Industry Index : Restaurants
Deputy Industry Index : COVID-19
The Deputy Industry Index tracks key industries of the hourly paid economy. The British Industry Index updates daily at 11.00am AEDT.
To make reporting about the rapidly changing world of work easier for news media during this unprecedented time Deputy has made it simple for journalists and editors to quickly download the data and insights below. If you are looking for something more specific please reach out to our global media team, we are happy to assist.
Top insights about Restaurants for today 25 March 2020
- A 91% decrease in both shifts rostered and hours worked from last week.
- Workers are rostered on average for 6.2 hours per shift but work 6.6 hours.
- 100% of Newsfeed communications were about Covid-19 this week for category.
Shifts Rostered vs Shifts Worked
Shift rostered is the shifts being scheduled by a manager for an employee for a given day. Shifts worked is the actual shifts being worked by an employee on a given day.
Date : 25 March 2020
- Number of Shifts rostered decreased by 91.38% since last week
- This lines up with the UK Government announcement of the shut-down.
- Number of Shifts worked decreased by 91.51% since last week
Hours Rostered vs Hours Worked
Hours rostered is the shifts being scheduled by a manager for an employee for a given day. Hours worked is the actual shifts being worked by an employee on a given day.
Date : 25 March 2020
- The amount of hours being rostered decreased by 91.31%
- The amount of hours being worked decreased by 89.91%
- This in comparison to what was rostered and worked just last week.
Average Shift Duration. Hours Rostered vs Hours Worked
Average Shift Duration is the average hours of a given shift. Hours Rostered is the average length in hours a manager has rostered a shift. Hours Worked is the average length in hours an employee has worked a shift.
Date : 25 March 2020
- The average shift being rostered at Restaurants was currently 6.2 hours
- The average hours being worked at Restaurants is currently 6.6 hours
Average Difference in Days between Shifts Created and Rostered Date
Shifts Created is the day when the manager created the shift. Rostered date is the day the shift is scheduled for.
Date : 25 March 2020
- Currently Restaurants are now only advanced planning by 0.6 days
- Last week Restaurants were advanced planning by 3.3 days
- Last month Restaurants were advanced planning by 7.3 days
Newsfeed Communication
Deputy Newsfeed is a digital tool for managers and hourly workers to communicate with each other via the Deputy app.
Date : 25 March 2020
- 100% of Newsfeed posts mentioned the terms pandemic or covid-19
- This is in comparison to 42.8% covid-19 focused messages last week.
Daily Commentary from Ashik Ahmed, CEO at Deputy
The impact of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is unprecedented. We are dealing with a health pandemic and a global economic crisis. Industries that make up the Hourly-paid Economy are being impacted - the recovery period will be the ultimate test of resilience for small business owners and the millions of shift workers that in a lot of cases; used to work for them.
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