[IER] Social mobility on the brink of reversal, official report warns

Fri May 3 14:54:38 BST 2019

IER News Brief 03/05/19

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Progress on social mobility has stagnated over the last five years and teeters on the brink of reversing, the Social Mobility Commission (SMC) has warned <https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=10d778e927&e=71131c031b> .

Although many interventions have focused on providing better education to those from deprived areas, the latest State of the Nation report from the Commitee uncovered the worrying fact that even when working class people are equally qualified as people from more privileged backgrounds they are still less likely to find professional work.

Furthermore, those that overcome these hurdles to gain top jobs are typically paid less than their more affluent peers.

The SMC called on the government to pay its own workers - subcontracted or otherwise - the Real Living Wage to set an example to employers elsewhere in the country.

The Institute of Employment Rights goes further. In our Manifesto for Labour Law, we propose that the Real Living Wage is rolled out as a new statutory minimum, socio-economic background is included as a protected characteristic in the Equality Act 2010 to tackle class-based discrimination, public sector organisations are given a duty to close the gap between the haves and have-nots, and sectoral collective bargaining is reinstated to allow trade unions and employers' associations to negotiate decent pay and conditions across entire industries. 

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