Theme: Labour Market

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AWE annual growth rate - total pay 0.4%

AWE annual growth rate - regular pay 0.8%

Vacancies 503,000

Video Summary: Latest on the Labour Market, May 2013

This video summarises the key messages in the latest labour market release

Video Summary: Latest on the Labour Market, May 2013

This video summarises the key messages in the latest labour market release

Labour Market Infographic Summary, April 2013

Overview of the labour market including the latest unemployment and employment figures

Video Summary: Self-employed workers in the UK, February 2013

Video podcast summarises the key findings from the story on self-employed workers

Animated Map of Claimants of Jobseeker's Allowance by Local Authority

See how the number and distribution of claimants in the UK has changed over time

UK employment falls by 43,000, but vacancies are at the highest level since 2008

Comparing January – March 2013, with the previous three months

Record low growth in average weekly earnings excluding bonuses

Comparing January - March 2013 with the same period a year earlier

The % of people working in the Public Sector the lowest since 1999

Data is for December 2012 and comparable records began in 1999

Self-employed up 367,000 in four years

While self-employment has increased, the number of employees fell

Underemployment up 1 million since 2008

3.05m people in work wanted more hours in April-June 2012

Regions with the highest % of workless households

Fourth year in a row that Liverpool tops the list

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Statistical bulletin: Labour Market Statistics, May 2013 15-May-2013
This bulletin contains the latest estimates of labour market statistics (including employment, unemployment and economic inactivity) for the United Kingdom.

Statistical bulletin: Regional Labour Market Statistics, May 2013 15-May-2013
This bulletin shows the latest key labour market statistics for the regions and countries of Great Britain along with statistics for local authorities, travel-to-work areas and parliamentary constituencies.

Video: Video Summary: Latest on the Labour Market, May 2013 15-May-2013
This video summarises the key messages in the latest labour market release.

Summary: GDP and the Labour Market, 2013 Q1, May Labour Market Update 15-May-2013
Comaprison of developments in GDP and the labour market in the latest quarter

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Video Summary: Inequality in the provision of unpaid care in England and Wales 16-May-2013
This video summary describes the provision of unpaid care by males and females in England and Wales during 2011 and how this varied with age, general health status and economic activity across English regions and Wales. This accompanies a short story and infographic.
GDP and the Labour Market, 2013 Q1, May Labour Market Update 15-May-2013
Comaprison of developments in GDP and the labour market in the latest quarter
New coding tool enables users to measure socio-economic status 15-May-2013
Web-based tool for NS-SEC has been developed by ONS
Record low growth in average weekly earnings excluding bonuses 15-May-2013
The latest average weekly earnings figures
UK employment falls by 43,000, but vacancies are at the highest level since 2008 15-May-2013
Comparing January – March 2013, with the previous three months, there was a fall in the number of employed people, a rise in the number of people “not in the labour force”, or economically inactive, and a rise in the number of people who were unemployed
Video Summary: Latest on the Labour Market, May 2013 15-May-2013
This video summarises the key messages in the latest labour market release.

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Labour Market Flows, May 2013 (Experimental Statistics) 15-May-2013
This is an article about the labour market flows covering the period January to March 2013.
Labour Market Statistics, May 2013 15-May-2013
This bulletin contains the latest estimates of labour market statistics (including employment, unemployment and economic inactivity) for the United Kingdom.
Labour Market Statistics Data Tables (Excel Spreadsheets), May 2013 15-May-2013
Excel spreadsheets containing estimates of labour market statistics are available here. These spreadsheets contain historic estimates going back as far as comparable data exists for each time series.
Regional Labour Market Statistics, May 2013 15-May-2013
This bulletin shows the latest key labour market statistics for the regions and countries of Great Britain along with statistics for local authorities, travel-to-work areas and parliamentary constituencies.
Single Month Labour Force Survey Estimates, May 2013 (Not Designated as National Statistics) 15-May-2013
These single month LFS analyses have been produced as a tool to assist in understanding the movements in the published three month average LFS estimates. These estimates are not designated as National Statistics.
Economic Review, May 2013 01-May-2013
This note draws together key economic stories from National Statistics produced over the latest month. This is in order to paint a coherent picture of the UK economic performance using recent economic data.

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Reference table: X01: Labour Force Survey Single Month estimates (Not designated as National Statistics) (Excel sheet 141Kb) 15-May-2013
Labour Force Survey (LFS) single month estimates of employment, unemployment and economic inactivity. These estimates are not designated as National Statistics as they are based on around one third of the LFS sample size. The headline estimates are for three month average time periods and are available at Table A02.

Reference table: Regional Labour Market: HI00 - Headline LFS Indicators for All Regions, May 2013 (Excel sheet 6923Kb) 15-May-2013
The tables contain Labour Market indicators for all UK regions for the latest period from January to March 2013. These cover economic activity, employment, unemployment and economic inactivity from the LFS. Time series estimates for the three month period from March 1992 to May 1992 onwards are also available in these tables.

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Table A - Households by Combined Economic Activity Status of Household Members (Excel sheet 35Kb) 15-May-2013
This table shows households by combined economic activity status of household members, from October to December 2004 to October to December 2012.
Table B - Households with and without Dependent Children by Type of Household and Combined Economic Activity Status of Household Members (Excel sheet 47Kb) 15-May-2013
This table shows households with and without dependent children by type of household and combined economic activity status of household members, from October to December 2004 to October to December 2012.
Table C - Households by Region and Combined Economic Activity Status of Household Members (Excel sheet 299Kb) 15-May-2013
This table shows households by region and combined economic activity status of household members, from October to December 2004 to October to December 2012.
Table D - Households by Housing Tenure and Combined Economic Activity Status of Household Members (Excel sheet 42Kb) 15-May-2013
This table shows households by housing tenure and combined economic activity status of household members, from October to December 2004 to October to December 2012.
Table E - Households where all Members have Never Worked (Excel sheet 33Kb) 15-May-2013
This table shows households where all members have never worked, from October to December 2004 to October to December 2012.
Table F - People by Age and Combined Economic Activity Status of Household Members (Excel sheet 42Kb) 15-May-2013
This table shows people living in households by age and combined economic activity status of household members, from October to December 2004 to October to December 2012.

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Theme: Labour Market

Video Summary: Latest on the Labour Market, May 2013

Labour Market Infographic Summary, April 2013

Video Summary: Self-employed workers in the UK, February 2013

Animated Map of Claimants of Jobseeker's Allowance by Local Authority

Video Summary: Latest on the Labour Market, May 2013

Labour Market Infographic Summary, April 2013

Video Summary: Self-employed workers in the UK, February 2013

Animated Map of Claimants of Jobseeker's Allowance by Local Authority

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