Ongoing work

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Employment Inequalities in Northern Ireland

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1. Employment Inequalities in Northern Ireland

Aim: To provide an up-to-date evidence base alongside identification of new, emerging and/or persistent key inequalities in employment and non-employment in Northern Ireland for each of the nine equality grounds.

Objectives:

The key objectives are summarised as follows:

To provide a comprehensive and updated picture of patterns and trends in employment and non-employment in Northern Ireland, establishing any key inequalities (data permitting) evident in Northern Ireland for each equality ground identified by Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
To acquire an overview of potential barriers and enablers to labour market participation (entry, retention and progression), including an assessment of any changing dynamics (e.g. the effect of the economic downturn) for each equality ground.
Involvement of relevant stakeholders via an expert seminar to explore and refine emerging draft findings of the research, with a view to informing the final report and associated recommendations.
To provide a distillation from all of the above, of the most substantive / overarching key employment inequalities / dynamics (across all equality grounds) in Northern Ireland.
To provide a summary of any relevant wider observations noted during the project - including any views regarding data; analysis or policy relevant issues that emerge through the course of the research.

Contractor/Author:
Employment Research Institute, Edinburgh Napier University.

Time Line: June 2013

Further information:
If you require further information regarding this work, please contact research@equalityni.org. If you would like to speak with the researchers at Employment Research Institute, please contact: R.McQuaid@napier.ac.uk