THE EMPLOYMENT EXPERTS
Trevor Gilbert & Associates is considered by many lawyers and insurance companies to be the UK's leading provider of loss of earnings reports in matters of personal injury and clinical negligence litigation.
We are widely recognised for our expertise in providing original research and delivering world-class reports, addressing fundamental issues that lead to the very heart of the matter.
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Average Earnings Growth
Average total pay (including bonuses) in the private sector was £460 per week in September 2011. In the three months to September 2011 total pay in the private sector rose by 2.4 per cent on a year earlier. Average regular pay (excluding bonuses) in the private sector was £426 per week in September 2011. In the three months to September 2011 regular pay in the public sector rose by 1.7 per cent on a year earlier.
Employment
The employment rate for those aged from 16 to 64 was 70.2 per cent in the three months to September, down 0.4percentage points on the quarter. The number of people in employment aged 16 and over decreased by 197,000 on the quarter and by 109,000 on the year to reach 29.07 million, the largest fall since the three months to July 2009. The number of people in full-time employment was 21.27 million in the three months to September 2011, down 80,000 from the three months to June 2011. Of this total, 13.58 million were men and 7.68 million were women. The number of people in part-time employment was 7.80 million in the three months to September 2011, down 117,000 from the three months to June 2011. Of this total, 1.96 million were men and 5.84 million were women.
Unemployment
The unemployment rate for the three months to September 2011 was 2.622 million, a rate 8.3 per cent of the economically active population, up 0.4 per cent on the quarter. The total number of unemployed people increased by 129,000 over the quarter. The number of unemployed has not been higher since the three months to September 1994. The quarterly rise in unemployment among people aged from 18 to 24 increased by 1.7 per cent over the quarter to reach 21.9 per cent . The number of unemployed people in this age group rose by 67,000 over the quarter to reach 1.2 million; this figure includes the 286,000 people in full time education who were looking for part-time work. The unemployment rate and level for people aged 18 to 24 are the highest since directly comparable records began in 1992.
