Millions of Britons cannot find full-time work

The latest figures from the British government show that the recession has forced companies to change their business and hiring strategies, and millions of Britons who had hoped to find full-time jobs had to shorten their working hours. The Daily Telegraph, citing data from the National Bureau of Statistics, 20th, said that in the past year, Britons hoping to find a full-time job have increased by more than 250,000 people, up more than 1/3 over the previous year. From March to May this year, the number of people forced to shorten their weekly working hours to below 30 hours due to lack of full-time work reached 92.　　70,000 people, compared with the same period last year, jumped 38%, record the highest record. Since Britain's economy has entered recession, many big British companies have taken steps to cut costs by shortening staff hours or extending staff vacations, and BT has also taken measures to get some employees to take a year off and pay a 1/4 cut in response to the recession.　　The report argues that companies are trying to shorten staff hours to reduce operating costs to cope with the recession, rather than firing large numbers of workers at all times, a difference from the previous downturn. Still, statistics released by the ONS last week showed that the UK unemployment rate reached 7 per cent in the 3 months to May this year. 6%, the highest level since January 1997.