@drzofia.bsky.social
Senior Researcher at Institute for Employment Studies. PhD in Management. Workplace researcher, singer, gin drinker, unpaid carer. Recently published author about line management and wellbeing at work
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“These proposed cuts will turn people’s lives into a nightmare. No wonder they are scared about where this all might lead”
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Look at Labour’s cruel attitude towards disability benefits, then tell me Keir Starmer cares about 'human dignity' | John Harris
These proposed cuts will turn people’s lives into a nightmare. No wonder they are scared about where this all might lead, says Guardian columnist John Harris
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June 23, 2025 at 7:59 AM
“These proposed cuts will turn people’s lives into a nightmare. No wonder they are scared about where this all might lead”
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Almost one-half of families with children in poverty who are not working contain an adult with a disability or limiting health condition.
Read more in our recent research on child poverty ⤵️
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Read more in our recent research on child poverty ⤵️
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June 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Almost one-half of families with children in poverty who are not working contain an adult with a disability or limiting health condition.
Read more in our recent research on child poverty ⤵️
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Read more in our recent research on child poverty ⤵️
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waiting for the #SpendingReview. It's all very well hearing all parties acknowledging that it is #NationalCarersWeek and the hard work that #unpaid #carers do, but lets get better #policy and #organisational support for them so they dont miss out on employment opps and income!
June 11, 2025 at 11:18 AM
waiting for the #SpendingReview. It's all very well hearing all parties acknowledging that it is #NationalCarersWeek and the hard work that #unpaid #carers do, but lets get better #policy and #organisational support for them so they dont miss out on employment opps and income!
It would have been mum and dad's 50th wedding anniversary at the weekend. At the beginning of the year all he was saying was we have to keep mum going until June, yet 3 months ago today he was the one that left us so suddenly first. Still can't believe it has all happened. Really feeling it today
June 9, 2025 at 8:38 AM
It would have been mum and dad's 50th wedding anniversary at the weekend. At the beginning of the year all he was saying was we have to keep mum going until June, yet 3 months ago today he was the one that left us so suddenly first. Still can't believe it has all happened. Really feeling it today
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At 3pm today, Dr Emily Andrews from @ageingbetter.bsky.social and IES Chief Executive @naomiclayton.bsky.social will be giving evidence to the Lords Economic Affairs Committee on the impact of ageing on the UK economy. Watch it here: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
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Economic Affairs Committee
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May 6, 2025 at 12:14 PM
At 3pm today, Dr Emily Andrews from @ageingbetter.bsky.social and IES Chief Executive @naomiclayton.bsky.social will be giving evidence to the Lords Economic Affairs Committee on the impact of ageing on the UK economy. Watch it here: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
Sorry for being quiet on here. A month ago today, my dad suddenly and completely unexpectedly passed away. Sometimes it feels like a minutes, sometimes a year, sometimes yesterday. There is just no rhyme or reason to grief.
April 9, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Sorry for being quiet on here. A month ago today, my dad suddenly and completely unexpectedly passed away. Sometimes it feels like a minutes, sometimes a year, sometimes yesterday. There is just no rhyme or reason to grief.
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IES' @drzofia.bsky.social & @jonnygiff.bsky.social reflect on recent IES research for the Commission for #HealthierWorkingLives, supported by @healthfoundation.bsky.social, that analysed how the UK compares with 14 EU countries when looking at long-term ill health & employment. Read: bit.ly/3WWpMbF
February 10, 2025 at 11:07 AM
IES' @drzofia.bsky.social & @jonnygiff.bsky.social reflect on recent IES research for the Commission for #HealthierWorkingLives, supported by @healthfoundation.bsky.social, that analysed how the UK compares with 14 EU countries when looking at long-term ill health & employment. Read: bit.ly/3WWpMbF
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Insightful blog from @employmentstudies.bsky.social reflecting on their recent report for the Commission for #HealthierWorkingLives, which we support, looking at how the UK compares to 14 EU countries on long-term ill health and employment ⬇️
IES' @drzofia.bsky.social & @jonnygiff.bsky.social reflect on recent IES research for the Commission for #HealthierWorkingLives, supported by @healthfoundation.bsky.social, that analysed how the UK compares with 14 EU countries when looking at long-term ill health & employment. Read: bit.ly/3WWpMbF
February 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Insightful blog from @employmentstudies.bsky.social reflecting on their recent report for the Commission for #HealthierWorkingLives, which we support, looking at how the UK compares to 14 EU countries on long-term ill health and employment ⬇️
talking about #mentalhealth is not always easy, especially in #work situations. In a #blog containing a little self-disclosure, I highlight that for me it has been good to talk: employment-studies.co.uk/news/its-goo... #TimeToTalkDay #MentalHealthMatters #wellbeing #HR #Managers
'It's good to talk' - but is it always easy to? | Institute for Employment Studies (IES)
To mark Time to Talk Day, Zofia Bajorek reflects on her experience of talking about mental health in the workplace.
