WEI lecturer Imran Saqib has a new article published in @forbes.com based on a study of a consortium of LLMs. It shows the strengths and weaknesses of AI vs human decision making and the importance of 'human' in human resource management. Read more here bit.ly/4ambIhu

📊 Last year's Pankhurst–Fawcett Scorecard showed inequality still touched every area of life for women and girls in #GreaterManchester. What will the 2026 Scorecard reveal? Join us online, 6 Feb, 12–2pm and be part of the conversation about what happens next: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gm4women20...

Countries face many challenges in achieving #DecentWork for all. Social dialogue paves the way by fostering collaboration and integrated policymaking. Learn more: https://ow.ly/KZ5750UoAH7

Last week WEI & the Manchester Industrial Relations Society hosted Virginia Doellgast (Cornell, US) at @alliancembs.bsky.social Ginny shared research conducted 2020-2024 on AI’s impact on call centre jobs in the US, Canada, Germany & Norway. (1/7)

Job vacancy at @alliancembs.bsky.social to work with the WEI as Professor in Human Resource Management and/or Employment Relations, contributing world-leading research with a strong focus on academic, societal and economic impact More details here: bit.ly/4q7TDdE Closing date: 6th January 2026

Human rights have no office hours. Wednesday is #HumanRightsDay.

📘New article! Isabel Tavora, Imran Saqib and Saleema Kauser have a new article published in the British Journal of Management Advancing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Through Voice for All: The Role of Employee Resource Groups Read the full article here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Only a few days to go until the lecture! The talk is titled "Building worker voice and power in AI decisions: Three cases in the German ICT industry" It is based on a paper comparing works council initiatives to influence the adoption and deployment of AI-based tools in three German ICT companies

1️⃣ One week to go! 📢 WEI Annual Lecture with Professor Virginia Doellgast! The WEI Annual Lecture 2025 will be co-hosted with the Manchester Industrial Relations Society (MIRS) 📅 Thursday 11th December 🕒 15:00-16:30 📍 Alliance Manchester Business School Free registration bit.ly/3LskO3L

Forced labour and slavery are not a thing of the past. 🔴 Almost 50 million people were in modern slavery in 2021. Nothing can justify this human rights abuse today. #EndModernSlavery

Lots of tickets still available for our annual lecture on Thursday 11th December! Details and free registration via the link below 👇

Lots of tickets still available for our annual lecture on Thursday 11th December! Details and free registration via the link below 👇

How will the conclusions of #SocialSummit2025 shape the future of work? The final episode of our special podcast series looks at what renewed commitments on poverty eradication, #DecentWork and social inclusion mean in practice. 🎧 Listen now: ow.ly/XOL250XvNxz

Today we celebrate International Women’s Entrepreneurship Day! Women’s entrepreneurship is crucial for social and economic development, and represents a powerful pathway to advance gender equality in the world of work. 👩‍💻👩‍🎨👩‍🚀👩‍⚕️👩‍🍳👩‍🏫👩‍🔧👩‍🔬👩‍⚖️👩‍🌾👩‍✈️👩‍🚒👮‍♀️

The @ilo’s Governing Body holds its 355th Session at ILO headquarters in Geneva from 17 to 27 November 2025. 🗞️More info: www.ilo.org/ilo-governin...

📘New article in International Labour Review @ilo.org Jill Rubery, Isabel Távora, Eva Herman, Abbie Winton & Alejandro Castillo write about the role of collective bargaining for key workers during #COVID19 bit.ly/4oGhAbn @alliancembs.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk @universityofleeds.bsky.social

📢 WEI Annual Lecture with Professor Virginia Doellgast! The WEI Annual Lecture 2025 will be co-hosted with the Manchester Industrial Relations Society (MIRS) 📅 Thursday 11th December 🕒 15:00-16:30 📍 Alliance Manchester Business School Please register attendance via Eventbrite: bit.ly/3LskO3L

At the Work and Equalities Institute, our agenda is to identify and promote the conditions for more inclusive, equal and fairer work and employment arrangements. Read more about our Research and Impact and Engagement: 🔍 www.wei.manchester.ac.uk/research/ 📘 www.wei.manchester.ac.uk/impact-and-e...

FABER LECTURE: Pigeonholed: Creative freedom as an act of resistance - Gary Younge 📅 Thurs 16 Oct 2025 7pm 📍Friends’ Meeting House, Manchester 🎫Tickets & more info on Faber website @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social www.faber.co.uk/product/uom-...

A celebration of 80 Years of Excellence in #OccupationalHealth at @thomasashtoninst.bsky.social event 🎉 📆Wednesday 1st October 🕐1pm start See more details and the link to register below👇

📢We are very pleased to announce that WEI member Angel Martin Caballero has started a new role as Early Career Fellow with @leverhulme.ac.uk The title of Angel's project is 'The Digital Workplace: Rethinking Compliance, Regulatory Enforcement and Institutional Change' Congratulations Angel!

Professor Miguel Martinez Lucio is presenting now at the @britsoci.bsky.social Work, Employment & Society Conference 2025 at The University of Manchester The title of Miguel's talk is “The Widening of the ER"

❗Deadline to apply: 5 September 2025, 23:50 UK time. Find out more 👉 www.productivity.ac.uk/news/opportu... @alliancembs.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social @uomseed.bsky.social @workequalities.bsky.social

Join us in Manchester for the "Future Is Biological! DNA Data Storage Workshop. 📅 Date: Thursday, October 2, 2025 🕛 Time: 12:00 – 16:00 BST 📍 Location: @manchester.ac.uk 🎟️ Get your ticket now: shorturl.at/cGMGq Want to get involved? Email [email protected]

📢New article! WEI members Eva Herman, Jill Rubery, Isabel Tavora and Alejandro Castillo along with colleague Abbie Winton (University of Leeds) have published a new article in the International Labour Review! Have a read of the article here 👉 en.ilr-rit.org/article/pubi...

