Redundancies

People who have been made redundant or have taken voluntary redundancy.

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3.4 per 1,000 employees

2022 SEP-NOV

The UK employment rate was estimated at 75.6% in September to November 2022, largely unchanged compared with the previous three-month period and 1.0 percentage points lower than before the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic (December 2019 to February 2020). The number of employees and part-time self-employed workers increased over the latest three-month period, while full-time self-employed workers decreased.
The most timely estimate of payrolled employees for December 2022 shows another monthly increase, up 28,000 on the revised November 2022 figures, to 29.9 million.
The unemployment rate for September to November 2022 increased by 0.2 percentage points on the quarter to 3.7%. In the latest three-month period, the number of people unemployed for up to six months and those unemployed for over six and up to 12 months increased. Meanwhile, those unemployed for over 12 months decreased in the recent period.

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RED02: Redundancies by age, industry and region

Redundancies by age, industry, and region, not seasonally adjusted. These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
RED01 SA: Redundancies levels and rates (seasonally adjusted)

Number of people (levels), men and women made redundant and redundancy rates, seasonally adjusted. These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
RED01 NSA: Redundancies levels and rates (not seasonally adjusted)

Number of people (levels), men and women made redundant and redundancy rates, not seasonally adjusted. These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
Labour market statistics time series

Large dataset which contains labour market statistics data time series.
A05 SA: Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity by age group (seasonally adjusted)

Employment, unemployment, economic activity and inactivity by age group (seasonally adjusted). These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.

Labour market overview, UK: January 2023

Estimates of employment, unemployment, economic inactivity and other employment-related statistics for the UK.

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