laura gardiner presentation to lespn, 18 sep 2012 - lseo & moving on up
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The London Skills & Employment Observatory
&Moving on Up: breaking the
low pay, no pay cycle in London
Laura Gardiner, Inclusion
Overview of LSEOAims: Create and maintain a clear, accessible and
independent evidence base on London’s labour market
Act as a catalyst for generating debate on opportunities and challenges in London’s labour market
Bring London stakeholders together to discuss major themes through our forum meetings
Provide access to the latest performance data on programmes, projects and initiatives linked to the labour market
LSEO until 2013... Monthly labour market updates Updated annual London Story
(October/November) Redesigned quarterly review with more
localised data and analysis Two new LSEO forum meetings:–Work Experience (early-mid November) –Work Programme year one results (early
December) Re-design of key policy pages to align to
new priorities and new ways of working
Moving on Up
Research into tackling the “low pay, no pay cycle”
Key research questions
1.What is the scale of “low pay, no pay” and characteristics of cyclers ?
2.How are organisations currently responding?
3.What works? How can best practice be scaled up / shared?
4.Do we need an advancement strategy?
Our approach
Interim report
Final report
Literature review
Early findings Women, lone parents, those with disabilities and
those with low qualifications significantly more likely to cycle
‘Manufacturing’ and ‘distribution, hotels and restaurants’ are industries that present greatest risk of cycling
Certain occupations particularly risky:
Early findings
Women, BAME groups, and those with disabilities comparatively more likely to progress in work in London than in the rest of the UK = goodBUT
Moving to a new job or undertaking job-related training less likely to have an impact on progression in London than in the rest of the UK = not so good
How can you help?
Important that your voice is heard in this debate – think WP mark II, future ESF provision, in-work conditionality within Universal Credit
Input into our survey on retention and progression (available next week)
Share with us your experiences on job retention, job sustainability and progression
Is there appetite for a London VCS roundtable?
