The right of European citizens to work in other member states has been in place for many years, yet levels of movement have been lower than expected. Employers play a central role in facilitating mobility, by recruiting across national boundaries and transferring staff. Their practices are...

Men are a small minority of childcare workers, and this has contributed to skills shortages which have affected the sector’s ability to meet rising demand. The paper looks at current initiatives aimed at recruiting men, particularly through the Government’s National Recruitment...

Mental health problems, including stress, account for a high proportion of sickness absence and result in loss of employment. The paper presents findings from a recent qualitative research study into employers’ policies and practices in relation to mental health and stress. A number of...

Despite the removal of most barriers to movement, the proportion of apprentices and non-graduate trainees undertaking a placement abroad remains small. The paper investigates the reasons for this and explores some Mobility schemes were found to involve graduates and senior employees rather than...

Conditionality has increasingly been part of benefit entitlement and its effects have been examined in a number of ways. While the focus of previous research has been on general conditions such as job search and acceptance of job offers, this paper examines conditionality specifically in...