Clare McNeil
@claremcneil.bsky.social
Chief Executive, Timewise | Co-founder, Workwhile | Associate Fellow and former Associate Director, IPPR
Read our report: Healthy by Design? Why better jobs for all should be a goal for UK industrial policy timewise.co.uk/article/why-...
Why healthy job design is critical to tackling economic inactivity - Timewise
This paper shows how insecure, inflexible and excessive hours in frontline sectors exacerbate the UK’s economic inactivity problem – and what to do about it.
timewise.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Read our report: Healthy by Design? Why better jobs for all should be a goal for UK industrial policy timewise.co.uk/article/why-...
Ahead of the Sir Charlie Mayfield Review @timewise.bsky.social is calling for a £500m Frontline Workplace Innovation Fund offering conditional support for employers in return for achieving targets for reducing staff turnover and sickness rates and improving job retention.
September 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Ahead of the Sir Charlie Mayfield Review @timewise.bsky.social is calling for a £500m Frontline Workplace Innovation Fund offering conditional support for employers in return for achieving targets for reducing staff turnover and sickness rates and improving job retention.
The bottom line is we won't raise workforce participation unless govt works in partnership with employers in our everyday service sector economy to unlock more suitable jobs.
September 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The bottom line is we won't raise workforce participation unless govt works in partnership with employers in our everyday service sector economy to unlock more suitable jobs.
A huge thanks to all those who attended, Sharon Foxwell and Dr. Katie Perry for sharing their powerful stories and to
#PhoenixInsights for their support on our joint #PartTimeWorks campaign
#PhoenixInsights for their support on our joint #PartTimeWorks campaign
February 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
A huge thanks to all those who attended, Sharon Foxwell and Dr. Katie Perry for sharing their powerful stories and to
#PhoenixInsights for their support on our joint #PartTimeWorks campaign
#PhoenixInsights for their support on our joint #PartTimeWorks campaign
Given the scale & urgency of the challenge, there's a need for far greater coordination across DWP and the Sir Charlie Mayfield Review, DBT and the implementation of the Employment Rights Bill, and DHSC to improve working conditions in these sectors.
February 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Given the scale & urgency of the challenge, there's a need for far greater coordination across DWP and the Sir Charlie Mayfield Review, DBT and the implementation of the Employment Rights Bill, and DHSC to improve working conditions in these sectors.
- Depression and anxiety are now the leading cause of sickness absence - causing 55% of working days lost due to work-related ill health.
- Workers in sectors like transport and storage, construction, commerce and hospitality (around a quarter of the workforce) are worst affected
- Workers in sectors like transport and storage, construction, commerce and hospitality (around a quarter of the workforce) are worst affected
February 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
- Depression and anxiety are now the leading cause of sickness absence - causing 55% of working days lost due to work-related ill health.
- Workers in sectors like transport and storage, construction, commerce and hospitality (around a quarter of the workforce) are worst affected
- Workers in sectors like transport and storage, construction, commerce and hospitality (around a quarter of the workforce) are worst affected