Britain’s employers are offering bonuses of up to £2,000 to recruit Christmas workers amid fears over staff shortages disrupting the festive season.
Research from the jobs website Adzuna showed there are currently 26,307 seasonal job vacancies ahead of the pivotal Christmas shopping period, almost double the 13,668 at the same point a year ago.
Reflecting severe staff shortages caused by Covid and Brexit, the number of seasonal job vacancies is more than a quarter higher than the 20,488 recorded in 2019, before the start of the pandemic.
According to the analysis of more than 1.2m job postings from the Adzuna website, which is tracked by government statisticians for early signals from the jobs market, employers are gearing up to hire an army
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