Unemployed down by 8.3 per cent

Records provided by the Employment and Training Corporation show that the number of full-time employed persons for June amounted to 149,331. This figure shows an increase of 2.1 per cent when compared to the corresponding period last year. The number of registered unemployed for this same period decreased by 8.3 per cent, amounting to 6,212.

Full-time employment

Full-time employment for June increased by 3,112 individuals when compared to the comparative month last year. The highest increase was recorded in the Health and social work sector which rose by 896 persons. The real estate, renting and business activities and manufacturing sectors also showed increases of 831 and 544 persons respectively. On the other hand, employment in construction and in transport, storage and communication activities showed decreases of 116 and 68 persons respectively.

Employment within the private sector accounted for 72.4 per cent of total fulltime employment for the period under review. Employment within the private sector increased by 2.3 per cent over June 2010. The highest shares of employment within the private sector were in real estate, renting and business activities and other community, social and personal services activities, both of which increased by 871 and 667 persons respectively.

Full-time persons working within the public sector amounted to 41,187, an increase of 1.6 per cent over June last year. Increases in employment were recorded in health and social work - 10 per cent, and education - 2.2 per cent.

In June 2011, the number of persons registered as self employed stood at 17,585, a decrease of 0.1 per cent over the corresponding period in 2010. The number of employees increased by 2.4 per cent to 131,746. During the same period, an increase in female employment of 2,568 was recorded over last year.

Part-time Employment

The total number of part-time employed persons in June 2011 increased by 3.9 per cent over the previous year, reaching a total of 53,051. As shown in Table 4, the number of part-timers who also hold a full-time job increased by 5.2 per cent, with the majority being males.

The number of persons whose part-time work is their primary job went up by 3.0 per cent.