Redundancies

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

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2.3 per 1,000 employees

2022 MAY-JUL

The UK employment rate for May to July 2022 for people aged 16 to 64 years decreased by 0.2 percentage points on the quarter to 75.4% and is still below pre-coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic levels. Full-time employees and self-employed workers increased over the latest three-month period, while part-time employees decreased.
The most timely estimate of payrolled employees for August 2022 shows a monthly increase, up 71,000 on the revised July 2022 figures, to a record 29.7 million.
The unemployment rate for May to July 2022 decreased by 0.2 percentage points on the quarter to 3.6%, the lowest rate since May to July 1974. In the latest three-month period, the number of people unemployed for up to six months decreased to a record low, and those unemployed between 6 and 12 months increased. Meanwhile, the number of people unemployed for over 12 months continued to decrease.

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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: September 2022

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

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