In July 2015, registered full-time employment increased by 4 per cent when compared to the corresponding month of the previous year, while registered part-time employment as a primary job rose by 2.4 per cent, the National Statistics Office said today.
Administrative data provided by the ETC show that over a period of one year, the labour supply (excluding part-timers) increased by 2.8 per cent, reaching 176,800. This was mainly attributed to an increase in the full-time gainfully occupied population (6,637) and a drop in registered unemployment (1,772)
In July, administrative and support service activities contributed mostly to the increase in employment, compared to July 2014 Registered full-time employment in the private sector went up by 6,430 persons to 127,418. Public sector full- time employment increased by 207 persons to 44,320.
The number of persons registered as full-time self-employed rose by 644 when compared to July 2014, while the number of persons registered as employees increased by 5,993. Full-time employment for males and females went up by 3.1 per cent and 5.6 per cent respectively over 2014 levels.
Registered part-time employment in July 2015 went up by 3.4 per cent when compared to a year earlier. The sectors that contributed most to the overall increase were Wholesale and Retail Trade, Repair of Motor Vehicles, +321 followed by Accommodation and Food Service Activities, + 297.
The number of part-timers who also held a full-time job amounted to 24,318, up by 4.9 per cent when compared to the corresponding month in 2014. Employed persons whose part- time job was their primary occupation totalled 36,572, up by 2.4 per cent or 856 persons when compared to 2014.