Full-time employment up by 3.3% in February over 2013

In February, registered full-time employment increased by 3.3 per cent compared with the corresponding month in 2013, while registered part-timers as their primary job rose by 5.8 per cent.

Administrative data provided by the ETC show that over a period of one year, the labour supply increased by 3.4 per cent, reaching 168,288. This was mainly attributed to increases in the full-time gainfully occupied population (+5,123) and in registered unemployment (+474).

In the month under review, the Public Administration and Defence, Compulsory Social Security and the Administrative and Support Service Activities sectors contributed mostly to the increase in employment. These increases were partly counteracted by drops in employment, which were registered mostly within the Construction and the Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities sectors. Full-time employment within the private sector increased by 2.9 per cent, while that within the public sector increased by 4.3 per cent.

The number of persons registered as full-time self-employed rose by 353 when compared with February last year, while the number of persons registered as employees increased by 4,770. Male and female full-time employment went up by 2.1 per cent and 5.4 per cent respectively over 2013 levels.

Registered Part-Time Employment

Registered part-time employment for February went up by 5.3 per cent compared to last year. The sector that contributed mostly to this increase was the Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motor Cycles. Drops in part-time employment were registered in Information and Communication. In February, the number of part-timers who also held a full-time job amounted to 24,337, up by 4.6 per cent compared to the corresponding month in 2013.

Employed persons whose part-time job was their primary occupation totalled 33,443; up by 5.8 per cent or 1,820 persons.