Labour Force

Question 1

Definition of Demographics and Demographic Data?

Answer 1

Demographics refers to population information, so age, race, gender.

Demographic Data refers to socio-economic data: so income, marriage, education, birth and death rates.

Question 2

Demographic Data in the UK?

Answer 2

Ageing Population, Birth rate decreasing, Education levels rising, Increasing multiculturalism, Migration levels rising, Wealth inequality rising.

Contemporary working patterns. Increasing in different work patterns causes work/life balances. More women in the workforce, improved productivity.

Question 3

Individual challenges of the changing nature of the UK workforce?

Answer 3

Lack of job security, lack of permanent full-time work, financial constraints, increasing isolation, people working past retirement age and “working poor.”

Question 4

Organisational challenges of the changing nature of the UK workforce?

Answer 4

Skills shortage, Fostering productive teams, Health issues of older workers and Many different working patterns.

Question 5

Brexit’s impact?

Answer 5

Kelly 2020: discusses how our EU workers in hospitality demand less pay than natives and still excel with fantastic work ethic and skills. Brexit not only will leave a talent hole but greater costs for businesses as people will want to be paid more.

Question 6

CGA 2021 however state that Scotland’s workfroce…

Answer 6

is growing! Grown by almost 89,000 jobs from 2021 to the end of 2022.

Scotland is continuing to fund the sector to increase this even more in the future.

Question 7

Strategies that may work?

Answer 7

PAY. Progressive pay, loyalty pay, living wage as base level.
CAREER: Progression, training multi-skilled employees.
TRAINING: Train and be known to train.