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February 6, 2025 at 12:53 PM
talking about #mentalhealth is not always easy, especially in #work situations. In a #blog containing a little self-disclosure, I highlight that for me it has been good to talk: employment-studies.co.uk/news/its-goo... #TimeToTalkDay #MentalHealthMatters #wellbeing #HR #Managers
on this #TimeToTalkDay re-publish a blog that I wrote a few years ago about keeping the art of #conversation alive, especially in a #hybridwork situation. employment-studies.co.uk/news/keeping... A chat today maybe what a colleague needs #mentalhealth #wellbeing #work
Keeping the art of conversation alive | Institute for Employment Studies (IES)
To mark Time to Talk Day, Zofia Bajorek highlights the importance of ‘conversation’, between managers and employees and looks at how these are best initiated, in the absence of face to face interactio...
employment-studies.co.uk
February 6, 2025 at 12:53 PM
on this #TimeToTalkDay re-publish a blog that I wrote a few years ago about keeping the art of #conversation alive, especially in a #hybridwork situation. employment-studies.co.uk/news/keeping... A chat today maybe what a colleague needs #mentalhealth #wellbeing #work
It is great to see that Suffolk Mind and the Work Well Service was able to help this individual...but #work should not be pushing people to the edge. This is why #goodwork matters and psychosocial assessments of the #workplace should happen www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #TimeToTalk #wellbeing #HR
'Work pushed me to the edge - but Suffolk Mind helped me no end'
Public sector worker Martyn
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February 4, 2025 at 9:22 PM
It is great to see that Suffolk Mind and the Work Well Service was able to help this individual...but #work should not be pushing people to the edge. This is why #goodwork matters and psychosocial assessments of the #workplace should happen www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #TimeToTalk #wellbeing #HR
#work may not be the first thought people have on #WorldCancerDay but it can have many thereapuetic benefits.
@EmploymtStudies
latest report highlights the support that #HR and #managers can provide for those navigating a #returntowork after #cancer: www.employment-studies.co.uk/resource/imp...
@EmploymtStudies
latest report highlights the support that #HR and #managers can provide for those navigating a #returntowork after #cancer: www.employment-studies.co.uk/resource/imp...
Improving employer support for those working with cancer: The Bevan report | Institute for Employment Studies (IES)
IES led a study on behalf of Working With Cancer to understand current employer practices in supporting employees living with cancer back to work, and to identify enablers and barriers to good practic...
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February 4, 2025 at 11:25 AM
#work may not be the first thought people have on #WorldCancerDay but it can have many thereapuetic benefits.
@EmploymtStudies
latest report highlights the support that #HR and #managers can provide for those navigating a #returntowork after #cancer: www.employment-studies.co.uk/resource/imp...
@EmploymtStudies
latest report highlights the support that #HR and #managers can provide for those navigating a #returntowork after #cancer: www.employment-studies.co.uk/resource/imp...
Really pleased to have been able to chat to HR Magazine this morning about this IES research - such interesting findings that really does have a call to action to reduce the ill-health and employment gap that currently exists in the UK - what can/should we learn from other countries?
“If we look at Europe, we know it doesn’t have to be like this. Good HR, strong support and evidence based interventions could really help UK organisations with ill-health." @drzofia.bsky.social talks to HR Magazine, read our new research here: bit.ly/3EdbqNL www.hrmagazine.co.uk/content/news...
The UK’s ill-health employment gap is among the widest in the EU - HR Magazine
The UK’s employment gap between people with and without health limitations is among the widest in the EU15, a study from the Institute for Employment Studies (IES) has found.
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January 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Really pleased to have been able to chat to HR Magazine this morning about this IES research - such interesting findings that really does have a call to action to reduce the ill-health and employment gap that currently exists in the UK - what can/should we learn from other countries?
A huge pleasure to be invited to speak on this #Workplace #Wellbeing #podcast (evolveworkplacewellbeing.buzzsprout.com/2109567/epis...) about #LineManagement following this publication (amazon.co.uk/How-Line-Man...). Line Management Matters and organisations and policy should take it seriously
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January 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
A huge pleasure to be invited to speak on this #Workplace #Wellbeing #podcast (evolveworkplacewellbeing.buzzsprout.com/2109567/epis...) about #LineManagement following this publication (amazon.co.uk/How-Line-Man...). Line Management Matters and organisations and policy should take it seriously
Really interesting paper about how #employers are responding to the #CarersLeaveAct: www.employersforcarers.org/media/znfdhk... Some positive steps being shown to help #unpaidcares in #employment - but more still needs to be done.
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January 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Really interesting paper about how #employers are responding to the #CarersLeaveAct: www.employersforcarers.org/media/znfdhk... Some positive steps being shown to help #unpaidcares in #employment - but more still needs to be done.
#employees with #cancer can #discrimination at #work if their #returntowork is not #managed effectively as this case in HR Magazine shows: www.hrmagazine.co.uk/content/news... #HR #health #wellbeing #goodwork
Funeral home unfairly dismissed worker with cancer, tribunal finds - HR Magazine
A funeral home discriminated against and unfairly dismissed an employee with cancer, a tribunal has ruled.
