Chronicle Industrial Relations in the United Kingdom
| Date | 01 March 1984 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8543.1984.tb00155.x |
| Published date | 01 March 1984 |
Chronicle
Industrial Relations in the United Kingdom
August
-
November
1983
STATISTICAL BACKGROUND TO THE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS SCENE
The Labour Market
In November, the level
of
unemployment fell slightly, with a small drop in the seasonally
adjusted figure, reinforcing the hope
of
earlier months that the underlying trend had levelled
off,
and that there would be some decline. There was also a small increase in vacancies.
Unemployment in the
U.K.
Number
of
unemployed
(000s)
Monrh
I
983
I982
July
3020.6 2852.5
August
3009.9 2898.8
September
3167.4 3066.2
October
3094.0 3049.0
November
3084.4 3063.0
(a) New series
Source:
Employment Gazette
Unfilled Vacancies: Seasonally Adjusted
U.K.
(000s)
Month
July
August
September
October
November
Source:
Employment Gazette
Wages
and
Earnings
Percentage
unemployed
1983 I982
12.7 12.0
12.6 12.1
13.3 12.9
13.0 12.8
12.9 12.8
I
983
I
982
153.4 111.4
162.0 114.0
163.6 107.3
113.9
114.4
Adult unemployment
seasonally adjusted
excluding school
leavers
(000s)
1983 1982
2957.3 2813.8
2940.9 2832.4
295 1.3 2866.4
2941 .0 2885.4
2936.9 2905.5
Weekly earnings continued
to
increase faster than basic weekly wage rates, partly reflecting
improved overtime opportunities, and the rate
of
growth
of
earnings increased in August for the
113
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