In December 2013, full-time employment increased by 3.3 per cent when compared to the corresponding month in 2012, the National Statistics Office said today.
Administrative data provided by the Employment and Training Corporation show that over a period of one year, the labour supply increased by 3.5 per cent, reaching 165,064. This was mainly attributed to increases in the full-time gainfully occupied population of 4,981 persons and in the registered unemployed of 590.
In the month under review, increases in full-time employment within the private sector were recorded in Administrative and Support Services Activities; +12.5 per cent and in Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities; +11.7 per cent. The private sector also registered drops in employment in Construction activities; -0.9 per cent when compared to 2012 levels. Within the public sector, a shift in employment was registered from Construction to Public Administration and Defence; Compulsory Social Security.
The number of full-time self-employed rose by 365 when compared to December 2012. During the same period, the number of employees increased by 4,616. Male and female full-time employment went up by 1.9 per cent and 5.8 per cent respectively over 2012.
Registered part-time employment for the month under review went up by 4.1 per cent when compared to 2012 levels. The economic activities which experienced major increases were Wholesale and Retail; Repair of Motor Vehicles; +479 persons) and Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities;+453. On the other hand, part-time employment in Information and Communication went down by 155.
In December 2013, the number of part-timers who also held a full-time job amounted to 24,156; an increase of nearly 3.0 per cent when compared to the corresponding month in 2012.
Compared to December 2012, employed persons whose part-time job was their primary occupation totalled 33,231 persons; an increase of 5.0 per cent or 1,585 persons.