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January 9, 2025 at 12:24 PM
#employees with #cancer can #discrimination at #work if their #returntowork is not #managed effectively as this case in HR Magazine shows: www.hrmagazine.co.uk/content/news... #HR #health #wellbeing #goodwork
great day in Leeds Civic Hall yesterday talking about #GoodWork, #Health and #wellbeing and #skills for people with #disabilities and long-term health conditions. I gave a presentation including a call to action for #policy makers and #employers in the back of the Get Britain Working #WhitePaper
December 12, 2024 at 10:37 AM
great day in Leeds Civic Hall yesterday talking about #GoodWork, #Health and #wellbeing and #skills for people with #disabilities and long-term health conditions. I gave a presentation including a call to action for #policy makers and #employers in the back of the Get Britain Working #WhitePaper
Great new blog by Jonny here highlighting research findings from @employmentstudies.bsky.social new research for the @healthfoundation.bsky.social commission for #healthier #working lives. Very much worth a read
📢A new blog from IES' @jonnygiff.bsky.social calls for UK employers to loosen management control and increase worker’s autonomy to support workplace health. A reflection on new research for the Commission for Healthier Working Lives supported by @healthfoundation.bsky.social. Read: bit.ly/3OxfzOx
December 2, 2024 at 9:52 PM
Great new blog by Jonny here highlighting research findings from @employmentstudies.bsky.social new research for the @healthfoundation.bsky.social commission for #healthier #working lives. Very much worth a read
Obligatory Parliament Selfie too! And impressive Christmas tree
December 2, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Obligatory Parliament Selfie too! And impressive Christmas tree
Really great to attend the Modernising Employment APPG today about 'Ensuring #fairness at #work for people with #disabilities' Fascinating panel, empassioned presentations and a clear need for more action in this area. Get Britain Working makes tentative steps in this direction but leaps are needed
December 2, 2024 at 8:16 PM
Really great to attend the Modernising Employment APPG today about 'Ensuring #fairness at #work for people with #disabilities' Fascinating panel, empassioned presentations and a clear need for more action in this area. Get Britain Working makes tentative steps in this direction but leaps are needed
New Blog:how #HR support #employees #returntowork following #cancer & why this this important now?Read my latest blog highlighting key findings from our research surveying HR #managers about #policies, #practices, #opportunties and #challenges: www.employment-studies.co.uk/news/returni...
Returning to work after cancer: the growing role of HR in employee support | Institute for Employment Studies (IES)
Following the publication of The Bevan report, Dr Zofia Bajorek summarises the findings from IES and Working With Cancer's recent research into how cancer patients returning to work are currently supp...
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November 27, 2024 at 2:56 PM
New Blog:how #HR support #employees #returntowork following #cancer & why this this important now?Read my latest blog highlighting key findings from our research surveying HR #managers about #policies, #practices, #opportunties and #challenges: www.employment-studies.co.uk/news/returni...
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'With over 300,000 people a year leaving the workforce and reporting work-limiting health conditions, enabling more people to remain in good work is critical to addressing the UK’s work and health challenge’
@healthfoundation.bsky.social take on Get Britain Working
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@healthfoundation.bsky.social take on Get Britain Working
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Health Foundation responds to the government’s ‘Get Britain Working’ white paper
Our response to the government’s ‘Get Britain Working’ white paper.
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November 26, 2024 at 10:20 PM
'With over 300,000 people a year leaving the workforce and reporting work-limiting health conditions, enabling more people to remain in good work is critical to addressing the UK’s work and health challenge’
@healthfoundation.bsky.social take on Get Britain Working
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@healthfoundation.bsky.social take on Get Britain Working
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🧵 Important report from @employmentstudies.bsky.social for the Commission for #HealthierWorkingLives, which we support. It highlights health risks from poor #jobquality, how the UK compares to rest of Europe on key measures, and sector-specific challenges, eg in transport and construction.
📢New research! Our report for the Commission for #HealthierWorkingLives, supported by
@healthfoundation.bsky.social reveals that poor job quality threatens the health of the UK workforce with 1.7 million people reporting work-related ill health in the last year. Read: bit.ly/3CH4uYB 1/
@healthfoundation.bsky.social reveals that poor job quality threatens the health of the UK workforce with 1.7 million people reporting work-related ill health in the last year. Read: bit.ly/3CH4uYB 1/
November 25, 2024 at 12:57 PM
🧵 Important report from @employmentstudies.bsky.social for the Commission for #HealthierWorkingLives, which we support. It highlights health risks from poor #jobquality, how the UK compares to rest of Europe on key measures, and sector-specific challenges, eg in transport and construction.
Hello! Still trying to navigate this new platform - and find (and make new) contacts! I will be posting about #HR #Wellbeing #Work, #LineManagers and everything inbetween soon! Looking forward to some good interactions!
November 26, 2024 at 5:16 PM
Hello! Still trying to navigate this new platform - and find (and make new) contacts! I will be posting about #HR #Wellbeing #Work, #LineManagers and everything inbetween soon! Looking forward to some good interactions!