17.04.2020

GROWTH OF NEWLY REGISTERED UNEMPLOYED

The newly registered unemployed at the Labor Offices from March 13 to April 13, 2020 are 82,409, according to the Employment Agency in Bulgaria. At the beginning of the new week, there is an increase in the number of newly registered unemployed in one day - on April 13, according to preliminary data for one day, they are a total of 4 902 people, of whom 3 249 reported being released due to the coronavirus crisis. The number of newly registered one day at the end of the previous week - on April 10, 2020 - was 3,866. The largest share of the exempted from tourism, hotel and restaurant business is 39.1 percent of all newly registered after the state of emergency. Then, those from the trade sector - by 18.8 per cent and manufacturing - by 14.9 per cent. Transport generates 4.5 percent of the new unemployed.