The Employment and Training Corporation (ETC) have revised labour market data from 2004 onwards. Detailed quarterly figures from 2004 to 2006 have been issued.

Full-time Employment

A comparison between the average data for 2004 and 2006 indicates that the principal economic activities registering an increase in employment were, real estate, renting and business activities [NACE 70-74], construction [NACE 45], and education [NACE 80]. By contrast, sectors recording drops in employment included manufacturing [NACE 15-37], electricity, gas and water supply [NACE 40-41], and public administration [NACE 75].

Over the three-year period under review, the number of full-time gainfully occupied persons in real estate, renting and business activities [NACE 70-74] rose by 1,788. Similarly, construction [NACE 45] increased its employment levels by 965, while the number of full-time persons employed in education activities [NACE 80] went up by 455.

Between 2004 and 2006, the total number of full-time gainfully-occupied persons in manufacturing activities [NACE 15-37] fell by 1,231. The major declines were recorded in the manufacture of wearing apparel and manufacture of textiles [NACE 18 and NACE 17], which shed 573 and 541 persons respectively. On the other hand, some sub-sectors of manufacturing recorded increases: the number of persons employed in the manufacture of radio, television and communication equipment and apparatus [NACE 32] increased by 269, while the employment figures in the manufacture of chemicals and chemical products [NACE 24] went up by 158.

Furthermore, the sectors of electricity, gas and water supply [NACE 40-41] and public administration [NACE 75] registered drops of 304 and 214 persons respectively.

Part-time Employment

Revised ETC data indicate that over the three-year period under review, total part-time employment rose by 6,181 persons. This increase comprises 2,578 persons whose part-time job is their secondary occupation and 3,603 persons whose part-time job is their primary one. As evident in Table 3, the major economic activities which recorded notable increases in part-timers were real estate, renting and business activities [NACE 70-74], wholesale and retail trade [NACE 50-52] and community, social and personal service activities [NACE 90-93].

In 2006, almost 40 per cent of persons who held a part-time job as their primary occupation were either engaged in wholesale and retail trade [NACE 50-52] or hotels and restaurants [NACE 55]. Regarding part-timers who also held a full-time job, most persons were engaged in hotels and restaurants [NACE 55], real estate, renting and business activities [NACE 70-74] and wholesale and retail trade [NACE 50-52].

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