20.5% of the 1,700 surveyed reported that the recent freezing weather had made them change their working patterns and go into the office, rather than working from home. The reasons why were as follows:
Employers continue to turn to temporary staff to fill jobs in the face of economic uncertainty and labour shortages, according to new Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) data.
While there may be some caution from employers in the face of uncertainty, overall the jobs market remains robust judging by the demand for new staff. The number of active job vacancy postings across the UK has remained robust since mid-August 2022. Active job adverts went above 1.5 million in mid-December 2022 and remained there in the first week of January, according to the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) and Lightcast’s latest Labour Market Tracker.
Concerns around recession, inflation, and high operating costs are causing distress to UK small businesses as they enter this year, according to new SME Outlook 2023 research from iwoca – one of Europe’s largest small business lenders
In the three months to the end of December 2022, the whole-economy basic pay rise was 5%, unchanged on the previous month
In the face of the cost-of-living crisis, nursing jobs in the UK are seeing wage growth of just 2.9% year-on-year.
A drop in activity is usual in the final month of the year as businesses, employees and candidates wind down for the Christmas break but continued economic uncertainty could also be playing its part.
Concerns over job security are expected to slow down the ‘January jobs rush’ in 2023, with just 8% of Brits planning on looking for a new role as they start the year.
The WaveTrackR November 2022 Recruitment Trends Report revealed that jobs rose by 17% from October to November, a trajectory we don’t often see in the last couple of months of the year.
The recruitment and staffing industry contributed £42.9 billion of direct Gross Value Added (GVA) to the UK economy in 2021. This marked a 21.7% increase on 2020 and a rise on pre-pandemic levels.
In the midst of political uncertainty and ahead of the Autumn Statement, new research from FreeAgent, the cloud accounting software company, reveals that almost a quarter (23%) of SMEs believe the UK economy has been damaged irreversibly by Brexit and/or Covid-19 - with an astonishing 64% of business owners stating they are worried their businesses won’t survive the next 12 months.
Health and wellbeing programmes need to be the priority for HR during a recession, say nearly half of managers and senior leaders
The latest data from XpertHR shows that pay settlements remain at their highest level for 30 years and are worth a median 4% in the three months to the end of October 2022. Over the same period last year, the median pay award was worth just 2%.
Cost-of-living increases, pension worries, boredom and record vacancies fuel the surge
The research also identified how long COVID is physically and mentally affecting this population