日期：2025.5.16
文章級別：中級節錄自：UK jobs market continues to weaken, BBC News
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The UK's job market has continued to weaken with the number of workers on payrolls falling in the first few months of the year and job vacancies declining again.
Analysts said the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) indicated April's increase in employer National Insurance contributions and the National Living Wage could be having an effect.
The ONS figures also showed that wage growth slowed, but pay is still rising faster than the rate of inflation.
Regular earnings, which exclude bonuses, grew at an annual pace of 5.6% in the first three months of the year.
Some firms had warned that the changes to tax and the minimum wage that came into effect in April could affect recruitment.
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閱讀理解題目
- According to the new, how did unemployment rate change?
- What is the wage growth compared to lasy year?
- How may changes to tax and minimum wage affect recruitment?
