"Figure 6: Younger and older workers have had different redundancy patterns over time","" "Redundancy rate per thousand, both sexes, by age group, over year December to February 2020 to December to February 2021","" "","" "Notes","1. The redundancy rate is calculated from reports of redundancy in the three months prior to interview and is the ratio of the redundancy level for the given quarter to the number of employees in the previous quarter, multiplied by 1,000. 2. Data are not seasonally adjusted. 3. Some rates are based on small sample sizes and should be used with caution. Details can be found in [table RED02](https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peoplenotinwork/redundancies/datasets/redundanciesbyindustryagesexandreemploymentratesred02)." "Unit","per 1,000 employees" "","" "","16 to 24","25 to 34","35 to 49","50 and over" "Dec to Feb 2020","6.4","2.3","3.6","4.3" "Jan to Mar 2020","6.3","2.6","3.4","4.2" "Feb to Apr 2020","4.2","3.1","3.9","4.3" "Mar to May 2020","6.7","2.9","3.3","4.7" "Apr to Jun 2020","10.1","2.6","4.0","5.0" "May to Jul 2020","12.7","3.4","4.5","5.4" "Jun to Aug 2020","14.9","6.9","6.9","7.9" "Jul to Sep 2020","17.2","12.0","8.9","10.9" "Aug to Oct 2020","16.2","14.9","11.0","13.4" "Sep to Nov 2020","13.1","16.2","12.8","14.4" "Oct to Dec 2020","8.8","12.7","11.7","14.1" "Nov to Jan 2021","10.7","8.9","11.2","12.8" "Dec to Feb 2021","7.7","4.3","7.3","9.7"