Employment shortages grow more acute as droves of workers drop out of the jobs market because of ill health, new figures show
The unemployment rate is now at its lowest for nearly 50 years but numbers of long-term sick are also at record levels A shortage of workers has been highlighted after a sharp rise in the number of people dropping out of the jobs market has pushed unemployment rates down to their lowest levels since 1974, official figures reveal.Office for National Statistics
Vacancies fell to their lowest since late 2021 in the three months to September. But the ONS said the ratio of unemployed people to vacancies hit a record low. “However, the number of people neither working nor looking for work continues to rise, with those who say this is because they’re long-term sick reaching a record level.
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