Female workers up by 1,548 during May

Administrative data provided by the Employment and Training Corporation show that during May the labour supply increased by 1.5%. This increase was mainly attributed to an increase of 1,938 persons in the gainfully occupied population and a rise in the number of registered unemployed.

During the twelve months to May, an increase in full-time employment was mainly registered in the Administrative and Support Service activities together with the Health and Social Work sector.

Compared to May 2011, the Transport and Storage sector also recorded an increase in employment, mainly underlined by a rise of 35.4% in respect of employment in Land Transport activities, while Air Transport registered a drop of 16.6 per cent.

In contrast, full-time employment within the Manufacturing sector decreased by 1.3 per cent when compared to the corresponding month last year.

Almost 73% of full-time employment fell within the private sector. The private sector employment increased by 2.1%, with the majority being recorded within Transport and Storage. During this period, full- time employment within the public sector decreased by 0.9%.

In May 2012, female employment stood at 51,909, an increase of 1,548 persons when compared to the corresponding month in 2011.

The biggest increase was recorded in Human Health and Social Work. When compared to May 2011, male employment increased by 390,. The Arts, Entertainment and Recreation sector recorded the largest share of the increase in male full-time employment.

During the month under review, both the number of employees and the number of self-employed rose by 1.4% and 0.4% respectively.

The number of full-time employees within Arts, Entertainment and Recreation went up by 12.4% when compared to May 2011. During this period a decrease of 293 persons in full-time employment within the Construction sector was recorded.

When compared to May 2011, total part-time employment increased by 6.1% reaching 54,370 persons. Part-time employment within Accommodation and Food Service activities advanced by 9.6% or 911 persons, when compared to the corresponding month last year.

Part-timers who also held a full-time job added 4.5 per cent reaching 23,268. Persons with a part-time job as their main occupation increased by 7.3% to 31,102, with the most notable increase recorded among females.