisis, our research identifies developing trends and emergent findings – as well as resources to chart new paths towards fairer and more sustainable forms of work.
Revealing the lack of support for menstrual health in the UK workplace.
In partnership with the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Caucus (EDICa), new research offers a snapshot into the menstrual health needs of employees in the – and hitherto lack of support.
Polling carried out by Survation show half of women say period symptoms have affected them at work in the last year – but only 16% have any support in place from their employer,
The report sets out recommendations for employers and policy-makers to improve the situation for workers and provide greater support.
How workers can productively challenge conventional, ‘scientific’ top-down management
Drawing on fourteen interviews, five detailed case studies, and extensive archival research, this report offers a nuanced understanding of worker-led innovation over the past century.
In collaboration with Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), it examines how workers have historically challenged the conventional ‘scientific’ top-down management approach, presenting viable alternatives through self-directed initiatives.
How did the pandemic change the perception of gig work?
This report examines news media narratives surrounding the gig economy in the UK press during the first two years of the Covid pandemic (2020-21).
It finds a disproportionate news media focus on the gig economy in its ‘masculinised’ forms – such as driving and delivery – at the expense of other, more neglected parts of the gig economy, such as care work.
AI as threat or friend to workers? Rethinking the UK’s policy response through a capabilitarian approach to growth
Designing workplaces, not fixing bodies: three EDI lessons from menstrual health research
Checking in on the Employment Rights Bill: a step forward for rights at work?
The installation economy and the endless horizon of low-waged ‘green’ work
Post-work: a (partially annotated) bibliography
Bread, butter and dreamwork: why politics must speak to a more complex picture of needs
Post-Work: why this book, why now?
Transforming Employment and Support Infrastructure
Shaping digital futures in work and society: the case of worker-led innovation
The Future of Cloud Kitchens: a municipal approach
Representing a gig economy: gender, visibility, and news coverage of on-demand work during the pandemic
Skills England: how new technologies can help achieve its mission and transform the job market
Nowcasting at Autonomy
The new deal for working people: The Right to Switch Off
