Labour Market Outlook· Labour market· Low pay· Pay Earnings Outlook Q1 2019 29 July 2019 Nye Cominetti Jack Leslie In our Earnings Outlook for 2019 Q1, we explore two big changes in the labour market over the past two decades: the rise in self-employment and the introduction and uprating of the minimum wage. Is there a connection between these trends? View all Earnings Outlooks.