laura gardiner presentation to lespn, 18 sep 2012 - lseo & moving on up

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

How else can the LSEO support you?

Let us know what you need!

observatory@cesi.org.uk020 7840 8349

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?

laura.gardiner@cesi.org.uk

020 7840 8343