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​The Institute for Employment Studies have released their latest Labour Market report today and it makes for interesting reading.

Some of the Highlights are:

• Redundancies reached a new peak in the three months to September

• Hiring and vacancies likely being held back by spare capacity in firms as furlough unwound, and by continued economic uncertainty.

• The significant falls in employment appear to be due to lower self-employment amongst men

• Conversely there are significant rises in full-time employment for women

• Signs that young people are bearing the brunt of the crisis – with youth employment down by more than 300 thousand

• Progress in narrowing the employment gap for disabled people has stalled during the crisis

• There are signs that vacancies had started to recover more strongly in September and October

Click here to read the full report.