| | Since the recession
began 28% of business
services workers in the
UK have had their pay
cut. One in four (25%)
have experienced a
reduction in hours and
over one in five (23%)
have lost benefits,
according to a survey of
over 1,600 workers by
the Keep Britain Working
campaign.
Overall, more than
half of all UK workers
(54%) have experienced a
cut in pay, a reduction
in hours or a loss of
benefits since the
recession began.
These figures follow
the decision Honda | |
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| | workers made recently to
accept pay cuts of 3% to
avoid redundancies. This
demonstrates just how
flexible the British
workforce as a whole has
become and how changing
working terms has helped
organisations avoid even
greater job cuts.
Over the last nine
months 27% of UK workers
have had their pay cut,
24% have had their hours
reduced and 24% have
lost benefits, according
to the survey. While 37%
of UK workers have
experienced just one of
these changes, 12% have
experienced two of them
and 5% have experienced
all three.
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What's more, two in
five workers (40%) have
been given extra
responsibilities, while
one in five – 20% – have
had the nature of their
role change, within the
same organisation.
Interestingly, 2% have
been offered a semi-paid
sabbatical, while 6%
have been offered an
unpaid sabbatical since
the recession began.
Nevertheless,
recessionary pressures
continue to impact
negatively on job
security throughout the
country. More than half
of all UK adults of
working age are more | |
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| | pessimistic about job
prospects this month
than they were last
month, according to the
Keep Britain Working
survey.
Overall, 54% said
they were more
pessimistic about job
prospects this month
than last while 17% were
more optimistic, giving
a Job Optimism Index
Score of minus 37.
James Reed, founder
of the independent Keep
Britain Working
Campaign, called for
people to add their
ideas to
keepbritainworking.com.
He commented: "The UK | |
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| | workforce has
demonstrated
unprecedented
flexibility during this
recession, allowing
organisations to explore
a whole range of
cost-cutting responses
other than relying
solely on redundancies.
British workers are
increasingly pessimistic
about job prospects in
the immediate future,
but – and in contrast to
parts of Continental
Europe – overall workers
appear to be making
common cause with their
managers to help keep
people working." | |
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