White paper: Inequality, in-work poverty, justice: The new priorities for HR and reward leaders?

In this white paper, Dr Duncan Brown, principal associate at IES, considers how businesses and organisations can improve their positive impact in reducing income and wealth inequality, and the role of standards in improving organisation practice.

White paper: Inequality, in-work poverty, justice: The new priorities for HR and reward leaders? 1

He argues that the government and employer policy agendas are merging; and as in addressing discrimination, both are proving critical to ameliorating the problems.

So how can HR and reward functions help to address income and wealth inequalities?

 

Contents:

Inequality during wartime and Covid-19………………………Page 2

Poverty and inequality: What?.…………………………….………Page 3

Poverty and Inequality: Why?.……………………………………..Page 4

Poverty and Inequality: How to address it….…………….…Page 5

The Future: Just Work, or just work?……………..………..…Page 7

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