Drop in gainfully occupied

The number of full-time gainfully occupied people in July was down by 1,747 from July 2008, the NSO said today.

It said that according to Employment and Training Corporation records, the number of registered unemployed increased by 1,563, to 7,521.

In the 12 months to July, the number of full-time gainfully occupied persons in manufacturing fell by 2,377 (10.3 per cent).

Likewise, the full-time gainfully occupied population in hotels and restaurants dropped by 602 (5.7 per cent).

There was also a drop of 163 full-time gainfully occupied persons in the electricity, gas and water sector (5.4 per cent).

The number of full-time gainfully occupied persons in real estate, renting and business activities went up by 788 (5.8 per cent) to 14,471.

Further growth in full-time employment was in community, social and personal service activities (+321) and health and social work (+228).

Overall, between July 2008 and July, there was a decrease of 1,418 (3.4 per cent) full-time jobs in the public sector, and another drop of 329 (0.3 per cent) full-time jobs in the private sector.

Meanwhile, the number of registered part-time jobs for the month under review totalled 50,632, an increase of 1,774 with respect to the corresponding month last year.

In the 12 months to July, the main increase in part-time employment took place in education (+604) and wholesale and retail trade (+405).

An additional 266 people took part-time jobs in education. Their part-time job was their primary occupation. The respective increase for the wholesale and retail trade sector was 288.