The labour force survey is a very small household survey.  When I wrote the briefing note on it I would always warn the minister not to worry about the random month-to-month variations but to look at a 3-month trend for a better picture of the state of the labour market. 
The Survey of Employment, Payroll and Hours is a far larger survey of employers and considered more accurate for estimating paid employment (i.e. on salary or paid hourly).  It does, however, leave out the self-employed