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Updated to include official statistics from the ONS on average weekly hours worked in the UK for the three months to the end of July 2020. The next ONS release date is 13 October 2020.
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- Indicators
Updated to include the latest official statistics from the ONS on employment and unemployment, and labour market forecasts from HM Treasury and ManpowerGroup. The next ONS release date is 13 October 2020.
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Updated to include data for August 2020 on the availability and recruitment of permanent and temporary staff from IHS Markit/KPMG/Recruitment & Employment Confederation. The next figures are due to be published on 8 October 2020.
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- Date:
- 11 August 2020
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- News
The number of employees on payrolls fell by 730,000 between March and July 2020 - the largest quarterly drop since 2009 - but recruitment bodies suggest there have been signs of recovery over recent weeks.
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- Date:
- 16 July 2020
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- News
The number of weekly working hours in the UK has fallen by 16.7%, the largest decrease since records began in 1971 with total hours dropping to their lowest level since the early summer of 1997.
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- Date:
- 8 July 2020
- Type:
- News
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a £1,000 "job retention bonus" for employers that bring workers back from furlough.
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- Date:
- 16 June 2020
- Type:
- News
The UK could be heading into an "employment crisis", commentators have warned, as the number of employees on payrolls dropped by 612,000 in two months.
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- Date:
- 22 April 2020
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- News
The UK employment rate reached a record high before social distancing and coronavirus lockdown measures forced the closure of the majority of workplaces.
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- Date:
- 23 March 2020
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- News
Supermarkets including Tesco, Morrisons, Aldi and Asda have embarked on a hiring spree in order to meet high demand.
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- Date:
- 12 March 2020
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- News
Given the covid-19 coronavirus has now been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation, chancellor Rishi Sunak's Budget announcement yesterday was rightly focused on the how the Government would support employers and workers as the UK attempts to contain the spread of the virus.
