Published youth unemployment figures are often misleading because they usually include full-time students who are seeking or are in-between temporary jobs and also because now, many young workers in sectors shut down by Covid 9, may be furloughed in ‘zombie jobs’, unlikely to exist when the job protection measures end. But latest statistics for NEETs, (those […]
As has been the case for some time, the monthly ONS statistics, released this week, don’t provide an accurate account of what’s really happening in the labour market — everything continues to be distorted by the fact that up to 4 million are estimated to be furloughed. It’s complicated further, because employers have much greater […]
The much-awaited White Paper has been published this week. It’s a long and tedious read, but here’s an initial response. Rather than just summarising the contents, it seeks to provide some context. Almost every serious analysis of changes in the occupational structure at the start of the 21st century recognises an increased polarisation of work. […]
Post-16 Educator Issue 102, January to March 2021 Winter has closed in on the ‘CovidGeneration’. Youth unemployment continues to creep up, with over 10 percent of 18-24 year-olds not in full-time educationofficially out of work in the period August to October2020, and another 15 per cent categorised as‘economically inactive’. Young people make up 40per cent […]
