Full-time and part-time employment up

Persons registered as employed on a full-time basis in November 2011 increased by 1.6% when compared to the same month in 2010.

The National Statistics Office (NSO) said that administrative data provided by the Employment and Training Corporation (ETC) indicate that over a period of one year, the gainfully occupied population increased by 2,357 to 149,952 while the registered unemployed decreased by 63 persons or 0.9%.

The NSO said full-time employment in November 2011 went up by 1.6 %, with the highest increase recorded within the Health and Social Work sector ( 7.5%).

The sub-sector which recorded the highest increase in employment was Land Transport (19.5%). During the period under review, Real Estate, Renting and Business Activities also recorded an increase in employment of 4.4%.

On the other hand, employment in Construction decreased by 110 persons or 0.9% when compared to the corresponding month in 2010. Supporting and Auxiliary Transport Activities (including activities of travel agencies) recorded the largest sub-sector decrease in employment with a drop of 5.1 %.

Full-time employment within the private sector increased by 1.7% or 1,837 persons when compared to November 2010. The highest increases were recorded within the Real Estate, Renting and Business Activities ( 769 persons) and the Other Community, Social and Personal Service activities ( 419 persons).

During this same period, full-time employment within the public sector rose by 1.3% or 520 persons, with the highest increase being recorded in Health and Social Work ( 8.8%). Public sector employment within Construction declined by 134 persons when compared to November 2010.

During the month under review, female full-time employment stood at 51,061, an increase of 4.5% or 2,182 persons when compared to the corresponding month in 2010.

The economic activity which recorded the highest increase in female employment was the Health and Social Work sector ( 13.4%). During the period under review, the number of men working on full-time basis edged up by 0.2%, with the highest increase being recorded in the Other Community, Social and Personal Service Activities ( 6%).

When compared to November 2010, total part-time employment went up by 5.8%, reaching 53,609. Part-time employment within the Hotels and Restaurants Sector rose by 11.8% or 1,017 persons when compared to the corresponding month in Labour Market 2010.

This was followed by an additional 11.1% increase in employment in Real Estate, and Education Statistics Renting and Business Activities during the same period.

The number of part-timers who also held a full-time job increased by 4.3% when compared Social Statistics and Information Society to November 2010. The highest fraction of part-timers who fell within this category were males - 68.7%, in spite of the number of women holding both a part-time and a full-time job increased by 7.5%.

The number of persons with a part-time as a main job increased by 7%, with the majority, or 58.6%, being females.