so we said to staff, if you can work from home, please do. we are also ensuring that staff can take frequent breaks from work. 0ur refuse collectors, they are going to be going out earlier, their shifts will start earlier and they will be working in the evening in order to avoid that really intense period in the middle of the day. it will be quite something. thank you very much indeed, i hope the event goes as well as this has gone so far. mind the child. more than 100,000 people are expected over the course of the weekend, but spare a thought for the people working here, people like steve who runs this burger shack. what has it been like working here today? pretty intense. very warm. are you worried about the next few days, what the temperatures might bring and the impact it will have on your business? yeah, it s not going to be great. much the same, really. just obviously staying hydrated,
lots on offer, we have been checking in with all our stallholders as well. the next few days are going to get even more hot. monday and tuesday especially. what are you doing as an organisation to try and cope with that? we are conscious we are on an amber alert tomorrow and red alert monday and tuesday. these extreme events are only going to increase with the climate emergency we are facing, so we said to staff, if you can work from home, please do. we are also ensuring that staff can take frequent breaks from work. 0ur refuse collectors, they are going to be going out earlier, their shifts will start earlier and they will be working in the evening in order to avoid that really intense period in the middle of the day. it will be quite something. thank you very much indeed, hope the event goes as well as this has gone so far. mind the child. more than 100,000 people are expected over the course of the weekend, but spare a thought for the people working here, people like steve who runs
life, earlier than expected. this afternoon life, earlier than expected. this afternoon the life, earlier than expected. this afternoon the refuse collectors who had been on strike pronounced victory, a pay rise agreed by the council and the union predicts that these demands will spread elsewhere. what we ve seen in the last couple of years what we ve seen in the last couple of years is what we ve seen in the last couple of years is that labour has become a sellers of years is that labour has become a sellers market and over a million vacancies sellers market and over a million vacancies in sellers market and over a million vacancies in the country and we siege vacancies in the country and we siege huge areas like social care, hgv drivers, gas fitters, there are shortages hgv drivers, gas fitters, there are shortages and employers need to understand it and it is simply not acceptable that people are expected to see acceptable that people are expected to see a accepta
performed well, defying the expectations of the depths of the pandemic, especially since the end of the furlough scheme in the autumn. unemployment has remained low but there is now a separate crisis, a shortage of workers caused not just by a lack of european labour, but also the fact that many older workers have not gone back to work since the pandemic. at the eastbourne allotments, gill, a dietician, is one of hundreds of thousands of workers across the country who have permanently left the workforce earlier than expected over the past two years. don t get me wrong, i like myjob and i consider myself lucky to work, but i ve moved to a different phase of my life, earlier than expected. we will stand with you and we re going to win it. this afternoon the refuse collectors who had been on strike pronounced victory, an 11% pay rise agreed by the council, and the union predicts that these demands will spread elsewhere. what we ve seen in the last couple
this afternoon, the refuse collectors who had been on strike pronounced victory, a pay rise of 11% agreed by the council. the union predicts that these demands will spread elsewhere. what we ve seen in the last couple of years is that labour has become a sellers market and over a million vacancies in the country and we see huge areas like social care, hgv drivers, gas fitters, there are shortages and employers need to understand it and it is simply not acceptable that people are expected to see a cut in their living while performing an essential service. today s figures show across the economy pay is increasing less than prices. wage hikes are limited to sectors with shortages. where that goes is the big unknown of the recovery. faisal islam, bbc news, in eastbourne. joining me now is chief economist at the kpmg. we have spoken a little bit already