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What’s going on in the labour market?

The employment rate remains important, but we should also look at total hours worked, the number of people temporarily away from work, and the timelier HMRC measure of payroll employment.
Trouble ahead? Early warning signs for the labour market

Coronavirus is, first and foremost, a public health crisis. It is also having a profound impact on the labour market, both directly and also indirectly through the measures rightly being taken to protect health.
Searching for a Goldilocks exit from the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has saved millions of jobs and prevented an even more catastrophic rise in unemployment than we’ve already seen. The Chancellor is right to extend and reform the scheme to prevent more people losing their jobs, but better target help where it is needed most.
Can an ‘Opportunity Guarantee’ prevent a pandemic generation?

What should an opportunity guarantee look like, and what should government bear in mind in designing this?
Research and Reports 30 07 2020

The impact of the coronavirus outbreak on London’s low paid workers

This paper presents early findings from research examining the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on low paid workers in London. The findings are based on new analysis of labour market data and original polling.

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Under pressure - caring through the crisis

The closure of schools and colleges due the coronavirus has created huge challenges for the education sector and led to uncertainty for all young people. For some young people however, the pandemic is a particularly worrying and challenging time.
We need a long-term strategy to combat the decline in apprenticeships

Latest figures show the huge impact of the coronavirus pandemic on apprenticeships, with the number of starts remaining well below pre-crisis levels.
£3.2 billion package required to curtail coronavirus unemployment crisis, Chancellor told

Around 10 million workers who are furloughed, at risk of redundancy or in sectors still heavily affected by social distancing measures, urgently require support to help them switch jobs and change careers, labour market experts say.
Coronavirus crisis risks deepening inequalities in London as low paid workers hit hardest

Low paid Londoners have borne the brunt of the coronavirus crisis, according to new research which warns that the capital will be both poorer and less equal.

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