Over 36% of 20,000 new jobs are part-time employment – PQ
One-quarter of new jobs created since 2008 are part-time jobs providing sole source of income.
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi has told parliament that over 20% of the 20,000 jobs created over the past four years, are part-time jobs which provide the sole source of income for workers.
In several replies to parliamentary questions, the prime minister - who puts much store in the boast of having created 23,939 jobs amid trying economic conditions - revealed that 8,775 (36.6%) were part-time jobs: 5,202 providing the sole source of income, while 3,573 are secondary jobs.
The rest of the figure is made up of 7,193 full-time jobs and 7,971 jobs for formerly redundant workers.
Gonzi has insisted that his priority in the last four-years and a half has been the creation of jobs, even while handling internal political problems that last week resulted in the resignation of one of his ministers after Nationalist MP Franco Debono voted in favour of an Opposition motion. The prime minister has also said that government's efforts were crucial to saveguard 5,000 jobs during the 2008 crisis.
In public appearances, the prime minister has chosen to ignore the political thorn in his side that prompted the resignation of Carm Mifsud Bonnici, and instead insist that job creation is his top priority.
On PBS's Dissett on Sunday, Gonzi said his policies and decisions had reaped positive results, but his claim of having created 20,000 new jobs was somewhat deflated interviewer Reno Bugeja: "It's starting to sound like an advertisement, Prime Minister."
In parliament on Monday, Gonzi said he would persist in advertising his achievements. "The results of these last four years are the confirmation that our policies have delivered, even while the Opposition insists we are not governing well."
|
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
Total |
Redundancies |
1,922 |
2,597 |
1,888 |
1,564 |
7,971 |
Increase in full-time posts |
2,882 |
-345 |
2,328 |
2,328 |
7,193 |
Increase in part-time posts |
1,945 |
1,780 |
2,104 |
2,946 |
8,775 |
Total |
6,749 |
4,032 |
6,320 |
6,838 |
23,939 |