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Key statistics
Unemployment rate (%)
3.74
2019
Related metadata
LFS - EU Labour Force Survey
Repository
: Eurostat special tabulation
Employment-to-population ratio (%)
60.85
2019
Related metadata
LFS - EU Labour Force Survey
Repository
: Eurostat special tabulation
Share of youth not in employment, education or training (NEET) (%)
10.52
2019
Related metadata
LFS - EU Labour Force Survey
Repository
: Eurostat special tabulation
Age coverage - maximum age
: 24 years old
Average monthly earnings of employees (local currency)GBP:British pound
2340.0
2017
Related metadata
ES - Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings
Data reference period
: April
Population coverage
: Excluding armed forces and/or conscripts
Working time arrangement coverage
: Full-time and part time workers
Working time concept
: Hours actually worked
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Case studies in the international recruitment of nurses : promising practices in recruitment among agencies in the United Kingdom, India, and the Philippines
Labour market measures in the United Kingdom 2008-2013 : the crisis and beyond
Non-standard working in the public service in Germany and the United Kingdom
The diversity of "marginal" part-time employment
Unacceptable forms of work (UFW) : a global and comparative study
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Case studies in the international recruitment of nurses : promising practices in recruitment among agencies in the United Kingdom, India, and the Philippines
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Equality Act, 2017 (AT 5 of 2017). -2017-07-18
Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29). -2017-04-27
Children and Social Work Act 2017 (c. 16). -2017-04-27
Pension Schemes Act 2017 (c. 17). -2017-04-27
Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Ratification of Convention) Act 2017 (c. 18). -2017-04-27
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