PwC’s third green jobs barometer measures the relative performance of the UK’s transition to a greener economy and the development of green jobs across sectors, economic regions and the UK as a whole.
The report reveals that demand for green skills has remained resilient in a cooling labour market. However, the report also notes an increasing regional disparity in the growth of green jobs. It emphasises the importance of enhancing accessibility, particularly entry-level opportunities, and improving job quality as key to mitigating pervasive inequalities.
This roundtable discussion looked at the evolving relationship between employers and their people and explored emerging challenges and opportunities for employers as they take steps to link sustainability and a conscious approach to environmental issues to people strategy.
In this report, James Davies, Employment Partner at Lewis Silkin LLP, explores the possibility that, by 2050, economies like the UK will face a labour market with too few jobs for the available workers. Rapid advances in technology are converging with other significant drivers of change to transform the world of work. Delving down into the work and occupations of today, this report considers the factors which could increase or decrease jobs in different sectors over the next quarter of a century. The impact of this transformation will depend on decisions made, and actions taken, over the next few years. This report identifies the decisions and actions which will need to be addressed and brings together insights from a variety of sources to offer a glimpse of that future.
This roundtable discussion explored the trends driving increased flexibility in the workplace and considered a variety of different approaches to flexible working, with a spotlight on the four-day week.
The CIPD considers the findings of its latest survey of more than 5,000 UK workers and provides practical guidance for organisations looking to foster “good work”.
Flexible work can deliver both better employee engagement and real estate savings. Here’s how tenants and investors can prepare.
The World Economic Forum’s annual Future of Jobs Report 2023 explores how jobs and skills will evolve over the next five years. This fourth edition of the series continues the analysis of employer expectations to provide new insights on how socio-economic and technology trends will shape the workplace of the future.
New research from Slack highlights the ongoing disconnect between UK business leaders and employees when it comes to hybrid work, with the average worker only spending the equivalent of one day a week focused on deep work. The report is based on a survey of 1,650 UK knowledge workers and 350 IT decision makers, with the aim of identifying the barriers and opportunities that are presented by hybrid work.
This roundtable discussion explored the reasons behind the skills shortage and the barriers to attracting and retaining the best people.
As employers continue to encounter major skills shortages, many qualified and willing workers remain unemployed or underemployed. If their circumstances were different, these ‘hidden workers’ would prefer to work more hours and represent a potential source of much needed labour. In this new report, Harvard Business School identifies six main categories of part-time hidden workers, each facing unique challenges and in need of different approaches by employers in the hiring process.
