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September 14, 2021UK LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, JULY 2021 
The UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported today that the unemployment rate for the three-month period May 2021 to July 2021 averaged 4.6%.
The UK employment rate among those aged 16-64 averaged 75.2% from May to July 2021. This was up from 74.7% from the previous quarter, February to April 2021.
Economic inactivity rate among those aged 16-64 averaged 21.1% from May to July 2021. In June 2021 to August 2021, the number of job vacancies was 1,034,000, which is 249,000 above pre-pandemic levels. This is the first time job vacancies in the UK have risen over one million since records began.
The impact of COVID-19 was more apparent in falling employment and labour force in Canada and Nova Scotia. In August 2021 employment and labour force rose in Canada as COVID-19 restrictions continued to ease and reopening plans progressed. In contrast, furloughed workers were considered to be employed in the UK, which muted the impact of COVID-19 on UK employment and labour force statistics.
Sources: UK Office for National Statistics: Labour Market Overview
Statistics Canada Table 14-10-0287-02 Labour force characteristics by age group, monthly, seasonally adjusted
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