- Date published:
- July 2026
- Organisation:
- New Economic Foundation
- Authors:
- Tom Stephens, Max Mosley
- Sectors:
- All
This report shifts the debate in a different direction by asking how the nature of work itself – such as more precarious and lower-quality jobs – might be contributing to exits from employment. It suggests that the ability of workers to be well-supported by their employers during disruptions to their working life – such as an economic shock like Covid, or periods of ill health – is a critical and underexplored part of the story on economic inactivity.