The labour market in June 2022
The unemployment rate in June reduced to 3,3% from 3,9% in May.
There were in average 6.675 unemployed in June 2022.
Unemployment by gender:
The unemployment rate in June was 3,3% for men or down from 3,8% in May and 3,4% for women or down from 4,1% in May.
The unemployment by young people:
There were 528 young, aged 18-24 years unemployed in June 2022 or down with 115 from May.
The long term unemployed:
There were 2.395 long term unemployed (over 1 year) in June 2022 or down with 318 from May.
Foreign workers:
There were 339 work permits (all types of work permits) issued in June 2022 down from 381 issued work permits in May. There were 37 foreign service companies registered to Directorate of Labour in June 2022. These foreign service companies employed 250 workers in June 2022.
There were 19 temporary-work agencies registered to Directorate of Labour in June 2022.
These temporary-work agencies hired out 587 workers in June 2022.
The unemployment forecast for July 2022:
It is expected that the unemployment in July 2022 will be like the unemployment in June and be between 3,1% and 3,4%.
