Against the backdrop of Sir Charlie Mayfield’s independent investigation into healthy and inclusive work, Sasjkia Otto sets out an ambitious vision for a universal and integrated occupational health system, matched by rights and responsibilities. In other words: a National Occupational Health Service.
This report considers the health of the UK workforce, the limitations of the current occupational health system, and how a National Occupational Health Service could enlist employers, workers and the state in as key partners in keeping people well in work.
The Labour government has committed to reforming the apprenticeship levy into a ‘growth and skills levy’, giving employers more flexibility. In this report, general secretary Joe Dromey and senior researcher Sasjkia Otto set out a series of recommendations for the reform of the levy designed to both unleash growth and to unlock opportunity.
Living standards shouldn’t be the government’s only priority. But they are a very real measure of whether people’s lives are going well and, understandably, it is often how the public judges whether a government is doing its job. For this government to secure a second term, it will need to deliver tangible improvements in living standards. This report shows how the government can make people better off in highly challenging circumstances. It sets out how policies can be prioritised, coordinated and communicated in practice, with three key ‘pillars’.
This report first analyses the nature of the challenge of pensioner poverty. It then explores options for pensioner social security reform, in the near and longer term, for consideration as part of the government’s pensions review.
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