Unemployment up - NSO
The registered unemployed increased by 5.5 per cent between August 2011 and last August, reaching 6,821, the National Statistics Office said.
The NSO said that according to Employment and Training Corporation records, the number of people registering as unemployed in Malta and Gozo stood at 6,139 and 682, respectively.
Accordingly, during the 12-month period to August, the number of registered unemployed went up by 352 on the mainland and by four in Gozo.
The number registering under Part 1 of the unemployment register increased by 411 (7.1 per cent), while those registering under Part 2 went down by 55 (-8 per cent).
When compared to last year, unemployment among men went up by 169, or 3.3 per cent, while female unemployment increased by 187, or 13.2 per cent.
Unemployment decreased among young persons, but increased among the older age groups.
In April, the registered unemployment rate stood at 4.3 per cent of the labour supply (excluding part-timers): 5.1 per cent for men and 2.8 per cent for women.
The unemployment rate for those registering under Part 1 stood at 4.7 per cent among those aged 45 and over, and five per cent for those under 25.
The unemployment rate of people who had been registering for work for at least one year under Part 1 of the unemployment register stood at 1.5 per cent: 1.9 per cent for men and 0.7 per cent for women.
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j brincat
Oct 3rd 2012, 17:45
Why is it that statistics keep changing by the day?
(jb)
j brincat
Oct 3rd 2012, 17:45
@J Busuttil
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@ Victor Vella
A typical Labour comment. I pity you"
Who knows who should pity whom!
(jb)
Alan Xuereb
Oct 3rd 2012, 19:00
yes and magic magic, there will be a labour government in the future there would be no unemployment!
Peter Murray
Oct 3rd 2012, 16:53
Who do we believe -as only yesterday it was reporetd that unemployment was holding steady.Wish they would get their act together.
Mr Emanuel Farrugia
Oct 3rd 2012, 13:02
"The registered unemployed increased by 5.5 per cent between August 2011 and last August, reaching 6,821, the National Statistics Office said. The NSO said that according to Employment and Training Corporation records, the number of people registering as unemployed in Malta and Gozo stood at 6,139 and 682, respectively".
It is very important, that one can notice the following: "Discussing employment, Dr Gonzi said that the PN needs to continue working with a strategy that attracts investment which in turn brings quality employment to all Maltese and Gozitan people. He emphasised that over the past four years, the government created 20,000 new jobs thanks to crucial decisions that the government took despite the difficult circumstances around the world. The results were also thanks to the trust that the private sector showed in the economy". - Malta Independent 20 August 2012
Emanuel Farrugia former Executive Secretary Mtarfa Local Council
John Azzopoardi
Oct 3rd 2012, 12:57
I love this, last week employement figures were up, this week, unemployment is up. What a nice correlation. Seriously.
Andre Grech
Oct 3rd 2012, 12:54
This is not good news but this has nothing to do with jobs created. Even though unemployment went up, which is bad for the country, the gainfully occupied might still have increased. Correct me if I'm wrong in this? But as the age of pention increased and with new people enter the working population, I believe this is not so allarming. Obviously the PL and it's supportrs will create a billboard stating these figures and the PN will use the statistics which say that the gainfully occupied increased. Both will be saying the truth. But both will be using the figure which gives them most political advantage.
Victor Vella
Oct 3rd 2012, 12:47
Where are the 20,000 jobs made by Gonzi Partit Ngann. Or the 3,000 graves Gonzi offered for the Maltese are part of the unemployed that now will be having a full time job!!! In a few days time Gonzi will come out crying that he created another 3,000 jobs for the dead.Hallina Wenz ghax ahna mhux cwiec Maltin kif qallek it-tifel l-accountant.
J Busuttil
Oct 3rd 2012, 12:52
@ Victor Vella
A typical Labour comment. I pity you.
Joseph Brincat
Oct 3rd 2012, 13:32
J Busuttil
IF the government is going to build 3,000 graves that menes 3,000 going to die YES !!
so less registering for unemployed YES, I could be one of them >>> YES !!
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mmBw3uzPnJI/SvhnUqMgFrI/AAAAAAAA2Yo/74HyR5Qn8dI/s400/unusual_graves_and_tombstones_11.jpg
Victor Vella
Oct 3rd 2012, 13:43
@ J. Busuitill
And you are a typical PN bias. Instead of making your comment you just said nothing other than pity people. Thanks for pity me because you were pitied before.
godwin difesa
Oct 3rd 2012, 16:27
Soon there will be no more unemployment if Gonzi do like Karmenu did employing 8000 people with the civil service i too tell you typical labor IMSIKEN
Ethelbert Schembri
Oct 3rd 2012, 12:43
Now we'll wait for the funny reaction from GonziPN ... for sure they will try to contradict the NSO and say that their figures are wrong and in a very contorted way they will throw the fault on the PL, as usual !!
After which they will start praising themselves that have created 20,000 jobs ... yes sure, pull the other one !!
Same old pathetic story from GonziPN..
JJ Agius
Oct 3rd 2012, 12:43
Go round in Catering buisness & you see vacancies for waiters etc. Most of those unemployed dont want to work evenings,week ends etc.Look at all foreigners working in catering establishments many of who have graduated in their country as teachers etc..Yet they still work in catering & are paid 5&6 euros an hour .
Talk to any owner & all prefer a maltese to foreigners if one really wants to work.Where I work ETC sends
a lot of unemployed yet they either have a back pain ,or its not what they want etc..I have worked for the last
40 years in different catering establishments & allways as a full time .I give my 100% & allways been paid well.But work was allways first.
J.J.
