Labour-force measures and reference periods
- Employment and temporary absence from a job
- Seeking or being available for work in PLFS
- Being outside the labour force
- Labour-force participation rate
- Unemployment rate and its labour-force denominator
- Unemployed share of population versus unemployment rate
- Usual principal activity status
- Usual subsidiary economic activity
- Current weekly status and activity priority
- Current daily status in the 2025 survey
- Hours actually worked versus having an employed status
- Domestic duties versus work in a household enterprise
- Matching population and reference period when comparing labour rates
- PLFS redesign and calendar-year reporting from 2025