@AlicePMartin

Head of Research @WorkFoundation focusing on employment rights and working lives. Former @NEF @PIRC_news. Views own. Living in a floodrisk zone.

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I wrote this because I'm worried we're walking blindly into a future where there will be no corporate accountability for the UKs Covid disaster. **We have no reliable data on workplace transmissions** Companies are getting off the hook, whilst individuals face fines & shaming
Guardian Opinion@guardianopinion20 Feb 2021
Why are cases of Covid in the workplace not being reported in the UK? | Alice Martin theguardian.com/commentisfre…

Why are cases of Covid in the workplace not being reported in the UK? | Alice Martin

In order to truly understand who gets the virus and how, companies must be required to disclose all cases and fatalities, says labour specialist Alice Martin

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“There are now 2.2 unemployed people for each available job, with jobseekers navigating the most competitive jobs market since February-April 2021 – when the economy was recovering from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. (6/8)
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Comment from @BRHarrison_ on labour market release from @ONS ⬇️ “As the Government finalises its Spending Review, today’s figures paint a picture of a weakening labour market that could undermine their ambition of boosting employment during the remainder of the Parliament. (1/8)
Office for National Statistics (ONS)
@ONS10 Jun 2025
The revised estimate of employees on the payroll in April 2025 was down 55,000 on the month. The provisional estimate for May 2025 was down another 109,000. Learn more about this release ➡ ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabo…
The number of payrolled employments has decreased from a peak in 2024 Payrolled employees, seasonally adjusted, UK, July 2014 to May 2025

ALT The number of payrolled employments has decreased from a peak in 2024 Payrolled employees, seasonally adjusted, UK, July 2014 to May 2025

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@pash2210 Mar 2025
Welfare cuts in UK by @DWPgovuk won’t succeed without healthier jobs theconversation.com/welfare-… via @AlicePMartin et al

Welfare cuts won’t succeed without healthier jobs

Understanding what is happening to the health of UK workers is key to helping more people to stay in employment.

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Follow me on Bluesky bsky.app/profile/alicepmarti… Finally made it over there!
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📢EVENT: Join us Thu 9 Jan as we explore our research on healthier jobs to tackle economic inactivity & assess the factors for those with long-term health conditions that influence the risk of falling out of work. Ft.: @asliatayy @AlicePMartin @somceo 🎟️eventbrite.co.uk/e/110625286…
Stemming the tide: Healthier jobs to tackle economic inactivity 14.00-15.00 – Thursday 9 January 2025 – Online Asli Atay, Senior Policy Advisor, Work Foundation Alice Martin, Head of Research, Work Foundation Stavroula Leka, Professor, Lancaster University Nick Pahl, Chief Executive, SOM

ALT Stemming the tide: Healthier jobs to tackle economic inactivity 14.00-15.00 – Thursday 9 January 2025 – Online Asli Atay, Senior Policy Advisor, Work Foundation Alice Martin, Head of Research, Work Foundation Stavroula Leka, Professor, Lancaster University Nick Pahl, Chief Executive, SOM

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Writing for @ConversationUK, @AlicePMartin, Head of Research at @WorkFoundation (@LancasterManage) argues that for the Government's new 'Youth Guarantee' to work, there needs to be enough good-quality, secure jobs available for young people⬇️ theconversation.com/the-uk-w…

The UK wants to guarantee work or training for all young people – first it needs good jobs

An alternative would be to invest directly in job creation.

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I wrote for @ConversationUK on why direct job creation should be a part of the government's youth guarantee, rather than the spectre of benefit sanctions. 26% of jobs on DWP find a job site are temporary > can lead to a cylce of insecurity & worklessness theconversation.com/three-wa…
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When you have already lost at a board game, read 5 books, played hide and seek, voted, and done a school run, before your 'working day' has begun
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📝As the final leaders’ debate is over and voters’ prepare to go to the polls next Thursday, here are seven things we have learned from the parties’ manifestos.⬇️ ✍️@asliatayy and @Gdwilliams9 lancaster.ac.uk/work-foundat…

General Election 2024: Seven things we have learned from the parties’ manifestos - Lancaster...

With all of the parties now having published their election manifestos, or for Reform, their contract, it is now possible to assess how their employment related policies compare. So, what have we...

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Comment from my colleague @asliatayy for @hrmagazine on our analysis of the time off gap: > 1.15m people don't qualify for statutory sick pay > below-average earners have 2 fewer days of annual leave per year than those with above average pay hrmagazine.co.uk/content/new….
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Interesting from @unisontheunion Shorter hours for frontline workers in demanding sectors w/ low pay (social care 👀) could be a key plank of a workforce plan & recruitment drive. Our new paper, Time Off, explores paid sabbaticals as a retention tool bmmagazine.co.uk/news/unison…

Unison pushes for four-day work week for NHS staff and police

Unison, Britain's largest union, urges the next government to mandate a four-day work week, following member support.

