This is good news for families as we continue to build a stronger, fairer Britain.”
ONS figures also reveal:
that female employment rate is at a joint record high of 70.2%, with nearly 15 million women in work the unemployment rate for 18 to 24 year olds who have left full time education is 10.7% – a joint record low there are around 770,000 vacancies in the economy at any one time
UK labour Market statistics for June 2017 can be accessed from the ONS website .
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Call for flexible, affordable and straightforward immigration system 21 June 2017
As Brexit negotiations begin, new CIPD research highlights the need for a flexible, affordable and straightforward immigration system.
New research by the CIPD and the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) analyses employers’ perspectives on migration restrictions following the end of free movement. It is based on a survey of more than 1,000 organisations, employer focus groups held around the UK and in-depth interviews with HR leaders.
Key findings include:
The main reason employers recruit EU nationals is because they cannot fill low or semi-skilled jobs with UK- born applicants, cited by 35% of low-wage industry firms 25% of organisations say a requirement for a job offer for EU migrants would have a negative impact on them. One in ten (11%) of businesses say the number of EU nationals they have recruited since Brexit has decreased In response to what could be significantly reduced access to EU worker skills alongside the need to retain EU market access, 1 in 5 organisations say they are considering relocating all or part of their UK operations outside the UK (11%) or will focus future growth outside the UK (9%). The end of free movement of people from the EU will damage UK businesses and public service delivery unless post- Brexit immigration policies take account of the need for both skilled and unskilled labour from the EU. This is a key message in new research from the CIPD, the professional body for HR and people development and NIESR. It also calls on businesses to broaden their recruitment and people development strategies to ensure they are doing all they can to attract and develop UK born workers, and highlights the need for significant changes to Government skills policy.
Read more about this research from the CIPD - Facing the future: tackling labour and skills shortages post-Brexit.
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Calling all offices and workplaces – wear it pink is coming! 12 July 2017 Repeat Sept Put the date in your diary - Friday 20 October is ‘wear it pink day’. Engage colleagues in a common cause and take part to raise money for vital breast cancer research. Wear it pink, the UK’s biggest pink fundraiser which takes place during October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, calls on employees to ditch their everyday uniforms and workwear and pull on some pink to raise money for Breast Cancer Now’s life-saving breast cancer research.
The fundraising event, back for its 16th year, encourages workers to wear pink on Friday 20 October and make a donation to Breast Cancer Now to help the charity achieve its aim that by 2050 nobody will die from breast cancer.
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