May worst month for Covid-19 impact on UK job market, ONS figures show
by Joanna Partridge from on (#55GN5)
Labour demand and supply hit by lockdown, particularly in retail and hospitality
The negative impact of the coronavirus lockdown on Britain's jobs market appears to have been greatest in May before a partial recovery in June, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Both demand for and supply of labour were affected by lockdown restrictions, and the temporary closure of non-essential businesses caused demand for labour to fall, leading to fewer job vacancies, the ONS found, by studying job advert data from the online job search engine Adzuna.
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