Labour market Short-term pay pain eases, but long-term legacy leaves scars 15 August 2023 by Charlie McCurdy …(It surpassed this peak briefly during the Covid-19 pandemic, but this was down to furlough-related measurement effects.) Average weekly pay was £613 in the three months to June, compared to… READ MORE
Labour market· Pay Five take-aways from the 2022 ASHE release: a bad year for pay growth, but good news on pay inequality 27 October 2022 by Nye Cominetti and Charlie McCurdy …that isn’t affected by the pandemic and the furlough scheme – many of the 9 million furloughed workers (at peak) were on reduced pay, which affected estimates of pay and… READ MORE
Covid-19· Labour market Post-furlough blues What happened to furloughed workers after the end of the Job Retention Scheme? 14 November 2021 by Mike Brewer and Charlie McCurdy …on furlough since June 2021 were furloughed in one job and working in another.2 But the more important reason is that post-furlough outcomes vary considerably between partially and fully furloughed… READ MORE
Covid-19 Jobs, jobs, jobs Evaluating the effects of the current economic crisis on the UK labour market 27 October 2020 by Mike Brewer and Nye Cominetti and Kathleen Henehan and Charlie McCurdy and Rukmen Sehmi and Hannah Slaughter …most affected, limit the rise in unemployment, and enable people to play their part in suppressing the virus. This should include extending eligibility for the full furlough version of the… READ MORE
Covid-19 The economic effects of coronavirus in the UK Utilising timely economic indicators 14 May 2020 by Jack Leslie and Charlie McCurdy …the self-employed scheme. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) estimate that the JRS will ultimately lead to £58 billion of government borrowing. But without the JRS many of those furloughed… READ MORE
