In 2018, the number of employees in the wholesale and retail trade industry incl. repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles in the United Kingdom remained nearly unchanged at around 4,855,320 employees. Still, the number of employees reached its highest value in the observed period in 2018. The relationship of employer to employee exists when there is an agreement, which may be formal or informal, between an enterprise and a person, normally entered into voluntarily by both parties, whereby the person works for the enterprise in return for remuneration in cash or in kind.
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Total number of employees in the wholesale and retail trade including the repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles industry in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2009 to 2018
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 is for the code G of the CE_R2 of economic activities, which is wholesale and retail trade including the repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles.
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Eurostat. (March 22, 2024). Total number of employees in the wholesale and retail trade including the repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles industry in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2009 to 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/497728/number-of-employees-wholesale-retail-trade-sector-uk/
Eurostat. "Total number of employees in the wholesale and retail trade including the repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles industry in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2009 to 2018." Chart. March 22, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/497728/number-of-employees-wholesale-retail-trade-sector-uk/
Eurostat. (2024). Total number of employees in the wholesale and retail trade including the repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles industry in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2009 to 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/497728/number-of-employees-wholesale-retail-trade-sector-uk/
Eurostat. "Total Number of Employees in The Wholesale and Retail Trade including The Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles Industry in The United Kingdom (Uk) from 2009 to 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Mar 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/497728/number-of-employees-wholesale-retail-trade-sector-uk/
Eurostat, Total number of employees in the wholesale and retail trade including the repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles industry in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2009 to 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/497728/number-of-employees-wholesale-retail-trade-sector-uk/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Total number of employees in the wholesale and retail trade including the repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles industry in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2009 to 2018 [Graph], Eurostat, March 22, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/497728/number-of-employees-wholesale-retail-trade-sector-uk/
