Persons registered as employed on a full-time basis in May 2012 increased by 1.3 per cent when compared to the corresponding month in 2011.

Administrative data provided by the Employment and Training Corporation indicate that during the month under review the labour supply increased by 1.5 per cent. This increase was mainly attributed to an increase of 1,938 persons in the gainfully occupied population and a rise in the number of registered unemployed (+332 persons).

During the twelve months to May, an increase in full-time employment was mainly registered in the Administrative and Support Service activities together with the Health and Social Work sector +7.3 per cent and +4.3 per cent respectively.

Compared to May 2011, the Transport and Storage sector also recorded an increase in employment, mainly underlined by a rise of 35.4 per cent in respect of employment in Land Transport activities, while Air Transport registered a drop of 16.6 per cent. In contrast, full-time employment within the Manufacturing sector decreased by 1.3 per cent when compared to the corresponding month last year.

Almost 73 per cent of full-time employment fell within the private sector. During the month under review private sector employment increased by 2.1 per cent, with the majority being recorded within Transport and Storage (+684 persons). During this period, full- time employment within the public sector decreased by 0.9 per cent.

In May 2012, female employment stood at 51,909, an increase of 1,548 persons, or 3.1 per cent, when compared to the corresponding month in 2011. The biggest increase was recorded in Human Health and Social Work (+467 persons). When compared to May 2011, male employment increased by 390, or 0.4 per cent. The Arts, Entertainment and Recreation sector recorded the largest share of the increase in male full-time employment (+323 persons).

During the month under review, both the number of employees and the number of self-employed rose by 1.4 per cent and 0.4 per cent respectively. The number of full-time employees within Arts, Entertainment and Recreation went up by 12.4 per cent when compared to May 2011. During this period a decrease of 293 persons in full-time employment within the Construction sector was recorded.

When compared to May 2011, total part-time employment increased by 6.1 per cent reaching 54,370 persons. Part-time employment within Accommodation and Food Service activities advanced by 9.6 per cent, or 911 persons, when compared to the corresponding month last year.

Part-timers who also held a full-time job added 4.5 per cent reaching 23,268. Persons with a part- time job as their main occupation increased by 7.3 per cent to 31,102, with the most notable increase recorded among females (+1,208 persons).

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