In the month under review, employment in the private direct production sector increased by 165 persons in comparison to May 2004. Overall, 130 out of these 165 jobs were taken by men.

In relation to the same month in the previous year, the number of the full-time gainfully occupied persons in the private direct production sector decreased by 872 persons. Employment in the manufacturing sector increased by 152 in June 2004 over the preceding month.

The private market services sector increased its employment levels by 484 persons in June 2004 in comparison to May 2004. These 484 jobs were filled by 248 men and 236 women. There was an increase of 637 persons employed in the private market services sector on a year-to-year basis. In June 2004, the hotels and catering establishments increased by 222 full-time employed persons. The wholesale and retail trade sub-sector increased by 110 persons in its full-time employment complement over the previous month.

In June 2004, a drop of 100 employees in the public sector was recorded. These 100 jobs less in the public sector were previously occupied by 75 men and 25 women. On a year-to-year basis, the public sector decreased by 487 employees.

Part-time Employment

In June 2004, there were 20,667 persons holding a part-time employment as their primary occupation. On the other hand, there were 15,943 persons who held a part-time job in addition to their full-time employment in June 2004. Accordingly, all in all, there are 36,610 part-time jobs in the labour market.

On a year-to-year basis, that is to say from June 2003 to June 2004, those holding a part-time job as their primary occupation increased by 1,984 (10.6 per cent). On the other hand, the other persons who held a part-time job in addition to their full-time employment increased by 785 in the 12 months to June 2004 (5.2 per cent).

Registered unemployed

In June 2004, there were 7,942 registered unemployed with the ETC. Of these 7,255 were registering under Part 1, while 687 were registering under Part 2 of the unemployment register.

The registered unemployment rate stood at 5.5 per cent of the labour supply. The registered unemployment rate for men stood at 6.2 per cent, whereas that for women stood at 3.6 per cent.