As the costs of higher education in the UK have moved increasingly from the state to students (and their parents), more university students have term-time jobs. Based on a survey of students in four universities, this paper identifies the pattern of term-time working, its effects on studying and...

British Academy of Management Conference 2007, University of Warwick, Coventry.

In spite of legislation aimed at securing equal pay and equal employment opportunities for men and women, the gender pay gap has persisted into the twenty-first century. This study sought to clarify the causes of the gender pay gap and to assess their relative importance, so that the driving...

International Labour Organisation Conference `Regulating for Decent Work à Innovative labour regulation in a turbulent world«. Geneva, 10 July 2009.

H. Metcalf Exchange of good practices on gender equality: Flexible Working Time Arrangements Comments paper: UK. The Hague, the Netherlands, 24-25 October 2011

American Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Pennsylvania Conference Centre. Philadelphia, USA

This study explores the experiences and outcomes of the fit note from the multiple perspectives of employers and employees to understand how these differ across businesses or organisations.

European Commission, DG Employment and Social Affairs. Link to the full report here

Based on a representative survey of approximately 2000 establishments, the report identifies the extent of age-related policies and practices at work and changes since the Employmnet Equlaity (Age) Regulations were introduced in 2006. It examines age policies and practices in...

This paper: - examines the business structures, processes and pressures that may drive or facilitate the use of forced labour in the UK; - considers policies that may be used in response to these; - makes recommendations to the business community, government and trade unions and migrant community...