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Time off: Redesigning leave policies to support longer, healthier working lives - Lancaster...

New briefing by the Work Foundation at Lancaster University investigating whether current time off policies are sufficient to support an older and sicker workforce stay-in work. It finds that 1.15...

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📝New research 📌Our discussion paper looks at whether current time off policies are sufficient to support an older & sicker workforce stay-in work. 📌We find that time off in the UK has become widespread, but access to it is unequal.🧵⬇️(1/9) 🔗lancaster.ac.uk/work-foundat…
Front cover of the Work Foundation’s report titled: ‘Time Off: Redesigning leave policies to support longer, healthier working lives.’ Discussion paper Asli Atay, Aman Navani and Alice Martin.

ALT Front cover of the Work Foundation’s report titled: ‘Time Off: Redesigning leave policies to support longer, healthier working lives.’ Discussion paper Asli Atay, Aman Navani and Alice Martin.

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Important report out today by the Work Foundation. See below. It's been great to see sick pay reforms feature in 5 of 7 major party manifestos. Reforms, including day-one sick pay at a higher weekly rate for every worker, have to be a priority for the next Government.
The Work Foundation@WorkFoundation21 Jun 2024
Replying to @WorkFoundation
In a new survey of more than 1,000 senior business leaders across the UK - undertaken by @Survation – nearly half of employers (47%) say they do not provide more than the statutory minimum level of sick pay. (5/9)
Figure showing how employers determine the duration of paid sick leave offered. Company policy based on statutory requirements - 47% Company policy moderately exceeding statutory requirements - 19% Company policy substantially exceeding statutory requirements - 8% Tailored arrangements negotiated with individual employees - 9% Not applicable - 15%

ALT Figure showing how employers determine the duration of paid sick leave offered. Company policy based on statutory requirements - 47% Company policy moderately exceeding statutory requirements - 19% Company policy substantially exceeding statutory requirements - 8% Tailored arrangements negotiated with individual employees - 9% Not applicable - 15%

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This finding on the inequality of time off has really stuck with me. An annual leave defecit of 2 days per year can really compound across a lifetime, especially if you're also getting less access to parental leave or sick leave. See our new report, Time Off, for more.
Aslı Atay@asliatayy21 Jun 2024
Replying to @asliatayy
We also found that people earning less than £32,882 had 2 fewer days of annual leave per year vs those earning more. This creates a 'vicious cycle' where lower-income workers and leave deficit that can really compound over a lifetime. (5/9)
Figure showing access to annual leave entitlements of 30+ days a year: 25.4% of those earning less than the average income of £32,882 have access to 30+ days, whereas 32% of those earning more than the average do.

ALT Figure showing access to annual leave entitlements of 30+ days a year: 25.4% of those earning less than the average income of £32,882 have access to 30+ days, whereas 32% of those earning more than the average do.

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Coverage in the @DailyMirror of our finding that over a million workers (two thirds of whom are women) also don't qualify for statutory sick pay. This is another major time off inequality that risks deepening the decline in health among the working age population.
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Our key findings and recommendations are here, including setting up a commission to review mechanisms for increasing time off for workers, in line with the rising retirement age. lancaster.ac.uk/work-foundat…

Time off: Redesigning leave policies to support longer, healthier working lives - Lancaster...

New briefing by the Work Foundation at Lancaster University investigating whether current time off policies are sufficient to support an older and sicker workforce stay-in work. It finds that 1.15...

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Aslı Atay@asliatayy21 Jun 2024
As we work longer, do our leave policies reflect these changes? My research with @AmanNavani_ and @AlicePMartin, published today, surveys employers & analyses labour force data to reveal a worrying inequality in time off that risks deepening the UK health crisis.🧵(1/9)
Time off: Redesigning leave policies to support longer, healthier working lives, Work Foundation logo on the top right

ALT Time off: Redesigning leave policies to support longer, healthier working lives, Work Foundation logo on the top right

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Katy Jones@Dr_KatyJones19 Jun 2024
Great blog from @mmu_decentwork's @ProfCarolA on why improving employment conditions and job quality in social care is critical for overcoming its recruitment and retention crisis (also critical for DWP progression policy...many UC claimants work here!) 👇 xitter.cf/mmu_decentwork/status/…
Decent Work and Productivity at Manchester Met Uni@mmu_decentwork19 Jun 2024
Why the next government needs to urgently address the UK’s adult social care recruitment and retention crisis Important new @mcrmetropolis blog from @ProfCarolA 👇 mcrmetropolis.uk/why-the-nex…
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Interesting finding
Financial Times
@FT18 Jun 2024
Four-day week easier than hybrid working, Atom Bank chief says on.ft.com/3z6FXu6

Four-day week easier than hybrid working, Atom Bank chief says

UK digital bank has experienced lower staff attrition and sickness since making change in 2021

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