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Demand for agency workers is set to grow as staff seek greater flexibility and employers back the fresh thinking and specialised skills that temps offer. As we head into an election, policymakers need to work with this trend to grow their economies, says the REC.

In a sign of continuing employer demand, the number of active job adverts remained above 1.7m, according to the latest Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) and Lightcast Labour Market Tracker.

The CIPD is calling on employers to focus on upskilling existing staff and development opportunities, as job moves slow to pre-pandemic levels

New data from global job matching and hiring platform, Indeed, revealed that people surveyed now consider working in jobs that positively impact society (57%) and the environment (55%) more important than they did when they started their careers.

The ONS has published its latest labour market statistics this morning. The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) Chief Executive Neil Carberry, said:

A cooler labour market may lessen the focus on inactivity and ill-health, but policymakers and employers must continue to help people get into and stay in work

... but 9 in 10 feel confident to adapt

Despite falling activity across the winter, the job market is reacting to more positive signals on growth this spring, according to the latest Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) and Lightcast Labour Market Tracker.

Commenting on Resolution Foundation research finding Britain is in the midst of the longest sustained rise in sickness-related inactivity since the 1990s, Shazia Ejaz, REC’s Director of Campaigns and Research, said:

Employers will need to balance tightening purse strings with employee expectations for higher pay as cost-of-living crisis continues, the CIPD warns

UK job postings have fallen below pre-pandemic levels, according to data from global hiring and matching platform Indeed.

Almost half (47%) of women who have periods experience severe period pain most months. However, just a fifth (19%) have felt comfortable to take a sick day and openly say it was due to their period pain. Many others also battle regular symptoms like nausea (31%) and headaches or migraines (48%).

1 in 4 (24%) of UK businesses spend up to 10 hours a week just scheduling interviews, according to new research from global matching and hiring platform Indeed.

Nearly a third of the UK's temporary workforce began temping in the last six months, according to data released today by Indeed Flex, the online marketplace for flexible and temporary work.

While there remains uncertainty about the quality of UK labour data, it looks like the Labour market continues a long slow easing which has seen 18 consecutive quarters of falling job vacancies - the longest run on record.