冠状病毒危机对工人影响：冠状病毒初步调查结果TheeffectsofthecoronaviruscrisisonworkersFlashfindingsfromtheResolutionFoundation’scoronavirussurvey16May2023LauraGardiner&HannahSlaughterThecoronaviruscrisishashitworkershard:thenumbersofthosefurloughedandthosenewlyclaimingUniversalCreditillustratesthescale.Todate,however,wehavehadverylimitedinformationaboutwhichtypesofpeoplehavebeenmostaffected.Inthisspotlight,webegintofillthisgapwithflashfindingsfromtheResolutionFoundation’snewcoronavirussurvey.Tobegin,wefindthatnearlyone-thirdoflower-paidemployeeshavelostjobsorbeenfurloughed,comparedtolessthanone-in-tentopearners,withtheseexperiencesalsomorecommonamongatypicalemployees.TheCoronavirusJobRetentionSchemehasbeenwell-receivedbyworkers,withmorethanhalfofthosefurloughedhappyaboutthatoutcome,perhapsinpartbecauseafifthofthemexpecttoremainontheirfullpay.TheGovernment’sschemefortheself-employedislesswell-understood,withthree-in-tenworkersthatdidsomeself-employedworkpriortocoronavirusbelievingtheyareineligibleforsupport.Turningtothefuture,overhalfofthegroupmostlikelytobeworkingfromhomeatpresent–higherearners–expecttoworkfromhomemoreaftercoronavirusthantheydidbefore.Butmoreimportantly,one-in-eightofthosewhoarecurrentlyworkingthinksitlikelythattheywilllosetheirjoboverthenextthreemonths.Thestakesarehighformanyintoday’snewworldofwork.Inthisspotlight,wepresentthefirstresultsfromournewsurveyofworking-ageadultsintheUK,whichcaptureswide-rangingevidenceontheeffectsthatthecoronaviruscrisishashadonjobs,benefits,incomes,livingsituationsandfutureexpectations.Here,wefocusonthelabourmarketexperience,andinparticularhowthisdiffersacrosstheearningsdistribution.Infuturespotlightswewillexamineotherareassuchaslabourmarketexperiencebyage.1ThesurveywasdesignedandcommissionedbytheResolutionFoundation,inpartnershipwiththeHealthFoundation(althoughtheviewsinthisnotearenotnecessarilythoseoftheHeathFoundation).ItwasconductedusinganonlineinterviewadministeredtomembersoftheYouGovPlcUKpanel,whichismadeu...
