"Younger and older workers have had different redundancy patterns over time","" "Redundancy rate per 1000, both sexes, by age group, over year December to February 2020 to December to February 2021 ","" "","" "Notes","1. The redundancy rate is calculated from reports of redundancy in the three months prior to interview and is the ratio of the redundancy level for the given quarter to the number of employees in the previous quarter, multiplied by 1,000 2. Data are not seasonally adjusted 3. Some rates are based on small sample sizes and should be used with caution. [Details can be found in LFS table RED02](https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peoplenotinwork/redundancies/datasets/redundanciesbyindustryagesexandreemploymentratesred02)." "Unit","per 1,000 employees" "","" "","16 to 24","25 to 34","35 to 49","50 and over" "Dec-Feb 2020","6.4","2.3","3.6","4.3" "Jan-Mar 2020","6.3","2.6","3.4","4.2" "Feb-Apr 2020","4.2","3.1","3.9","4.3" "Mar-May 2020","6.7","2.9","3.3","4.7" "Apr-Jun 2020","10.1","2.6","4.0","5.0" "May-Jul 2020","12.7","3.4","4.5","5.4" "Jun-Aug 2020","14.9","6.9","6.9","7.9" "Jul-Sep 2020","17.2","12.0","8.9","10.9" "Aug-Oct 2020","16.2","14.9","11.0","13.4" "Sep-Nov 2020","13.1","16.2","12.8","14.4" "Oct-Dec 2020","8.8","12.7","11.7","14.1" "Nov-Jan 2021","10.7","8.9","11.2","12.8" "Dec-Feb 2021","7.7","4.3","7.3","9.7"