Full-time employment increased by 4.1 per cent in September when compared to the same month in 2013, while part-time employment as a primary job rose by 8.9 per cent, the NSO said today.

It said that over a period of one year, the labour supply (excluding part-timers) increased by 3.3 per cent, reaching 171,765. This was attributed to an increase in the full-time gainfully occupied population (+6,446) and a drop in registered unemployment (-1,020).

Registered Full-Time Employment
In September 2014, Administrative and Support Service Activities and
Human Health and Social Work Activities contributed mostly to the increase
in employment, compared to the corresponding month in 2013.

Registered full-time employment in the private sector went up by 3,975 persons, to 120,805. Public sector full-time employment increased by 2,471 persons to 44,361.

The number of persons registered as full-time self-employed rose by 428 when compared to September of the previous year, while the number of persons registered as employees increased by 6,018. Full-time employment for men and women went up by 2.9 per cent and 6.1 per cent respectively over 2013.

Registered Part-Time Employment
Registered part-time employment in September 2014 went up by 8.0 per cent when compared to a year earlier. The sectors that contributed most to the overall increase were Public Administration and Defence, Compulsory Social Security followed by Wholesale and Retail Trade, Repair of Motor Vehicles.

The number of part-timers who also held a full-time job amounted to 24,641, up by 6.8 per cent when compared to the corresponding month in 2013. Employed persons whose part-time job was their primary occupation totalled 35,914, up by 8.9 per cent or 2,933 persons when compared to 2013.