Russell Lee coal mining exhibits
From the US National archives historic photographs of working lives in the USA. The 1946 coal mining survey gave Americans new insight to the conditions that miners and their families lived in. They also include images related to segregation.
MOnetary ValuE of health at older ages (MOVE) Simulator
Developed by the WHO Demographic Change and Healthy Ageing Unit, the MOVE simulator allows a user to estimate the value of changes in health status for an individual or a population based on data from harmonized European time use surveys (HETUS).The main idea behind this is is that time is money. Healthy people spend more […]
Bosses’ high pay
FTSE 100 bosses earnt more money in the first 3 days than an average worker in a year. Get the facts on how this was calculated from the High Pay Centre .The website has a useful database on CEO pay in UK.
Gender pay gap
20th November 2024 is equal pay day, the day on which it is calculated that British women stop being paid compared to men so effectively there is a gap of over 5 weeks wages between male and female pay. The Fawcett society published a report with data which found that almost two-thirds of the gender pay gap would […]
Disability and employment
Trade Board records can give us a rare glimpse into the experiences and treatment of individual workers with disabilities or chronic illness in the early 20th century. The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick has an online collection Also this Social History Society blog post from a few years ago by Andy Holroyde, University of […]
Local skills shortages data tool
The Office for National Statistics has released an interactive tool allowing the user to look at demand for specific job roles in a local area and examine whether census and workforce data indicates a suitably skilled workforce is available there. The tool is underpinned by job advert data and calculated demand data. Full methodology is provided on […]
Violation Tracker Global
A new website created by the U.S. non-governmental organization Good Jobs First, Violation Tracker Global documents a wide range of misconduct by multinational corporations in their operations around the world. These are grouped into broad categories including: Competition/Antitrust, Consumer Protection, Employment, Environment, Financial, Government Contracting, Healthcare, and Safety. It is possible to search by company […]
The Black Frontline
This project has conducted 300 oral histories with Black doctors and nurses in the United States, the United Kingdom and Ghana. The UK section forms part of a broader project collecting memories of testimonies of Black healthcare workers in the UK. All contributions are anonymised.
Britain at work
The Britain at Work: Voices from the Workplace 1945-1995 project interviewed people from a diverse range of backgrounds about their experience of work including those who are Caribbean-descended, e.g., Lily Crawford (Jamaica), Dermot Davis (Barbados), Glenroy Watson (Caribbean British), Frank Bailey (Guyana), Frank Murray (Guyana) and Sheila Emmanuel (Dominica). For audio and transcripts of the interviews […]
Observatory on AI and Work in the Digital Economy.
Observatory on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Work in the Digital Economy.Recently launched by ILO. It will focus on aspects of AI and the workplace. Four key areas defined by the website will include: It provides free access to ILO research papers, podcasts reports and data.
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