Covid-19 Job well done 18 months of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme 27 September 2021 by Daniel Tomlinson …covering the period 23 August to 5 September. This suggests that around 1.4 million people are still furloughed, with 600,000 of these on full furloughed. If furlough numbers continued to… READ MORE
Covid-19· Labour market The beginning of the end 4 July 2021 by Daniel Tomlinson …furlough on 31 May 2021 The easing of restrictions across the country in recent months has triggered a substantial decline in furlough take-up, with 2.4 million people furloughed across the… READ MORE
Covid-19 Sorting it out The Chancellor moves to fix the Job Support Scheme 22 October 2020 by Daniel Tomlinson …the average furloughed wage that are on the scheme for six months and working one-third of their usual hours this scheme will cost £3.5 billion (in gross terms), compared to… READ MORE
Covid-19· Incomes Back to the furlough U-turn to retain furlough scheme in closed sectors paves way for fresh lockdowns 9 October 2020 by Karl Handscomb and Cara Pacitti and Hannah Slaughter and Daniel Tomlinson …way for new restrictions to be announced in the next few days. Today’s announcement is a furlough scheme. By removing requirements to work some hours and for a significant employer… READ MORE
Covid-19· Economy and public finances The Winter (Economy Plan) is coming Chancellor ramps economic support back up, but avoidable design flaws will limit its success in stemming the Autumn rise in unemployment 25 September 2020 by Torsten Bell and Mike Brewer and Adam Corlett and Karl Handscomb and Lindsay Judge and James Smith and Daniel Tomlinson …existing partial furlough policy. Where firms choose to use it, this will provide very significant income protection for workers that employers bring back for more than a third, but less… READ MORE
Covid-19· Labour market Final furlough? Six months on from the start of the Job Retention Scheme 18 September 2020 by Daniel Tomlinson …of those furloughed in late-July were partially furloughed, 73 per cent were furloughed in full, with the full/partial furlough status of the remaining 7 per cent unknown. We will be… READ MORE
