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Bike courier with Deliveroo bag on back

Professor Vera Trappmann commented in an article published by The Guardian looking at how worker-led delivery collectives are springing up to reclaim control from corporate platforms like Deliveroo.

Chris Forde

On 10 May Professor Chris Forde commented in the international business media on the controversial practice by some firms of ‘firing and rehiring’ during the pandemic.

Four office workers sat apart at two desks with tape on the floor, marking out the distance

As national lockdown restrictions ease across the UK, employers are faced with reimagining the office for the post-Covid age.

Home working desk set-up with computer and lots of natural light

Associate Professor Helen Hughes appeared on BBC Radio Leeds on Thursday 6 May, discussing hybrid-working and a new major research project at the Business School investigating the future workplace.

Boxes on a conveyor belt in a factory

Professor Chris Forde shares his thoughts with Reuters on Amazon's treatment of agency warehouse workers.