In 2018, the number of employees in the construction of buildings industry in the United Kingdom remained nearly unchanged at around 427,841 employees. Nevertheless, 2018 still represents a peak in the number of employees in this industry in the United Kingdom with 427,841 employees. According to Eurostat employed persons are all persons aged 15 and over who performed work, even for just one hour per week, for pay, profit or family gain during the reference week or were not at work but had a job or business from which they were temporarily absent because of, for instance, illness, holidays, industrial dispute, and education or training.
b: Break in time series. The source adds the following information: Number of employees is defined as those persons who work for an employer and who have a contract of employment and receive compensation in the form of wages, salaries, fees, gratuities, piecework pay or remuneration in kind. A worker from an employment agency is considered to be an employee of that temporary employment agency and not of the unit (customer) in which they work. Data coverage corresponds to Section F41 of CE Rev. 2.
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Eurostat. (March 22, 2024). Total number of employees in the building construction industry in the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/433319/number-employees-building-construction-industry-united-kingdom/
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