{"id":80723,"date":"2017-04-12T08:56:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T08:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=083da9dadb2bda200a50bd1a09e32605"},"modified":"2017-04-12T08:56:00","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T08:56:00","slug":"press-release-employment-remains-at-record-high-rate-of-74-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=80723","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Employment remains at record high rate of 74.6%"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Official figures released today (12 April 2017) show that the employment rate is at 74.6%, with 31.84 million people in work \u2013 an increase of 312,000 on the year and the joint highest rate since records began in 1971.<\/p>\n

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The Office for National Statistics has also announced that the unemployment rate remains low at 4.7%. It has not been lower since 1975.<\/p>\n

Full-time work continues to be the driving force behind the rise in employment. Average weekly wages grew by 2.3% including bonuses over the last year. Wage growth has remained above 2% every month since the beginning of 2016.<\/p>\n

Secretary of State Damian Green said:<\/p>\n

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This is yet another strong set of figures, with unemployment at a rate that hasn\u2019t been beaten since the 1970s and more vacancies than ever before.<\/p>\n

More people are finding full-time jobs and average wages have grown yet again, meaning more families have the security of a regular wage.<\/p>\n

However, there is always more to do. That\u2019s why we\u2019re creating a welfare system that rewards work through Universal Credit, which helps claimants keep more of the money they earn.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Today\u2019s figures also show:<\/p>\n