Labour Market and Social Welfare

Results of surveys and censuses conducted regarding the Northern Ireland labour market and social welfare.

Related statistics

Labour Force Survey

The Labour Force Survey (LFS) is a quarterly sample survey carried out by interviewing people about their personal circumstances and work.

Claimant Count

The new experimental Claimant Count includes Jobseeker’s Allowance Claimants and those out-of-work Universal Credit claimants who were claiming principally for the reason of being unemployed.

Quarterly Employment Survey

The QES provides short-term employee jobs estimates for NI, which are then used by the ONS to feed into the calculation of the quarterly workforce jobs estimates for the UK as a whole.

Annual Employee Jobs Surveys

Historically, there have been two annual employee jobs surveys; the Census of Employment (CoE) and the Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES), with each being run on alternate years.

Redundancies

Under the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) 1996 (Amended 8 October 2006) you are required by law to notify the Department of a proposal to make redundant 20 or more employees.

Latest Results published 11th September 2018

Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings

The ASHE is a UK wide survey that provides data on hourly, weekly and annual earnings by gender, work patterns, industry and occupation, including public versus private sector pay comparisons.

Regional analysis and trends

Statistics for various regional divisions of Northern Ireland, such as district council area and parliamentary constituency.

User requested data

Labour market statistics are published regularly throughout the year. We also produce bespoke tables if users request data that are not already available.