The number of employees in the water supply (sewerage, waste management, and remediation activities) industry in the United Kingdom increased by 6,742 employees (+3.79 percent) since the previous year. With 184,444 employees, the number of employees thereby reached its highest value in the observed period. 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 code E of CE Rev 2.
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Eurostat. (March 22, 2024). Total number of employees in the water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities industry in the United Kingdom from 2009 to 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 12, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/385439/number-of-employees-water-supply-sewerage-waste-managment-united-kingdom/
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