November Labour Market 2023: Sector Response
Payroll employment is at a record high at 30.2 million – 398,000 higher than this time last year and 1.2m higher than before the pandemic. November Main Points…
Economic Inactivity
Working for better work: Prioritising employers
In this article, Elizabeth Taylor shares her takeaways from recent analysis of employers navigating Universal Credit. Supporting, challenging and protecting employers is critical to the…
‘Returnerships’: A new diversification tool for the economy
In a bid to combat economic inactivity and encourage older workers to stay or re-enter the workforce, Jeremy Hunt announced the launch of the ‘returnerships’…
Exploring Economic Inactivity and NEETs: What Are Their Challenges?
Boosting workforce participation is a key economic challenge in the 2020s. The policy work should start in the Budget. It’s not about getting the over…
The UK’s Shrinking Workforce
The UK is the only OECD Member country, except for Switzerland, to have seen a sustained rise in economic inactivity since the start of the…
