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Part-time pandemic

23rd June 2021 Anne Bosse

Reading Time: 7 minutes Recent figures show a decline in part-time work in Northern Ireland (NI) since the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] This

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Employment & Labour Market Equality

Northern Ireland Gender Pay Gap: a 2021 update

8th March 20218th November 2021 Michael Scholes

Reading Time: 7 minutes By Michael Scholes & Aidan Stennett To highlight International Women’s Day, the following article updates our previous blog article examining

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Employment & Labour Market Equality

Northern Ireland Gender Pay Gap – 2020 update

6th March 202029th June 2020 Aidan Stennett Gender equality (including pay gap)

Reading Time: 7 minutes By Michael Scholes & Aidan Stennett To highlight International Women’s Day, the following article updates our previous blog article examining

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Employment & Labour Market

National Minimum Wage: Effects and future

18th December 201923rd January 2020 Darren Valentine

Reading Time: 7 minutes Do you know the hourly minimum wage rates for workers in Northern Ireland? Currently, the rates are determined under three

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Employment & Labour Market Equality

What is the Gender Pay Gap in Northern Ireland in 2019?

8th March 201919th June 2019 Michael Scholes Gender equality (including pay gap)

Reading Time: 5 minutes By Michael Scholes & Aidan Stennett To highlight International Women’s Day, this blog article updates a previous one examining the

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Employment & Labour Market Equality

What is the gender pay gap in Northern Ireland?

8th March 20188th April 2019 Michael Scholes Gender equality (including pay gap)

Reading Time: 6 minutes By Michael Scholes & Aidan Stennett Please note: we have posted a new version of this blog article using the

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Employment & Labour Market Equality

How big is the gender pay gap in NI’s public and private sectors?

8th March 20178th April 2019 Aidan Stennett Gender equality (including pay gap)

Reading Time: 3 minutes By Aidan Stennett & Eóin Murphy Please note: we have posted a new version of this blog article using the most

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Education Employment & Labour Market Higher & Further Education

Economic impact of cuts to the Higher Education sector

14th September 20166th July 2017 Eoin Murphy Higher Education

Reading Time: 3 minutes Education and training are key factors in economic progress, acting as a means of raising productivity. Whilst other factors can

Employment & Labour Market Skills & Training

The National Living Wage and Northern Ireland

31st May 201614th November 2019 Eoin Murphy Earnings

Reading Time: 3 minutes The introduction of the National Living Wage (NLW) could have a number of impacts in Northern Ireland (NI), raising the

Employment & Labour Market

Recent changes in the Northern Ireland labour market

11th May 201615th November 2019 Eoin Murphy Labour market, Unemployment

Reading Time: 3 minutes Northern Ireland (NI) was impacted heavily by the global recession that began in 2008. The recovery since has been slow

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