A COVID-19 conundrum: why are nearly half a million ‘employees’ not being paid?

Categories: Data, Economy, ONS

The ONS uses various data sources to measure changes in the UK labour market. One of those, the ‘Real Time Information’ from the HMRC PAYE system, shows a sharp drop in the number of employees, but the Labour Force Survey does not. Here Jonathan Athow looks at a possible explanation for this seeming contradiction.

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Moving online – how ONS is digitising its labour market surveys

Categories: Data, Economy, ONS

As part of our wider response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the ONS has been looking at new ways to measure changes in wages and employment, including using government data sources quicker and introducing new online surveys. Here David Freeman talks about how our work on new surveys is progressing.

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Coronavirus deaths: Taking stock of what we’ve seen so far – and what might happen next

Categories: Coronavirus

Every week the ONS has been charting the tragic death toll of the coronavirus pandemic. As we pass the midway point in the year, Sarah Caul looks back on what has happened so far in 2020 and, using trends from previous years, gives her view on what could happen next.

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Coronavirus in care homes: What the latest ONS research tells us

Categories: ONS

Two new ONS analyses provide further insight on the impact of  coronavirus (COVID-19) on care homes.  While both help to improve understanding of this important subject, comparisons between the two should be made with caution.  Becky Tinsley summarises the latest findings and gives an insight into future analysis the ONS is planning.

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