At this point, no matter what happens to the economy, the rest of 2020 is going to be difficult for most people and the country. However, they do believe that they might be able to avert disaster. The chancellor, along with the UK Government, has a plan and is hoping that if things follow it, people are going to start bailing the economy out in small ways. The cash that households accumulated for the past three months will be spent rescuing bars, shops and restaurants from looming bankruptcy. The Government is also planning on withdrawing the furlough scheme, introduced by chancellor Rishi Sunak toward the start of the pandemic since it might not be necessary.
While most people were technically receiving their salaries through the Government’s scheme, the companies were not capable of handling the output that they thought they could, which meant they could not stand alone through the pandemic. Even with the assistance of the Government, a lot of people were losing their jobs. People who were working jobs that could be replaced by software or automation found themselves out of work while companies were struggling to reduce costs.
There are massive changes taking place in the job market in the UK, and not everyone can adapt to these new changes. The youngest section of the workforce, along with the oldest seems to be the worst suffering. In most cases, the youngest seems to lack the experience needed to hold a job since they would by default be the first to do, while the oldest are not always capable of adapting to these changes. With the largest number of companies in the UK needing human interactions, not only people but not all companies could keep up with these changes either.
According to the Paris-based thinktank, which is funded by 35 mostly rich countries, there will be a rise in the unemployment rate to 14.8% which would take the UK to a higher level than France, Germany and Italy. All these countries had the worst experience with the Coronavirus pandemic, some even dealing with its harsh second wave.
With so much changing within companies, employers and employees are trying to keep up. No one predicted that almost all work in the UK would move online, allowing people to work on their tasks from their homes for the most part. Employers were no longer meeting the teams that they coordinated with in person, but over video and virtual calls. This lead most companies and their management to start handling background checks through the DBS. Not only was it convenient to get this one, but it can be done online or through the phone without having to leave the office,
through a possess called the enhanced DBS check. Depending on the job description, a company is trying to match, the hiring requirements vary, with some of them needing candidates without a criminal record.
