Labour market

Employment rates are rising and unemployment rates are falling whilst job vacancies have increased.[1]  The Labour market has changed from a competitive employee market to one in which employees can be more demanding, for instance requiring employers to demonstrate their organisational values.  Types of work are also changing, with a growth in managerial and profession-based work, with routine manual work declining and many routine clerical jobs being replaced by ICTs.  The expansion of numbers of women and the increase in new technologies, such as the internet, in the work place have facilitated an increasing demand for flexible and homeworking (see work/life balance).

What are the implications?

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Moving forward

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Want to know more?

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References

  1. Labour market statistics - Office of National Statistics (PDF 161 KB) [back]
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