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Increase in gainfully occupied of 1,905 persons in October 2010
Statistics released by the National Statistics office (NSO) indicate an increase of 1,905 persons employed on a full-time basis in October 2010 over the corresponding month in 2009. There was an increase of 3,146 persons working in respect of the previous year.
4 March 2011, 12:00am
Rachel Zammit Cutajar
Rachel Zammit Cutajar
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In October 2010 the number of persons working on a full-time basis stood at 146,590, whereas the registered unemployed amounted to 6,696. In the twelve months to October 2010, the labour supply increased by 1,268 persons.
Between October 2009 and October 2010, the number of persons employed on a full-time basis within the private sector went up by 2,272, or 2.2 per cent, while those working within the public sector decreased by 367, or 0.9 per cent.
Males comprised 66.9 per cent of the total full-time employed population. A majority of these, 16.1 per cent, were engaged in manufacturing, followed by an additional 15.3 per cent employed in wholesale and retail trade. During the period under review, the total number women employed on a full-time basis stood at 48,461. Just over 17 per cent were engaged in education-related activities, while 14.8 per cent were working in wholesale and retail trade.
Self-employed persons were mainly engaged in wholesale and retail trade, repairs of motor vehicles and personal and household goods (29.3 per cent), while a significant proportion were employed in construction (14.6 per cent). On the other hand, employees were more likely to be engaged in manufacturing-related activities.
Part-time employment increased by 6.5 per cent when compared to 2009 levels, and numbered 51,877 for the period under review. 22,558 persons held a part-time job in addition to their full-time job whereas a further 29,319 persons had a part-time job as their main occupation.
Rachel Zammit Cutajar graduated in economics from the University of Malta...
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What is crucial in her report is the very last sentence i.e. ‘29,319 persons had a part-time job as their main occupation’.
Why put this item at the very end? Rachel may not be on a part-time salary so she does not understand how it feels coping on a miserable income at this day and age.
There were times in the late 1980s when Eddie Fenech Adami used to lecture us how those registering for work under part 1, part 2 and part-timers were all looking for work. By what he used to repeat day-in day-out, this would mean that we are living in times in which around 38,000 of our compatriots are looking for work.
Why is it, if I may ask, that he is not bothered to utter the same nuisance any longer? Is it because now he is more concerned about the introduction of divorce?
