1. The London Skills &
Employment Observatory
&
Moving on Up: breaking the
low pay, no pay cycle in
London
Laura Gardiner, Inclusion

2. Overview of LSEO
Aims:
 Create and maintain a clear, accessible and
independent evidence base on London’s
labour market
 Act as a catalyst for generating debate on
opportunities and challenges in London’s labour
market
 Bring London stakeholders together to
discuss major themes through our forum
meetings
 Provide access to the latest performance data
on programmes, projects and initiatives linked to
the labour market

3. LSEO until 2013...
 Monthly labour market updates
 Updated annual London Story
(October/November)
 Redesigned quarterly review with more
localised data and analysis
 Two new LSEO forum meetings :
– Work Experience (early-mid November)
– Work Programme year one results (early
December)
 Re-design of key policy pages to align to new
priorities and new ways of working

4. How else can the
LSEO support you?
Let us know what you need!
observatory@cesi.org.uk
020 7840 8349

5. Moving on Up
Research into tackling the “low
pay, no pay cycle”

6. Key research
questions
1.What is the scale of “low pay, no pay”
and characteristics of cyclers ?
2.How are organisations currently
responding?
3.What works? How can best practice be
scaled up / shared?
4.Do we need an advancement strategy?

7. Our approach
Literature review
Interim report
Final report

8. Early findings
 Women, lone parents, those with disabilities and those
with low qualifications significantly more likely to cycle
 ‘Manufacturing’ and ‘distribution, hotels and restaurants’
are industries that present greatest risk of cycling
 Certain occupations particularly risky:

9. Early findings
 Women, BAME groups, and those with
disabilities comparatively more likely to
progress in work in London than in the rest
of the UK = good
BUT
 Moving to a new job or undertaking job-
related training less likely to have an impact
on progression in London than in the rest of
the UK = not so good

10. How can you help?
 Important that your voice is heard in this
debate – think WP mark II, future ESF
provision, in-work conditionality within
Universal Credit
 Input into our survey on retention and
progression (available next week)
 Share with us your experiences on job
retention, job sustainability and progression
 Is there appetite for a London VCS
roundtable?

11. laura.gardiner@cesi.org.uk
020 7840 8343