The number of UK workers on payroll fell by over 600 000 between March and May.
The 2.1% fall only reflects six weeks of the UK's coronavirus lockdown.
Job vacancies also slumped to a record low in May according to the data from the Office for National Statistics.
Markets expert David Buik says this will soon feed through into a rising unemployment rate.
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