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Commenting on the recent Labour Market Statistics (for the period January- March 2013) released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS), Gerwyn Davies, Labour Market Adviser at the CIPD, comments:

“These labour market figures suggest that the labour market recovery appears to have stalled this quarter.  Total hours worked increased marginally in the period January to March but most measures of employment showed falls and pay growth is now well below 1 per cent. Private sector firms are not currently taking on enough staff to offset the contraction in the number of self-employed and public sector workers and the continuing expansion of the UK workforce”. 

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