Gerwyn Davies, Senior Labour Market Adviser at the CIPD, comments on the labour market statistics for the period February-April 2020, published earlier today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS):
A brand new study from the UK’s leading independent job board, CV-Library, reveals that a staggering 75.3% of Brits feel stressed about trying to find a new role in the current climate, with one in four (28.5%) admitting that they’ve put their job search on hold due to COVID-19
In the world of work, the effects of social measures that governments are being forced to take have proven to be incredibly challenging for businesses and employees.
ONS labour market statistics, published this morning for the period January to March 2020, show the beginning of the decline the jobs market as the lockdown took hold. However the situation since then has changed dramatically, the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has said.
Responding to the latest set of UK labour market data from Office for National Statistics (ONS), covering the three months to March 2020, Gerwyn Davies, the CIPD’s Senior Labour Market Adviser comments: