Redundancies

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

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11.3 per 1,000 employees

2020 JUL-SEP

The UK employment rate in the three months to September 2020 was estimated at 75.3%, 0.8 percentage points lower than a year earlier and 0.6 percentage points lower than the previous quarter.
The UK unemployment rate in the three months to September 2020 was estimated at 4.8%, 0.9 percentage points higher than a year earlier and 0.7 percentage points higher than the previous quarter.
In the three months to September 2020, redundancies reached a record high of 314,000; an increase of a record 181,000 on the quarter.

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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: November 2020

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