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IER researchers presented their papers at the 2025, held in Stockholm, Sweden from 7-9 May 2025, including findings from a project focusing on the occupational health and safety of gig workers (GIG OSHLink opens in a new window). The conference brought together experts and stakeholders to explore sustainable work practices and their implications for worker wellbeing and policy development.

IER has been awarded 拢1.5 million by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to lead a major study on job quality and health. Led by IER鈥檚 Director Professor Chris Warhurst, the project will explore how job design affects workers' mental and physical well-being. Poor job quality has been linked to long-term sickness absence and economic inactivity. For more information see the 果冻传媒 press release.

Low employment quality and precarious employment have been associated with adverse mental health outcomes, yet the extent to which this association may be explained by the experience of unemployment 鈥渟carring鈥� has not yet been explored. Drawing on UK data the , assessed the links between individuals鈥� employment quality, unemployment history, and mental well-being and psychological distress. The results help further understanding of employment quality as a social determinant of health and highlight the need for both life course and gender-sensitive research in this area.

果冻传媒 Institute for Employment Research is a research partner on a new project led by the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) that has secured a grant of 拢1.2 million aimed at tackling dementia in the workplace. Other research partners are Lancaster University, Northumbria University, Edinburgh Napier University, and Wilfrid Laurier University.

The 10^th of October is World Mental Health Day and this year鈥檚 theme stresses that . Currently, this is sadly far from reality.

Mental health conditions may be a barrier to work. And it is increasingly clear that mental health inequalities are also present amongst those in work. The quality of jobs and employment have implications for workers鈥� mental health and wellbeing.