Public sector workers affected by the pay freeze next year already face a pay penalty compared to private sector workers in similar roles, while those exempt from the freeze enjoy a pay premium, according to the Resolution Foundation’s latest Earnings Outlook. The latest Earnings Outlook examines the pay of the 2.6 million public sector workers … Continued

Commenting on the Chancellor’s announcement today (Thursday) that the Job Retention Scheme and business loans schemes will be extended into April, Torsten Bell, Chief Executive of the Resolution Foundation, said: “With public health restrictions continuing well into 2021, the Chancellor is right to extend furloughing and business support into April. The job of policy is … Continued

Migrant workers accounted for 60 per cent of net employment growth between 1996 and 2019, but the number of migrant workers is now falling, highlighting the scale of change in store when the UK’s post-Brexit immigration regime comes into effect on 1st January, according to new Resolution Foundation research published today (Thursday). The report Home … Continued

The labour market continued to deteriorate in the run-up to the second national lockdown in November, with 370,000 redundancies taking place in August to October, the Resolution Foundation said today (Tuesday) in response to the latest ONS labour market statistics. The latest data, which covers the period running up to the second national lockdown and … Continued

The Government should use the Job Retention Scheme (JRS) to encourage more workers to self-isolate at home – a key part of the Government’s strategy to fight Covid-19 that the current sick pay regime is failing to support – new Resolution Foundation research published today (Wednesday) will urge. The report – Time Out – explores … Continued

Real household disposable income (RHDI) is set to grow by just 1 per cent – or £220 – per person over the whole of the current parliament, which would make it the second worst parliament for living standards since records began in 1955, according to new Resolution Foundation analysis published today (Sunday). The Foundation’s analysis … Continued

The Covid crisis is on track to reduce average pay packets by £1,200 a year by 2025 compared to pre-pandemic forecasts and prolong Britain’s 15-year squeeze on household incomes, according to the Resolution Foundation’s overnight analysis published today (Thursday). Here Today, Gone Tomorrow shows that the Covid crisis is causing immense damage to the public … Continued

The Government’s £12,000 per household response to the Covid crisis will send Government spending as a share of the economy towards World War II levels (56 per cent), the Resolution Foundation said today (Wednesday) in response to the Chancellor’s Spending Review. Despite the Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR’s) growth forecasts improving since July, it still … Continued

Commenting on the announcement of the new Restart Scheme today (Tuesday) on the eve of the Spending Review, Nye Cominetti, Senior Economist at the Resolution Foundation, said: “The Chancellor is right to put in place help for those out of work for long periods as they often struggle most in periods of high unemployment. The … Continued

The Chancellor is set to unveil his Spending Review against an economic outlook shaped by the long-term scarring effect of Covid – including a GDP hit lasting into the middle of the decade worth £1,000 for every adult in Britain, according to new research published today (Saturday) by the Resolution Foundation. The Covid state examines … Continued

Three-in-ten working age adults who have faced a sustained income hit during the pandemic are now unable to afford some basic household costs such as heating and fresh fruit and vegetables, as the persistence of the crisis exacerbates divides in how low- and high-income households are coping financially, according to new Resolution Foundation research published … Continued

The Government should introduce a new Health and Social Care Levy, alongside a Pandemic Profits Levy and the biggest reform of wealth taxation in a generation, as part of a £40 billion plan to repair the public finances post-Covid and meet the wider challenges facing Britain over the next decade, according to a major new … Continued

The Resolution Foundation has brought together leading charitable foundations, social investors and businesses to launch The Workertech Partnership – the UK’s first-ever innovation programme to support social entrepreneurs and start-ups focused on improving conditions and career paths for workers locked in low-paid and precarious employment. The £1.3 million partnership opens today (Tuesday) for applications from … Continued

The Resolution Foundation has brought together leading charitable foundations, social investors and businesses to launch The Workertech Partnership – the UK’s first-ever innovation programme to support social entrepreneurs and start-ups focused on improving conditions and career paths for workers locked in low-paid and precarious employment. The £1.3 million partnership opens today (Tuesday) for applications from … Continued

Unemployment increased by 243,000 in three months to September 2020, despite the reopening of the economy, the Resolution Foundation said today (Tuesday) in response to the ONS labour market statistics. Unemployment increased by 0.7 percentage points on the previous quarter to reach 4.8 per cent in the three months to September – the fastest increase … Continued

The Chancellor has responded to the coming winter of lockdowns across the UK’s nations and regions by returning economic policy to a full lockdown mode through the extension of Job Retention Scheme (JRS) to the end of March, the Resolution Foundation said today (Thursday) in response to the Chancellor’s latest statement. The Foundation says that … Continued

Wales needs to move centre-stage in the UK’s ‘levelling up’ agenda as its strong performance on jobs has not been matched on pay packets, leaving the country struggling to reduce its living standards gap with the rest of the UK, according to a major new Resolution Foundation report published today (Wednesday). The report – From … Continued

Around two million employees were paid less the National Living Wage last April as low-paid workers found themselves at the heart of the crisis and were less likely to have their furloughed wages topped up by their employer, the Resolution Foundation said today (Tuesday) in response to the latest ONS Annual Survey of Hours and … Continued

More than one-in-three (35 per cent) workers have an active concern about the transmission of Covid-19 in their workplace – with low-paid workers most likely to be worried, but least likely to raise concerns or see their complaints resolved – according to new Resolution Foundation research published today (Tuesday). Failed Safe? – supported by Unbound … Continued

Commenting on the Chancellor’s announcement today (Monday) that he has extended the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) through to February, with an 80 per cent replacement rate in November followed by a 40 per cent replacement rate in December and January (with a maximum cash grant of £5,160), Hannah Slaughter, Economist at the Resolution Foundation, … Continued

Around one-in-five young people, and over one-in-five black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) workers, who were furloughed during lockdown have since their lost jobs – and just one-in-three young people who have lost their jobs have been able to find new work – according to a major new Resolution Foundation report published today (Wednesday). Jobs, … Continued

The Government’s £12.7 billion Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) has been terribly targeted at those in need – with over 400,000 workers claiming support despite not losing any income during the crisis, while almost 500,000 people still without work have received no support at all. This is according to a major new Resolution Foundation report … Continued

The UK experienced the largest rise in unemployment in over a decade – rising by 138,000 in the three months to August – as self-employed men lost their jobs and women working part-time fell out of the jobs market altogether, the Resolution Foundation said today (Tuesday) Headline unemployment increased from 4.1 per cent to 4.5 … Continued

Commenting on new ONS data published today (Monday) highlighting pay gaps between different ethnic groups, George Bangham, Economist at the Resolution Foundation, said: “While progress has been made in reducing ethnicity pay gaps for some groups, such as Indian and Bangladeshi workers, gaps have actually got larger for others, such as Black Caribbean, and White … Continued