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24/25: It finds that if #trends continue, economic inactivity due to #sickness could hit 4.3 million by the end of this #Parliament , resulting in an estimated £5bn in lost tax #receipts in 2024, while better population health could save the #NHS £18bn per year by mid-2030s.

23/25: Better #health is the most #important medicine the UK economy needs for the faster #Growth that the new #government has identified as one of its five key missions, according to a new report by @IPPR.

22/25: The Commission specifies the #support needed for both younger and older people affected by economic #inactivity. It says older people should be a key #Focus within the new Support Guarantee.

21/25: The Working for the Future report by @EmploymtStudies indicates that the UK is an outlier among developed nations, with #employment rates falling rather than rising post-pandemic.

20/25: The UK needs #wholesale reform in employment support to reverse ‘a participation #Crisis which has seen a significant decline in its workforce, with 800,000 fewer individuals in work or seeking employment since the #Covid_19 pandemic, according to a new report.

19/25: 67% of parents reported increased stress or anxiety levels while balancing work and #family responsibilities. Just over a quarter (28%) say they are not encouraged by their employer to take time off for family-related #commitments.

18/25: 54% of #working mothers said that if their #partner had more parenting leave, it would help them to progress in their career. An even higher number of working #mothers (61%) say that if their partner had more #flexibility in their role, it would help them to progress.

17/25: Meanwhile @Deloitte has announced a new #policy to equalise #paid parenting leave in the UK, offering all parents 26 weeks of fully paid leave. The initiative, effective from 1st January 2025, includes #maternity , paternity and shared parental leave.

16/25: Labour has said it will review parental leave in its first year. The Dad Shift wants parental leave “that is #affordable for people to take, gives a substantial allowance of time, and supports #equality among #Parents .

15/25: A new #Campaign for better paternity leave from The Dad Shift has written an open #letter to the Prime Minister and attached model #babies to famous statues of men around #London , including footballer Thierry Henry and #Hollywood star Gene Kelly.

14/25: New #research by the @WorkFoundation also shows that opportunities to change occupations or sectors tend to narrow with age and that older #workers are more likely to get stuck in #Insecure work.

13/25: Labour’s #employment law reforms also aim to address #Insecure jobs. Workers who started in secure work in 2017/18 were twice as likely to hold a secure job by 2021/22 compared to those who started in insecure #work (79.5%% vs 39.5%).

12/25: Meanwhile, @amazon has announced that employees will be required to return to the #office for 5 days a week from the start of next year, reversing #pandemic -era policies. The company says it believes that in-person #collaboration enhances learning and #company culture.

11/25: In an interview with @thetimes , @jreynoldsMP , the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pledged to end the #culture of presenteeism”, asserting that flexible working contributes to #Productivity , #staff resilience and their ability to stay #working .

10/25: @UKLabour has reiterated its #Plans to introduce legislation aimed at giving #people a default right to #flexibleworking unless it is not reasonably possible to do so.

9/25: (61%) of Gen Z would consider working as a #teacher , but nearly half (47%) said they would enjoy teaching for a few years, but not their whole #career. 42% also perceive #teaching as stressful and 36% say the salary is poor and that schools lack #Funding .

8/25: This includes a new #system of formal secondments for existing teachers to spend some time out of the classroom in other #sectors, before returning with new #skills, #enthusiasm and #energy .

7/25: A new report by @TeachFirst , Tomorrow’s Teachers: A roadmap to get #GenZ into the #classroom , sets out a comprehensive #roadmap  of the transformations it says are needed to attract the next generation of teachers.