In February 2016, registered full-time employment increased by 4.0 per cent, while part-time employment as a primary job increased by 5.6 per cent when compared to the corresponding month of the previous year, the National Statistics Office said.  

 

Gainfully Occupied Population: January-February 2016

 Administrative data provided by Jobsplus (formerly ETC) show that over a period of one year, the labour supply (excluding part-timers, see methodological notes) increased by 2.9 per cent, reaching 179,711. This was mainly attributed to an increase in the full-time gainfully occupied population (6,765) and a drop in registered unemployment (1,679).

Registered full-time employment In February 2016, arts, entertainment and recreation and administrative and support service activities contributed mostly to the increase in employment, when compared to the previous year.

Registered full-time employment in the private sector went up by 6,274 persons to 130,815. Public sector full-time employment increased by 491 persons to 44,385. The number of persons registered as full-time self-employed rose by 420 when compared to February 2015, while the number of persons registered as employees increased by 6,345. Full-time employment for males and females went up by 2.8 per cent and 6.1 per cent respectively over 2015 levels.

Registered part-time employment Registered part-time employment in February 2016 went up by 6.0 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 professional, scientifi c and technical activities.

The number of part-timers who also held a full-time job amounted to 24,171 up by 6.7 per cent when compared to the corresponding month in 2015. Employed persons whose part-time job was their primary occupation totalled 34,509, up by 5.6 per cent or 1,816 persons when compared to 2015.