Full-time employment in April up by almost 3,000

According to Employment and Training Corporation (ETC) figures, the number of full-time employed persons during April stood at 148,041, while the number of registered unemployed stood at 6,585, the National Statistics Office said.

“This resulted in a labour supply of 154,626, up by 1,977 (1.3%) when compared to last year. In the twelve months to April, the full-time employed population increased by 2,998, while the registered unemployed fell by 1,021,” the NSO said.

NSO added that year-on-year, private sector full-time employment increased by 2,262.   Private employment in real estate renting and business services increased by 901, followed by an additional increase in private employment of 550 in other community, social and personal service activities (NACE 90-93).

Increases in the private sector were also registered in manufacturing, by as much as 645 persons. The increase was largely registered in manufacturing of electrical machinery and apparatus n.e.c., manufacturing of rubber and plastic products and manufacturing of other transport equipment.

Full-time employment in the public sector went up by 736 or 1.8% when compared to the previous year.

The main increases were registered in health and social work, up by 814, and education, up by 226.

However decreases in full-time employment were registered in construction, down by 162, manufacturing, down by 99, and transport, storage and communication down by 92.

Compared to the previous month last year the number of employees advanced by 3,058, while the number of self-employed decreased by 60. The latter registered decreases in construction, down by 99, and wholesale and retail trade, down by 48, the NSO added.

Regarding part-time employment, the NSO said that this increased by 2,097 in April over the preceding year.

“The number of part-timers also holding a full-time job rose by 1,155, while part-timers whose job was their primary occupation went up by 942. The annual turnover in part-time employment mainly affected hotels and restaurants, up by 767, and wholesale and retail trade, up by 623 “