Andrew Smith

Andrew Smith is Senior Lecturer in Employment Relations and Human Resource Management in the School of Management at the University of Sheffield.

He is a member of the Centre for Decent Work (CDW) located within the Management School. Before joining the University of Sheffield in September 2021, Andrew was employed at the Universities of Bradford, East London and Glasgow Caledonian. Prior to entering academia, Andrew worked for many years in the civil service and was an elected trade union representative of the PCS and CPSA unions.

Andrew’s research focuses on low-paid multiple employment, the complexities of work-life ‘balance’, working time and public sector employment change. His research has been cited in both the Houses of Commons and Lords. Andrew has engaged with Kirklees Council, Leeds City Council, the Trades Union Congress and the USDAW union to influence policies to protect precarious workers. He has been interviewed on Radio 4 and has articles published in The Conversation.