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May 28, 2024 · Shrinking workforce would be better tackled by helping those who don’t want a job to work a little, research suggests
- Delphine Strauss
Feb 21, 2023 · The problem pushing workers too far. How shrinking teams are pushing workers to the brink. 21 February 2023. By Alex Christian, Features correspondent. Getty Images. As layoffs bite, teams are...
- Alex Christian
Scientists say it's not really possible to shrink people "at the cellular level" like this, but there are real ways to make humans smaller that could help offset carbon emissions.
- So Why Is Shrinkage Happening?
- What Impact Is Shrinkage having?
- Workforce Shrinkage in Hospitality
- Workforce Shrinkage in Healthcare
- What Does The Future Hold?
- How Can Advisers Help Small Businesses to Adapt and Prosper?
The most recent and rapid workforce shrinkage is driven by the pandemic, and particularly the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. This support gave people the time and space to re-assess their priorities and think about whether they really wanted to continue with full-time employment once normal life resumed. It also seems to have made people focus o...
With vacancies unfilled, and incumbent teams smaller than in pre-pandemic times, there is inevitably pressure on productivity and service levels. Employers will also have to raise salary offers and provide more enticing benefits — including the provision of flexible working, supported by technology. All this can impact the bottom line, as costs ris...
The hospitality sector was hit hard by Covid-19, with travel bans, closed businesses and social distancing essentially stopping the industry in its tracks. The comeback is being significantly compromised by workforce shrinkage. Many people who worked across hospitality pre-pandemic were on lower wages and shorter contracts, and a significant number...
Hospitality is not the only industry to suffer, as shrinkage and staff shortages are endemic across the healthcare sector. Although the NHS is the UK’s largest employer, with more than 1.2 million full-time equivalent (FTE) staff, there is currently a shortage of over 100,000 people, and this could grow to almost 250,000 by 2030. There are numerous...
Even before Covid-19, the UK’s workforce was set to experience major structural shifts. The growth of technology, digitisation and automation seem likely to place greater emphasis on management and technology roles and health professionals, with a possible rise in demand of 20 per cent by 2030. Administrative and manual roles on the other hand coul...
Navigating your market or sector at a time of workforce shrinkage is no easy task, and there are no magic bullet answers. As we’ve seen, some sectors, such as hospitality and healthcare are more profoundly affected than others — either because of the demographic profile of their workforce and rates of pay, or because of stress levels and longer-ter...
Jun 11, 2024 · 'There is a stigma attached to going to work' That has held back growth and pushed the welfare bill up, and the issue has gained political salience with Rishi Sunak characterising some mental health challenges as "the ups and downs of everyday life".
Presuming such a shrinking operation was possible, what would actually happen if a significant population of humans were downsized to five inches tall? Would it solve the planet’s problems?
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Feb 1, 2023 · The rise in people who are not working and not looking for work has led to significant labour shortages, with impacts for the businesses struggling to recruit and a low growth economy. The Chancellor highlighted this weakness in his speech on economic growth last week.