📅 Tomorrow! 6th Aug 2-3pm we have our online help session. No appointment required - just join at any point during the hour to speak 1-2-1 with an expert from our team about anything research IT related - software, HPC, research data, including RIT on grant applications & more! buff.ly/LzmBBX4

@worknetint.bsky.social members were present at the @sasemeeting.bsky.social conference in Montreal, Canada between 5th and 9th July 2025 where they launched Work-Net International to further spread the word about the network 💬

Great to see WEI and @alliancembs.bsky.social academics including Jenny Rodriguez, Francisca Alvarez Figueroa and Eva Herman presenting and participating at the Academy of Management 2025 conference in Copenhagen Today is the last day and Francisca and Eva are both presenting this morning!

We still have tickets available for this great workshop next week - please sign up via the Eventbrite link below 👇

Tickets are going for this great event on Wednesday 16th July held with @ethnicityuk.bsky.social Please register your attendance via the Eventbrite link below - this event will only be held in-person but we are providing lunch first 🥳 bit.ly/4kdKg8z

As the 9th RDW Conference comes to a close with final remarks led by Celeste Drake, Director General, ILO, we reflect on the insightful presentations and anticipate future research and policy changes in light of the work showcased Thank you to the @ilo.org for hosting another excellent conference 👏

In an afternoon session today, Ceri Hughes outlined her paper on activation policies which aim to increase the amount of paid work people do The paper simulated how time demands vary under different working conditions such as pay and hours It shows a need for new approaches to promote decent work

Yesterday afternoon, Emma Hughes and Tony Dundon presented “The Organisation of Warehouse Work and Social Dialogue in the UK’s E-Commerce Fulfilment Sector” This study compared UK SME e-commerce fulfilment centres to the sector-dominating Amazon in terms of work and employment practices

In a final session of the day, Eva Herman presented research on the Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) sector The sector is key to inclusive labour markets by enabling parents to (re-)enter work There are similar challenges in areas studied but various campaigning to improve quality of work

This afternoon, Jill Rubery acted as discussant in a special session on the recently published book ‘The Politics of Unpaid Labour’ The session proposed strategies for addressing issues of unpaid labour by rethinking an economic model valuing humanity and equity over exploitation and growth

This afternoon, Mat Johnson presented insights from a paper written with Eva Herman, Ceri Hughes and Stephen Overell Precariousness and inequality of labour markets signal an urban crisis Local level responses are innovative and progressive but it’s unclear what the next growth system should be

WEI PhD student and research at @productivity.bsky.social Michael Francis presented on the gendered impact of COVID-19 on training, wages and key workers in the UK Initial results show key differences of men and women to available training in Covid with long-term impact on skills training & wages

Day 2 of the RDW Conference and Mat Johnson is presenting a case study on ‘The Role of Multi-Service Platforms in Shaping Wages and Working Conditions in Belgium’ + flexible, on-demand work + social function to clients + top-up wage for workers - legal & social grey area of ‘collaborative economy’

Just over an hour to go until we host this mini-launch of our network at the RDW Conference 🕐 1-2pm in the Library Room All are welcome to come along to hear more about our exciting new international network!

📢 Tomorrow we are hosting a mini-launch of Work-Net International at a special session as part of the 9th RDW Conference at @ilo.org The information session will outline the network members and current activities plus the growing PhD/ECR network Follow for more updates tomorrow!

Day 1, afternoon stream 2: Mat Johnson chaired a special session on ‘platform labour, employment relations and the evolving role of the state’ Four speakers presented findings from recent research in Latin America on labour relations to bridge regional and global employment debates 🧐

Day 1, afternoon stream 1 has a variety of talks on topics around legislation, women and gender and platform economies Case studies in a climate session showed the importance of the worker voice to improve resilience and workplace health and safety, and as a tool in adapting to climate change 🔨☁️

We attended a session chaired by @globaldevinst.bsky.social emeritus Professor Stephanie Barrientos in which Jill Rubery discussed an upcoming edited volume The book will be out in 2026 and contains a collection of papers around gender equality in turbulent times #GenderEquality #Turbulence #Women

Jill Rubery spoke about the WEI representation since the first RDW conference and the difference in work focus now vs then Relevant topics are #AI and #sustainablework goals 💻 Jill then introduced @worknetint.bsky.social as an #interdisciplinary international network 🤝

We are in Geneva this week at the 9th Regulating for Decent Work conference @ilo.org Institute members are presenting at sessions over the 3 days and attending plenary talks on a variety of topics Stay tuned for further updates! #Work #Labour #WorkerRights #Equality #Cooperation #SocialJustice

📢 Join us and @ethnicityuk.bsky.social on 16th July for a roundtable workshop on Researching equality at work and in society in a hostile political context Date: Wednesday 16th July Time: 2-4pm (lunch first!) Location: University Place More details and registration here 👉 bit.ly/4kdKg8z

Last chance to register! How to Create a Good Food Revolution 🌍 🗓 Wed 25 June | 🕠 17:30–19:00 📍 AMBS + online 🎙 Prof Kevin Morgan + expert panel Join us to explore how public food policy can drive system-wide change—for justice, health and ecological integrity. 🔗 Register: bit.ly/3HLYBf4

📢 New report The National Forum for Health and Wellbeing at Work has put together a major report looking at the impact of AI on health and wellbeing. The report was launched last week at a special event at the House of Commons attended by business leaders and politicians.