Labour market

New and updated

• Working hours

  Type:

  Indicators

  Updated to include official statistics from the ONS on average weekly hours worked in the UK for the three months to the end of February 2018. The next ONS release date is 15 May 2018.

• Employment

  Type:

  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 15 May 2018.

• Skills shortages and Brexit could accelerate job automation in London

  Date:

  12 April 2018

  Type:

  News

  Almost a third of jobs in London could be automated in the next 20 years, but automation could be accelerated by wage pressure and labour shortages after Brexit.

• Recruitment

  Type:

  Indicators

  Updated to include data for March 2018 on the availability and recruitment of permanent and temporary staff from IHS Markit/Recruitment & Employment Confederation. The next figures are due to be published on 9 May 2018.

• Migration Advisory Committee recommendations: Do the claims stand up?

  Date:

  4 April 2018

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  Last month, the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) released its interim report on EEA workers in the UK labour market. Karen Kaur, an immigration analyst with Migrate UK, considers the evidence.

• Employers worried about migrant worker restrictions post-Brexit

  Date:

  28 March 2018

  Type:

  News

  Employers are concerned about the prospect of restrictions on their ability to recruit workers from the European Economic Area (EEA), according to the Migration and Advisory Committee (MAC), with many claiming migrant workers were often the best or the only available candidates.

• Number of EU workers searching for UK roles drops by 11%

  Date:

  27 March 2018

  Type:

  News

  The number of EU workers actively searching for jobs in the UK has fallen by more than 11% since the referendum in June 2016.

• Solving the skills crisis one apprenticeship at a time

  Date:

  6 March 2018

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  Apprenticeships seem a convenient response to skills shortages in a number of UK industries. But as we celebrate National Apprenticeship Week, award-winning apprentice Magdalena Dyga says policy-makers and employers need to do more to show the value of this career route if they really want it to gain traction.

• Counting the cost of the non-EU immigration cap

  Date:

  1 March 2018

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  The NHS recently called into question the cap on non-EU migrants coming into the UK, claiming it was blocking access to the medical skills it needs. Immigration law expert Jonathan Beech discusses the pitfalls and disadvantages of this 'one size fits all' limit.

• Corbyn puts jobs and skills at heart of new Labour Brexit policy

  Date:

  26 February 2018

  Type:

  News

  Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has shifted the party's stance on Brexit, spelling out how a Government under him would ensure the UK remained in the customs union during the transition period and in a customs union after it.