The pace of change in the UK jobs market has slowed to its lowest level in decades and, even the disruption of the pandemic, has been a far cry from the upheaval of the 1980s, according to research by the Resolution Foundation and the London School of Economics.
The think-tank said its findings, published on Thursday, were at odds with popular perceptions that changes to working life were accelerating, with robots rapidly replacing people and gig economy jobs replacing factory work.
“These claims are very wide of the mark. The reality is that the pace of change has been slowing down, not speeding up,” said Nye Cominetti, senior economist at the Resolution Foundation.