Universal Credit and Employers: exploring the demand side of UK active labour market policy

普遍信贷与雇主：探索英国积极劳动力市场政策的需求面

• 批准号: ES/V004093/1
• 负责人: Katy Jones
• 金额: $ 29.17万
• 依托单位: Manchester Metropolitan University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FV004093%2F1
• 关键词: Universal; Credit; Employers; exploring; demand

Research context: Active labour market policies (ALMPs) are government interventions traditionally focused on moving unemployed people into work. As those ultimately in control of the employment opportunities participants are seeking to access, employers are fundamental to ALMP outcomes (Bredgaard; 2017; Sissons and Green, 2017). However, research and policy relating to ALMP has tended to ignore employers. Focusing on UK ALMP, as enacted through Universal Credit, this research will help to advance knowledge of this topic by focusing on employer perspectives of ALMP and the conditionality that underpins it for unemployed people and workers on a low income. The research will explore how ALMP is understood and experienced by UK employers, how it impacts on how businesses are run, and how employment services can work more effectively with employers, leading to better outcomes for individuals and the wider economy (McCollum, 2012). The UK's main vehicle for ALMP, and flagship policy of recent welfare reforms is Universal Credit (UC). UC is the new working age benefit for those who are either out of work or on a low income (DWP, 2010). Under UC, social security for unemployed people is conditional on claimants demonstrating work search and other work-related activities. This is underpinned by a 'Work First' approach, emphasising high volumes of applications and fast work re-entry. It also potentially involves the extension of conditionality to those in work, blurring the traditional distinction between social security claimants who are in and outside of the paid labour market (Dwyer and Wright, 2014). Aims and objectivesThe project has four main aims. Through qualitative semi-structured interviews with employers, policymakers and other key stakeholders, this research project will: 1. explore how UK ALMP is understood and experienced by employers2. identify how ALMP impacts UK businesses, including how they recruit, retain and progress their staff (and explore differences between sectors) 3. explore how the impact of ALMP on employers varies in different low pay sectors4. explore how the public employment service can work effectively with employers to lead to better employment outcomes for claimantsTo realise these aims, the project is underpinned by four related objectives: 1. To generate new qualitative data on how ALMP impacts on employers and firm behaviour through consultation with employers, policy makers and other key stakeholders2. To expand scholarly understanding of ALMP and its impact, beyond a traditional supply side focus on unemployed claimants3. To identify ways in which public employment services (i.e. Jobcentre Plus and other contracted providers) could work with employers to help Universal Credit claimants enter and progress in work 4. To inform policy development and debate relating to ALMP for both unemployed and working Universal Credit claimantsPotential applications and benefitsThis research has been designed to have clear benefits for multiple stakeholders: policymakers in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will benefit through the insight it will provide into employer interactions with ALMP; employers will benefit as it will enable their voices to be heard on policy which impacts them and their staff; employer representative organisations will benefit through greater awareness of how UC impacts on the businesses they represent; employment and skills agencies, unions and other organisations supporting UC claimants will benefit from a greater awareness of how UC interacts with employment practices, which can help to shape their advice and support; Universal Credit claimants will benefit through more informed public debate and policy development which better reflects the realities of work, thereby enhancing the effectiveness of support for claimants; and academics will benefit through new insights and the creation of a new dataset.

研究背景：积极的劳动力市场政策（ALMP）是政府干预措施，传统上侧重于推动失业人员就业。由于最终控制就业机会的参与者正在寻求访问，雇主是ALMP结果的基础（Bredgaard; 2017; Sissons和绿色，2017）。然而，有关ALMP的研究和政策往往忽视了雇主。以英国ALMP为重点，通过普遍信贷颁布，这项研究将有助于推进这一主题的知识，侧重于ALMP的雇主的角度和条件，支持它的失业人员和低收入工人。该研究将探讨英国雇主如何理解和体验ALMP，它如何影响企业的经营方式，以及就业服务如何更有效地与雇主合作，为个人和更广泛的经济带来更好的结果（McCollum，2012）。英国ALMP的主要工具，以及最近福利改革的旗舰政策是普遍信贷（UC）。UC是针对失业或低收入者的新的工作年龄福利（DWP，2010年）。根据《统一工资法》，失业者的社会保障以申请人证明其在寻找工作和从事其他与工作有关的活动为条件。这是由一个“工作第一”的方法，强调大量的应用程序和快速重新进入工作的支持。它还可能涉及将条件性扩大到有工作的人，模糊了有偿劳动力市场内外的社会保障申请人之间的传统区别（Dwyer和Wright，2014年）。目的和目标该项目有四个主要目标。通过对雇主、政策制定者和其他关键利益相关者的定性半结构化访谈，本研究项目将：1。探讨雇主如何理解和体验英国ALMP 2。确定ALMP如何影响英国企业，包括他们如何招聘，留住和进步他们的员工（并探讨行业之间的差异）3.探讨积极就业选配计划对不同低薪行业雇主的不同影响4。探讨公共就业服务如何有效地与雇主合作，为申索人带来更佳的就业结果为实现这些目标，该计划有四个相关的目标：通过与雇主、政策制定者和其他关键利益攸关方协商，生成关于劳动力市场管理方案如何影响雇主和企业行为的新的定性数据2。扩大ALMP及其影响的学术理解，超越传统的供应方重点失业索赔3。确定公共就业服务机构（即就业中心和其他合同提供者）与雇主合作的方式，以帮助通用信贷申请人进入工作岗位并取得进展。为失业者和工作中的通用信贷申请人提供有关ALMP的政策制定和辩论的信息潜在的应用程序和好处这项研究的目的是为多个利益相关者带来明显的好处：工作和养老金部（DWP）的政策制定者将通过深入了解雇主与ALMP的互动而受益;雇主将受益，因为它将使他们的声音在影响他们和他们的员工的政策上被听到;雇主代表组织将通过更好地了解UC如何影响他们所代表的企业而受益;就业和技能机构，工会和其他支持UC索赔人的组织将受益于更好地了解UC如何与就业实践互动，这有助于形成他们的建议和支持;通用信贷申请人将受益于更知情的公众辩论和政策制定，更好地反映了工作的现实，从而提高为索赔人提供支助的有效性;学术界将受益于新的见解和创建新的数据集。

项目成果

A step too far: Employer perspectives on in-work conditionality

太过分了：雇主对工作条件的看法

• DOI: 10.1177/09589287241232817
• 发表时间: 2024
• 期刊: Journal of European Social Policy
• 影响因子: 3
• 作者: Jones K

Universal Credit and Employers: Exploring the Demand Side of UK Active Labour Market Policy. Briefing note

普遍信贷和雇主：探索英国积极劳动力市场政策的需求面。

• 发表时间: 2023
• 作者: Jones, K

Universal Credit and Employers: Exploring the Demand Side of UK Active Labour Market Policy. Final Report

普遍信贷和雇主：探索英国积极劳动力市场政策的需求面。

• 发表时间: 2023
• 作者: Jones, K.