Chronicle Industrial Relations in the United Kingdom
| Date | 01 July 1984 |
| Published date | 01 July 1984 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8543.1984.tb00166.x |
Chronicle
Industrial Relations in
the
United Kingdom
November
1983-March 1984
STATISTICAL BACKGROUND
TO
THE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS SCENE
The Labour Market
Despite an increase in vacancies, reflecting increased business optimism as recorded in the
C.B.1.k
quarterly survey
of
industrial trends, and a buoyant consumer market. the underlying
trend
in
unemployment resumed its upward movement.
Unemployment
in
the UK“
Number
of
unemployed Percentage
(000s)
unemployed
Month
198213 1983f4 I98213 198314
October
3049.0 3094.0 12.8 13.0
November
3063.0 3084.4 12.8 12.9
December
3097.0 3079.4 13.0 12.9
January
3225.2 3199.7 13.5 13.4
February
3199.4 3186.4 13.4 13.4
March
3172.4 3142.8 13.3 13.2
Adult unemployed
seasonally adjusted
excluding
school
leavers
(000s)
I98213
198314
2885.4 2941
.O
2905.5 2938.5
2948.8 2946.1
2982.7 2976.0
3000.6 3004.6
3025.7 3016.0
New series
Source:
Department
of
Employment Gazette
Unfilled Vacancies: Seasonally Adjusted”
U.K.
(000s)
Month
October
November
December
January
February
March
I98213
I98314
115.4 168.1
115.2 163.2
116.5 153.3
118.3 147.6
121.3 145.4
124.9 147.3
*
New series
Source:
Department
of
Employment Gazette
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