Workforce Insight 2020

WORKFORCE INSIGHT 2020

CJRS Comments from Members

OGUK and its members welcomed the introduction of the CJRS and continue to press for ongoing support for employees. It is important, however, to recognise that the Scheme is not a panacea and has not been able to resolve the difficulties caused by the continued fragility of commodity prices, as comments from our survey show.

"The furlough scheme is not the answer medium term; work stimulation is the answer."

"Work volumes for 2020 are clearly now significantly down and it is time to act."

"We are going through a redundancy process, but this is not due to a change in the furlough scheme."

"The residual costs of retaining people on furlough make it untenable in the long run."

"As the scheme ends in October a tough decision may need to be made before September based on forecasted workload through to 2021."

"We have had staff on rotas… hence around 40% have been on furlough at some stage since March."

"Cannot keep funding the increasing employment costs… when overall there is still a vast reduction in workload and demand forecast through to at least 2021."

"As demand will now not be recoverable during the 2020 work season, we need to make a permanent reduction to our workforce accordingly."

"Redundancies are driven by longer term shift in market conditions/ activity."

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