Tag Archives: Employment

Registered unemployment at job centres falls 9.3% in a year

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The number of people registered at job centres fell by 9.3% in August compared with the same month last year. According to the Institute for Employment and Vocational Training (IEFP), there were 273,723 registered unemployed people.

Compared with July, however, the total increased by 1.7%. The two indicators therefore point in different directions: the situation improved compared with August last year, but deteriorated slightly over the course of one month.

Reading the year-on-year and monthly changes together helps put labour market data in context. IEFP figures track people registered with employment services and should not be confused with other statistical measures of unemployment.

Read the next IEFP data releases to follow the labour market.

Collective dismissal notifications rise 13.4% through August

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Companies notified 407 collective dismissals through August, according to data from the Directorate-General for Employment and Labour Relations (DGERT). The figure is up 13.4% from the same period last year.

According to the information released, this is the highest figure since 2020. The indicator counts notifications made by companies and helps track the development of collective dismissal procedures in the labour market.

The data do not, by themselves, describe the situation at any individual company or all changes in employment. Even so, the year-on-year comparison offers a relevant signal for monitoring business activity and labour market developments in the coming months.

Follow employment indicators and data published by DGERT.