In June 2009, records provided by the Employment and Training Corporation (ETC) showed a drop of 1,179 persons in the full-time gainfully occupied population when compared to the corresponding month in 2008. Concurrently, the number of registered unemployed increased by 1,412, with a resulting increase of 233 persons in the labour supply with respect to 2008.
Accordingly, the full-time gainfully occupied population amounted to 144,743, whilst the registered unemployed amounted to 7,273. Thus, the labour supply totalled 152,016.
Full-time Employment
In the twelve months to June 2009, the number of full-time gainfully occupied persons in manufacturing [NACE 15-37] fell by 2,307. This decline in manufacturing comprised 1,676 men and 631 women.
Lower employment levels were mainly recorded by the manufacture of transport equipment [NACE 35] (-1,029 persons), manufacture of radio, television, and communication equipment and apparatus [NACE 32] (-445 persons), and manufacture of rubber and plastic products [NACE 25] (-365 persons). On the other hand, there were a few economic activities within the manufacturing sector which ran counter to this negative trend, such as the publishing, printing, and reproduction of recorded media [NACE 22], where full-time employment registered an increase of 67 employees.
Meanwhile, the number of full-time gainfully occupied persons in the services sector increased by 1,651 [NACE 50-99]. The main expansion in services took place in business activities [NACE 74] (+919 persons) and health and social work [NACE 85] (+279 persons). On the other hand, full-time employment in hotels and restaurants [NACE 55] decreased by 462. Further drops occurred in air transport [NACE 62] (-73 persons) and recreational, cultural and sporting activities [NACE 92] (-24 persons).
Part-time Employment
In the month under review, the ETC records indicated that part-time jobs totalled 49,873, with an increase of 1,966 with respect to the previous year.
The main increase in part-time jobs was registered in wholesale and retail trade [NACE 50-52] (+452 persons) and education [NACE 80] (+668 persons).
On the other hand, part-time jobs in the manufacturing sector [NACE 15-37] decreased by 71. Further drops in part-time employment occurred in public administration and defence [NACE 75] (-59 per- sons), and hotels and restaurants [NACE 55] (-22 persons).