Find analysis and download the report from the CBI Economics and Cranfield University’s School of Management on how the COVID-19 pandemic and the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme changed part-time and flexible working.
In the face of an unprecedented hit to the economy from the COVID-19 pandemic, the UK government introduced the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) in March 2020. As working practices settle into a ‘new normal’, the use of the furlough scheme and flexible working during the pandemic has shown to impact perceptions to working practices going forward.
These impacts have likely persisted as the Office for National Statistics (ONS) recently found that part-time work is increasing for those aged 65 years and over. Part-time work also provides viable employment opportunities in the midst of the cost-of-living crisis.
During the pandemic, the scheme guaranteed a portion of wages for individuals whose employers were unable to keep them in work, preventing a large-scale rise in unemployment. In July 2020, it was amended to allow employers to bring staff back to work on a part-time basis, and for them to be furloughed for the remainder
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