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Employment increase of 720 over last year
Full time employment, registered in July 2010 by Employment and Training Corporation, has risen by 720 when compared to the previous year.
5 January 2011, 12:00am
Rachel Zammit Cutajar
Rachel Zammit Cutajar
1 min read
In July 2010, the number of registered full-time employed persons stood at 146,431 whereas the number of registered unemployed stood at 6,828. The number of full-time employed increased by 720, while those registering as unemployed decreased by 693.
Over the preceding month, the number of persons employed on a full-time basis went up by 741, while the registered unemployed increased by 53.
In the twelve months to July 2010, the number of persons employed on a full-time basis in the private sector rose by nearly one per cent. Increases of 1,198 were registered in the private sector in real estate, renting and business activities and other community, 481 in social and personal service activities.
The manufacturing industries also increased their registered employment levels by 169 when compared to the preceding year. The main increase in manufacturing jobs was registered in the manufacture of chemicals and chemical products and manufacture of rubber and plastic products. On the other hand, decreases of 559 were registered in construction, 278 in transport, storage and communication and 206 in hotels and restaurants.
In the twelve months to July 2010, the number of persons employed on a full-time basis in the public sector went down by 146. State-owned manufacturing concerns and electricity, gas and water supply shed 313 and 132 persons respectively. In contrast, persons employed in education and health and social work increased by 121 and 120 respectively.
According to records held at ETC, total part-time employment increased by 2,920, or 5.9%, over July 2009. The number of part-timers also holding a full-time job went up by 959, and part-timers whose job was their primary occupation by 1,961.
The annual turnover in part-time employment mainly affected hotels and restaurants, with an addition of 741 persons on their books
Rachel Zammit Cutajar graduated in economics from the University of Malta...
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This just goes to show why it is important to have proper jobs in Malta rather than temporary ones.
The Biofuels development (an inward investment to Malta by a British Company of over €270 million) which we talked about a few weeks ago will create an instantaneous need for over 400 permanent jobs in Malta by 2013 and Gozo and that is good news for us here.
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I think the news is in here: "The number of part-timers also holding a full-time job went up by 959, and part-timers whose job was their primary occupation by 1,961."
I think one should conduct a study if a correlation between the increase of persons working PT+FT and PT as primary occupation and the cost of living exist.
