289,700 unemployed jobseekers in February
The number of unemployed jobseekers rose by 31,600 from February of last year. The number of new vacancies reported totalled 66,700.
At the end of February, the number of unemployed jobseekers totalled 289,700. This is 31,600 more than a year earlier and 1,500 fewer than in the previous month. These figures are from the Employment Bulletin of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment.
At the end of February, the number of people laid off was 45,700 persons; a year-on-year increase of 15,200. The number of people fully laid off totalled 35,300, representing an increase of 11,100 from February the year before. The number of people fully laid off increased by 300 from January.
The number of new vacancies reported during February totalled 66,700, or 25,200 fewer than in February the previous year. In all, the number of unfilled vacancies in February was 151,400, which is 46,900 fewer than a year ago.
