Industrial Relations in the United Kingdom
| Published date | 01 March 1976 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8543.1976.tb00042.x |
| Date | 01 March 1976 |
British
Journal
of
Industrial Relations
Vol.
XIV
No.
1
Chronicle
Industrial Relations in the United Kingdom
September-December
1975
STATISTICAL BACKGROUND TO
THE
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS SCENE
The
Labour
Marketdmat
Britain
In October the seasonally adjusted unemployment figure reached over one million and
represented
4.6
per cent
of
all
employees. There is a substantial turnover of the unemploy-
ment register each month. In the three months mid July
to
mid October an average of
404,000
adults joined the register each month and
389,000
left.
Percentage
Total unemployed unemployed
1975 1974 1975 1974
Month
(OOw
September
1,194 641 5.2 2.8
October
1,114 613 4.9 2.1
November
1,120 621 4.9 2.1
December
1,163
N.A.
5.1
N.A.
Seasonally adjusted
unemployed excluding
school leavers
1975 1974
(OOOS)
991 603
1,043 601
1,019 613
1,118
N.A.
In the three-month period September-November the seasonally adjusted figure
of
notified unfilled vacancies decreased
on
average by about
6,400
per month, compared
with a decrease of
2,000
for the period August to October.
Unfded Vacancies in Great Britain for Adults-Seasonally Adjusted
(000s)
Month
1975 1974
September
135 301
October
124 294
November
115 213
December
113
N.A.
Both unemployment and unfilled vacancy trends point to a continuing low level
of
de-
mand
in
the labour market in coming months.
Wages
and
Earning8
During the
period
under review the rate of increase in both weekly and hourly wage
rates has shown definite signs of decreasing. The principal groups of workers receiving
pay increases were in the postal office,
building,
brick and allied industries, retail fur-
nishing and allied trades and licensed residential establishments and licensed restaurants.
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