Key findings

  • The decline in the performance of the region relative to the UK and London needs to be halted
  • Although it can provide flexibility for some workers, more needs to be done to address ‘atypical’ work
  • The pay squeeze means that living standards are stagnating in the region
  • Encouraging progression in a world where pay differentials are compressed at the bottom of the labour market
  • Tackling occupational polarisation for younger workers

Further reading

Ethnic minorities in the hospitality sector
Comparing the experiences of hospitality workers from different ethnic backgrounds
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Sharon Mai, Nye Cominetti
Earnings Outlook Q4 2020
Public sector pay
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Hannah Slaughter
Home and away
The UK labour market in a post-Brexit world
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Kathleen Henehan, Lindsay Judge
Stephen Clarke
Stephen Clarke Senior Economic Analyst