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Employment stats in the UK at record high
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UK’s employment total hits record high
The number of people in work in the UK has reached a record high of 32.54 million, latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show.
Record vacancies highlight UK businesses’ need to innovate to attract staff
Today’s labour market statistics published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show the number of vacancies at 845,000 for August to October 2018, the highest since comparable records began in 2001 – 44,000 more than for a year earlier and 14,000 more than for May to July 2018.
Unemployment remains at 40-year low
Official figures show that unemployment has remained at 4.3%, the lowest rate since 1975.
Poor productivity explains lagging pay growth
Figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that the demand for labour remains strong, which includes a relatively high share of permanent, full-time jobs.
Real wages fall at fastest pace in nearly three years
Data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows that wages have once again failed to keep pace with inflation, leaving hundreds of thousands of people on low pay struggling to make ends meet.
London’s black male graduates less likely to be employed
Black male graduates in London are nearly twice as likely to be unemployed as their white counterparts, figures suggest. According to the data from the ONS, in 2016 there was an unemployment rate of 18 per cent for black male graduates aged 16 to 24 in the capital. The rate for their white counterparts was…
Real pay falls for first time in two years
British workers have suffered a decrease in their real pay for the first time in two years, according to new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
UK unemployment rate falls to 11-year low
The latest ONS statistics have been released that cover between April to June 2016 and July to September 2016 revealing that the number of people out of work has hit a low that has not been seen for over a decade. UK unemployment fell by 37,000 to 1.6 million in the three months to September…
UK GDP revised by ONS as economic growth wobbles
The expected surge of economic growth between July and September did not occur, new figures have revealed. It is thought that growth was weighed down by the poor showing of the crucial financial services sector.
UK workers spending more time on the job, but wage rises are slowing
UK workers collectively spent more than a billion hours of their lives between August and October at work, new figures from the Office of National Statistics prove.
Government urges employers to tackle the gender pay gap
The gender pay gap remains at 19.2 percent, according to new figures released today by the Office for National Statistics, unchanged since last year and still the lowest since records began.
Mixed reaction to latest ONS employment figures
The CIPD, CBI, City&Guild Group and trade unions all give their verdict on slight rises in both employment and unemployment in the UK.
Increase in zero-hours contracts reopens public debate
The number of people employed on a zero-hours contract in their main job has risen, according to new figures released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) yesterday. The figure rose to 744,000 for April to June 2015, representing 2.4 percent of all people in employment. In the same period in 2014, this was 2.0%…
CIPD ‘not surprised’ by record ONS migration figures
According to a quarterly report from the Office of National Statistics (ONS), net migration has reached an all-time high of 330,000 in the year ending in March 2015, up 94,000 from the previous year. A significant rise in immigration, up 84,000, was met with a drop of 9,000 in those emigrating from the UK, producing…