Full-time employment in October increased by 3.2 per cent, when compared to the corresponding month in 2012.

According to Employment and Training Corporation administrative records, the labour supply increased by 3.4 per cent over a year (until October 2013) reaching 164,792.

This was mainly attributed to increases in the full-time gainfully occupied population of 4,859 people and registered unemployment of 581.

Within the public sector, a shift in employment was registered from construction to public administration and defence.

Increases in full-time employment in the private sector were recorded in administrative and support service activities and in professional, scientific and technical areas.

Registered part-time employ­ment went up by 4.6 per cent when compared to 2012. That same month the number of part-timers who also held a full-time job amounted to 24,272 people, an increase of 3.7 per cent compared to last year.

Compared to October 2012, the number of employed people whose part-time job was their primary occupation totalled 33,510, up by 5.3 per cent or 1,692 people.

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