Part-timers increase by 5.1% in 2009

Average full-time employment in 2009 stood at 144,776, whereas total part-time employment in the same period was 48,967.

The gainfully-occupied population decreased by 677 or 0.5% between 2008 and 2009. During the same period registered unemployed increased by 1,127, or 18.2% . The resulting labour supply increased by 450 or 0.3%, the Employment and Training Corporation (ETC) said.

Full-time Employment
The annual average figures for 2009 indicate that the principal economic activity which has seen an increase in employment over the preceding year was “Other business activities”. This sector includes legal activities; accounting, book-keeping, and auditing activities; tax consultancy; business and management consultancy; architectural and engineering activities; advertising; security activities; and industrial cleaning. It is estimated that the number of jobs in such business activities increased by 913, or 8.9% , in the period under review.

Construction and wholesale and retail trade also registered an increase in the number of full-time persons by 352, or 2.9% , and 212 or 1.0% , respectively between 2008 and 2009.

On the other hand, full-time jobs in manufacturing activities fell by 1,810 or 7.9%. Hotels and restaurants also recorded a decrease in their full-time employment, by 420 or 4.1%.

Part-time Employment
The annual average figures of 2009 indicate that part-time employment rose by 2,357 or 5.1%. This increase included 1,178 persons, or 5.8%, whose part-time job was their secondary occupation and 1,179 persons, or 4.5% , whose part-time job was their primary occupation. The economic activities which recorded the major increase in part-time employment were wholesale and retail trade and education.