HR & COVID-19 | Industries laying off most staff revealed

Accommodation and food services, construction and transportation and storage are some of the UK industries reporting large-scale layoffs, new research has found.

Autonomy’s data – which shows the percentage of businesses by industry that responded to the Business Impact of Coronavirus Survey (BICS), stating they are laying off workers in the short-term – found that 52% of businesses within the accommodation and food services industries are laying off staff.

The research stated that there are 2.5million people employed in this industry in the UK overall and the average weekly pay in this industry is just £264 per week.

Arts, entertainment and recreation (£414.70 per week) and administrative and support service activities (£442.10 per week) were also identified as industries where the HR function may witness large-scale staff layoffs.