Labour market

New and updated

• Type:

  Indicators

  Working hours

  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 2021. The next ONS release date is 12 October 2021.

• Type:

  Indicators

  Employment

  Updated to include the latest official statistics from the ONS on employment and unemployment. The next ONS release date is 12 October 2021.

• Type:

  Indicators

  Recruitment

  Updated to include data for August 2021 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 2021.

• Date:

  12 March 2021

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  HR roles and responsibilities 2021 survey: Key metrics

  Our 19th annual survey of the HR function reports on key metrics for the profession, including the ratio of HR practitioners to employees and budgets for HR activities.

• Date:

  26 January 2021

  Type:

  News

  Redundancy rate hits record high as payrolled employees plummet

  The number of employees on payrolls has plummeted by 828,000 since the COVID-19 pandemic began, with the number of redundancies reaching a record high in September to November 2020.

• Date:

  22 January 2021

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  HR roles survey: Response to the coronavirus pandemic and priorities for 2021

  The response of the HR community to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has been to put people first, while also supporting business continuity during exceptional circumstances. It is unsurprising then, that wellbeing tops the priority poll for the profession for the coming year, coupled with employee engagement.

• Date:

  10 November 2020

  Type:

  News

  Job losses reach record high despite summer reopenings

  Redundancies hit a new record high in the late summer and early autumn despite the easing of lockdown measures, new estimates from the Office for National Statistics have shown.

• Date:

  24 February 2020

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  HR roles and responsibilities 2020 survey: Key metrics

  Our 18th annual survey of the HR function reports on key metrics for the profession, including the ratio of HR practitioners to employees and budgets for HR activities and running costs.

• Date:

  24 February 2020

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  HR roles and responsibilities 2020 survey: HR priorities by sector

  Wellbeing remains a priority for respondents to XpertHR's annual research of HR priorities, but employee engagement and retention is now a key business concern.

• Type:

  Employment glossary

  Gig economy

  Definition from the XpertHR glossary.