Active labour market policies (ALMPs) have evolved as important social policy instruments designed to place the unemployed and other disadvantaged groups in sustainable employment. Yet little is known about what drives employer participation in such initiatives. This article provides a nuanced account of the socio-economic aspects of the demand-side of ALMPs. It investigates employer embeddedness...

The Work Programme was introduced in 2011, its aim being to assist long-term unemployed people, young unemployed people and disabled people into work. This report explores employer engagement in the Work Programme and the Youth Contract Wage Incentive.