G. Attard
Oct 3rd 2012, 15:09
@ JJ Agius
"Go round in Catering buisness & you see vacancies for waiters etc. Look at all foreigners working in catering establishments many of who have graduated in their country as teachers etc & Yet they still work in catering & are paid 5&6 euros an hour ."
You want to know why the graduated foreigners are working in Malta as waiters because these foreigners back home their minimum wage is around 300Euros and here they are earning double they earn back home.
If you give me a job as a waiter in the UK and earn twice as much as I would earn now I would not hesitate to go.
JJ Agius
Oct 3rd 2012, 16:09
@ G.Attard.Yes thats right but one cannot complain unemployment is high in Malta! These teachers engineers whatever work as waiters & dont complain.Maltese are giving these workers a chance because they refuse the work themselves.WhIch means foreigners soon take over as they are doing in England where you like to go, but you dont go because you have a job!
J.J.
Paul Haul
Oct 3rd 2012, 12:36
Now with 140 permanent jobs to be created in the Advanced Biofuels project in Malta and up to 300 more during the building works these figures will go down.
And there is even better news from the UK with a development of the new Ultra-Micro-Thin Spray-Applied Paint-Style Photo-Voltaic Cell system Company looking to set up a development in Malta (or possibly Cyprus if Malta doesnot want it) which will need a further 110 to 200 people in manufacturing this advanced technological break through.
These types of Inward Investment which are encouraged by the Government and Malta Enterprise is just what the country needs.
George Calleja
Oct 3rd 2012, 12:31
X'inhi r-raguni li l-NSO ma tohrogx taghrif dwar kemm il-qghad zdied jew naqas minn xahar ghall-iehor?
Mario Camilleri
Oct 3rd 2012, 12:29
Illum - Unemployment up - NSO
Illum - Jobless total stays steady
7 days ealier - Wed, 26-9-12 - Employment up 2.1%
Can Gonzi please prove that the 20,000 jobs were/are really created?
Andre Grech
Oct 3rd 2012, 12:58
Ezatt Mr. Camilleri.
Employment went up as more people are working. But as more new youths entering the working population and as retirement age increase the unemployment went up. If you remove politics out of statistics for once you might understand this. If you want to quote super 1 laburist knont, laburist tibqa but figures are figures.
fred sammut
Oct 3rd 2012, 12:12
spiccaw is summer jobs.......
Luke Duncan
Oct 3rd 2012, 12:08
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20121003/local/Jobless-total-stays-steady.439391
Lill min taqbad temmen tighd? Dan tahhom f'tahhom ta mhux gurnal differenti.
mario gellel
Oct 3rd 2012, 12:07
U JIEN NGHID ZIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
Marco Farrugia
Oct 3rd 2012, 12:02
I am curious to read how Labour fanatics will believe this NSO statistic. Usually they do not.
Mr Joe Cardona
Oct 3rd 2012, 12:01
Fejn huma l-20,000 impieg li qalu u fejn huma l-impiegi ghal dawk li ghandhon certu eta u qed jinghataw il-gemb kemm minn min ihaddem, mill-Gvern u sahansitra anke mill-ETC li hlief karti ma jibghatux imma le impiegi ghal dawn il-povri sinjuri.
Suppost l-ETC qeda hemm biex issib ix-xoghol.
Daniel Borg
Oct 3rd 2012, 12:00
Min qed jigdeb l NSO jew gonzipn? Ax sa fejn naf jin qalulna li zdiedu 20,000 job gdid.. u lpoplu ballun fin nofs
Jana Vella
Oct 3rd 2012, 11:59
PN Won't Work!!!!!
J Busuttil
Oct 3rd 2012, 12:17
' Jane
Are you sure? If you saw Karmenu Vella yesterday on Bondi+ you would say that PL will definitely won't work.
Veru tal-biki.
Nazzareno Cortis
Oct 3rd 2012, 13:00
J.Busutt--------If you heard testerday's parliamentary session--------you sure would have stated the contrary-----that is ------- PN is not working----and PN will not work!!!!!
The bus now has 4 punctures,and has stopped completely!!! Your Dr.Gonzi PN and PN party knows well that parliamentary majority has been lost long ago------but Gonzi wants the people to beleive the unbeleivably----or else that buisness is as usual!!!! which is far from the truth!!!! Dr.Gonzi has a clear vote of no parliamentary support but ---for PN this is democracy at it's best!!!!!
Jana Vella
Oct 3rd 2012, 13:21
@ J. Busuttil
I still reaffirm that PN WON'T WORK..... The one to blame is the Government, not the opposition or now it's the opposition duty to create jobs? If yes, can you mention ONE single occasion pre-1987 where PN worked for new jobs in Malta? Not to mention the doom and gloom by notable Nationalists in Canada, Australia and Germany to scare off foreign investors!!!1
John L Galea
Oct 3rd 2012, 11:39
I am curious to read the GOnziPN's apologists excuses.
Mark. Galea
Oct 3rd 2012, 12:00
There are no excuses John. However, as forecasted, once PL will be in office, then we shall see rising unemployment figures, which PL's apologists will find hard to digest.
fred sammut
Oct 3rd 2012, 12:06
heqq ovvvvvvja NSO is wrong : )
Charles Muscat
Oct 3rd 2012, 12:07
More workers and registering at the same time. Is that what you mean?
J Busuttil
Oct 3rd 2012, 12:12
I am the first.
Not good news for Pl as if in Government that have to tackle unemployment having no policies what so ever. Siss kollox bahh.
By the way never saw your comments when unemployment went down may be you had keyboard problems.
Please choose the reason of your report below: