While the labour market remains tight, the latest figures signal a departure from the weird dynamics of a year ago.
A record-breaking 2.5m people are unable to work due to long-term illness, the highest tally since records began in 1993, new ONS data shows.
The number of Brits out of work due to long-term illness has shot up, highlighting how Covid has left its scars in so many different corners of our lives.
Avoiding mass unemployment during the pandemic is some achievement. But Covid has shrunk the labour force.
An amendment to employment law might have cleared the way for P&O to legally sack 800 staff.
Need to know: After P&O sacked 800 employees, “fire and rehire” schemes are coming under the spotlight.
Older people are being forced out of the workplace by bosses who don’t understand the benefits of a mixed-age workforce.
Millions of workers are quitting their jobs despite record labour shortages and high employment.
A chronic shortage of engineers means that Britain can’t build all the big infrastructure projects that are in the pipeline.
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