Full-time and part-time employment as a primary job both increased by 4.3 per
cent in December when compared to December 2014, the NSO said today.
Over a period of one year, the labour supply (excluding part-timers) increased by 3.1 per cent, reaching 178,089.
This was mainly attributed to an increase in the full-time gainfully occupied population (7,106) and a drop in registered unemployment (1,672).
Registered full-time employment
In December, administrative and support service activities contributed mostly to the increase in employment, compared to December 2014.
Full-time employment in the private sector went up by 7,064 persons to 129,020. Public sector full-time employment increased by 42 persons to 44,454.
Full-time employment in the private sector went up by 7,064 persons to 129,020. Public sector full-time employment increased by 42 persons to 44,454.
The number of persons registered as full-time self-employed rose by 603 when compared to December 2014, while the number of persons registered as employees increased by 6,503. Full-time employment for men and women went up by 3.1 per cent and 6.4 per cent respectively over 2014 levels.
Part-time employment
Registered part-time employment in December 2015 went up by 5.6 per cent when compared to a year earlier. The sectors that contributed mostly to the overall increase were accommodation and food service activities, wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles and transportation
and storage.
The number of part-timers who also held a full-time job amounted to 24,162 up by 7.6 per cent when compared to the corresponding month in 2014. Employed persons whose part-time job was their primary occupation totalled 34,608, up by 4.3 per cent or 1,429 persons when compared to 2014.
Record employment figures
In a statement the government welcomed the figures, saying they came closely after data showing economic growth that is three times faster than the EU average.
The government said the full time employed had increased by 18,100 since the election and had increased by more than one and a half times more than under the former government in its full five years.