In October, the number of persons registering for work stood at 6,596 compared to 7,594 in the corresponding month last year.

Data provided by the Employment and Training Corporation (ETC) for October indicate a decrease of 974 persons registering under Part I and a decline of 24 among those registering under Part II of the unemployment register, when compared to the corresponding month last year. Decreases in registered unemployment were recorded among all age groups with the most significant being recorded among registrants aged 30-44 (-276 registrants).

When compared to October last year, decreases were recorded in all categories of duration of registration with the most significant being recorded among those who had been registering for employment for less than 21 weeks. The number of disabled persons registering for work decreased by 47 to 458. Males accounted for 83.8 per cent of the total number of registrants with a disability.

The largest share of men on the register sought occupations as crafts and related trade workers (17.2 per cent), whereas women mostly sought occupations as technicians and associate professionals (24.6 per cent).

 

The registered unemployment rate in June stood at 4.0 per cent of the labour supply, (excluding part-time employment - refer to methodological note 5) and varied from 4.7 per cent among men to 2.6 per cent among women.