Monday, October 3, 2016

Registered full-time employment up by 4.3 per cent in April - NSO

In April 2016, registered full-time employment increased by 4.3 per cent while part-time employment as a primary job increased by 5.8 per cent when compared to the corresponding month of the previous year.

Gainfully Occupied Population: April 2016

Administrative data provided by Jobsplus show that over a period of one year, the labour supply (excluding part-timers, see methodological notes) increased by 3.2 per cent, reaching 181,502. This was mainly attributed to an increase in the full-time gainfully occupied population (7,384) and a drop in registered unemployment (1,817).

Registered full-time employment

In April 2016, Administrative and support service activities and Arts, entertainment and recreation contributed mostly to the increase in employment, compared to April 2015. Registered full-time employment in the private sector went up by 7,075 persons to 133,370. Public sector full-time employment increased by 309 persons to 44,381.

The number of persons registered as full-time self-employed rose by 420 when compared to April 2015, while the number of persons registered as employees increased by 6,964. Full-time employment for males and females went up by 3.2 per cent and 6.3 per cent respectively over 2015 levels.

Registered part-time employment

Registered part-time employment in April 2016 went up by 6.1 per cent when compared to a year earlier. The sectors that contributed most to the overall increase were Accommodation and food service activities, Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles and Administrative and support service activities.

The number of part-timers who also held a full-time job amounted to 24,335 up by 6.5 per cent when compared to the corresponding month in 2015. Employed persons whose part-time job was their primary occupation totalled 35,053, up by 5.8 per cent or 1,922 persons when compared to 2015.



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