The two of us recently wrote an article for the Guardian which drew attention to the potential difficulties facing young people entering the labour market in 2020. We argued that governments in the UK should be urgently developing policies to mitigate “labour market scarring”. Young people entering the labour market during a downturn are more likely to experience future … [Read more...] about Young, gifted and scarred…
Unemployment
A million on zero-hours contracts
A first glance at the latest commentary from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on the UK labour market in the last quarter of 2019, and everything looks rosy: Employment is up 1%, unemployment is down 5.4% on the same period in 2018, and regular average weekly earnings finally exceed the peak earnings before the financial crash of 2008. But is it all really as good as it … [Read more...] about A million on zero-hours contracts