Drop in registered unemployed
The registered unemployed amounted to 5,854 in Malta and 684 in Gozo last month, an overall drop of 158 when compared to the corresponding month last year, the National Statistics Office said.
It said that the number registering under Part 1 of the unemployment register dropped by 115 (1.9 per cent), those registering under Part 2 by 43 (six per cent).
Year-on-year, unemployment among men fell by 144, or 2.7 per cent, while that among women decreased by 14, or one per cent.
There were 5,137 men and 1,401 women registering for work in October. Unemployment declined across all age groups with the exception of those aged 45 and over.
When compared to October last year, the number of people registering for work for less than 20 weeks increased by 65 to 3,045 (2.2 per cent).
On the other hand, the number of peopleregistering for more than one year dropped by 175 to 2,296 (7.1 per cent).
The number of disabled persons registering for work under Part 1 of the unemployment register stood at 415.
The largest share of unemployed men sought occupations in services, sales and crafts, whereas women mostly sought clerical jobs.
In June 2011, the registered unemployment rate (excluding part-timers) stood at four per cent of the labour supply.
This rate stood at 4.7 per cent for men and 2.5 per cent for women. The registered unemployment rate among workers aged 45 and over stood at 4.3 per cent, while that in respect of those aged less than 25 stood at 4.4 per cent.
The unemployment rate of persons who had been registering for work for at least one year under Part 1 of the register stood at 1.5 per cent, 1.8 per cent for men and 0.7 per cent for women.
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VINCENT WILLIAMS
Nov 25th 2011, 08:05
A friend of mine lost his job recently. He informed me that as his wife has a job he was deprived from receiving any financial assistance from the Labour Office. He was forced to register as an unemployed only once every a few months at a four category.
A few moths ago a Parliamentary Question revealed that betwenn January and June 2011,10,000 unemployed were cancelled from the unemployment list as such unemployed persons failed to register for once in a week.
As long as such statistics is not published from an independent authority I do not believe such statistics. Nationalists are experts in playing with such figures for propaganda as they did in the past in various statistics.
Claire Busuttil
Nov 24th 2011, 19:58
yes but probably an increase in not registered jobs....
john piscopo
Nov 24th 2011, 18:23
@ George Calleja
Biex tkun taf is-sena li ghaddiet ma l- 1400 haddiem geww impjegati mal gven jew l- entitajiet tieghu, u dan meta il- gvern huwa mifqugh bil haddiema zejda!!! Kieku il- gvern malti ihaddem nies kemm vera ghandu bzonn, kieku mhux daqs spanja l- italja u il- pajjizi l-ohra ghanda nies qgheda imma niksru i-rekord ta l- EU. Din ovvjament ekonomija falza, haga li kienet issir fil grecja fejn l- stat ghandu balla haddima zejda, illum kullhadd jaf x` gara f`dan il- pajjiz. Is sur calleja jidher li ghadu ma intebahx b` dan kollu u ghadu jibla dak kollu li johrog minn ghand gonzipn!!
Pat Hobson
Nov 24th 2011, 13:23
How many of them are part-timers? That's what counts!
George Calleja
Nov 24th 2011, 12:22
Unlike Spain. Italy and many other European countries, Malta is maintaining its unemployment figures amongst the best on the continent. The best sign possible...something Labour apologists fail to mention and never mentioned on ONE TV and l-Orizzont.
R. Cilia
Nov 24th 2011, 14:02
ETC fails to mention in which sectors these persons were employed or could it be that they were simply taken off from the list because they refused a job which they felt they were not good for?