Welfare reform and labour markets

Project Director: Dr Richard Crisp
Project Duration: 2018-2022

Working Well Early Help is a flagship early intervention programme available to Greater Manchester residents in work who either become ill and risk falling out of the labour market or who are newly unemployed due to health issues. This evaluation will assess the effectiveness of the programme in preventing long term sickness and disengagement from the labour market, especially amongst those employed by Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) where human resources, occupational health and employee wellbeing services are more limited. It will inform future investment decisions in similar programmes and services both in Greater Manchester and nationally.

Project Director: Professor Christina Beatty
Project Duration: 2020-2021

This study looks at the impact of the coronavirus crisis on the health, economy and labour market of older industrial Britain. It brings together a wide range of official statistics to plug a key gap in the evidence base.

Project Director: Dr Richard Crisp
Project Duration: 2019-2020

The Sheffield City Region Health Led Employment Trial provides employment support to people with mild to moderate health conditions to help them to remain in work or find work.  The programme is health led as the main referral routes into the scheme are via primary and acute health services.  This study will provide insights from partners involved in the co-design, implementation, referral pathways or delivery of the programme.  It centres on qualitative research undertaken with a range of stakeholders to shed light on their perceptions as to what has worked well or not so well and lessons to take forward for the future provision of integrated health and work provision in the city region.