3.4% increase in employment in October 2013

In October 2013, full-time employment increased by 3.4 per cent when compared to the corresponding month in 2012.

6 March 2014, 12:00am
by Staff Reporter

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Administrative data provided by the Employment and Training Corporation show that over a period of one year to October 2013, the labour supply increased by 3.4%, reaching 164,792.

This was mainly attributed to increases in the full-time gainfully occupied population of 4,859 persons and in registered unemployment of 581.

In the month under review, individuals employed by the Public Administration and Defence and Administrative and Support Service Activities sectors increased by 31.0 and 13.4 per cent respectively when compared to the corresponding month in 2012.

Within the public sector, a shift in employment was registered from Construction to Public Administration and Defence. Increases in full-time employment within the private sector were recorded in Administrative and Support Service Activities (14.5%) and in Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities (9.5%).

This sector also registered drops in employment in Construction activities (2.1%) when compared to 2012 levels.

The number of full-time self-employed rose by 243 when compared to October 2012. During the same period, the number of employees increased by 4,616. Male and female full-time employment went up by 1.6 per cent and 6.1 per cent respectively over 2012.

Registered part-time employment for the month under review went up by 4.6 per cent when compared to 2012 levels.

The economic activities which experienced major increases were Wholesale and Retail; Repair of Motor Vehicles (566 persons) and Administrative and Support Service Activities (442 persons). On the other hand, part-time employment in Information and Communication went down by 164 persons.

In October 2013, the number of part-timers who also held a full-time job amounted to 24,272 persons; an increase of 3.7 per cent when compared to the corresponding month in 2012. Compared to October 2012, the number of employed persons whose part-time job was their primary occupation totalled 33,510; up by 5.3% or 1,692 persons when compared to 2012 levels