16.08.2021

UNEMPLOYMENT DROPS TO 5%

The level of registered unemployment in the country continued to decline in July reached 5 percent, according to the data from the administrative statistics of the Employment Agency. This was announced by the press center of the agency.

The decrease compared to the previous month was 0.2 per cent and the decline on an annual basis was 2.9 percentage points from 7.9 per cent in July 2020 to 5 per cent in July 2021 compared to the end of July 2019 - year, generally record-up in employment growth, the level of unemployment also decreases by 0.3 percentage points.

Registered unemployed during the month are 165 134, which is 5582 less than June and 93 419 or 36.1 per cent, less than a year earlier. New 20,451 unemployed, the reduction was 90 people compared to the previous month, and there was a decline of 7613 people compared to July 2020. Others 662 people from jobseekers' groups employed, learners and pensioners have also signed up at the Employment Agency during the month.

In July 17,856 unemployed started work. The data from the administrative statistics of the Employment Agency reported a decrease in their number by 8234 compared to June and a decrease of 9567 compared to the same month of the previous year. Other 474 of the pensioners' groups, learners and employees have also found their new workplace through the Labor Offices.

A total of 75.2 per cent of the work started in July was developed in the real economy, and most employed in the manufacturing sector - 22.5 per cent, followed by trade by 14.8 per cent, hospitality and restaurant with 13 , 3 per cent, government - 6.5 per cent, construction - 5.7 per cent, agriculture, forestry and fishery -4.6 per cent, human health and social work with 3.8 per cent, administrative and adjuvants Activities - 3.7 per cent, transport - by 2.9 per cent others.

A total of 4423 unemployed by the risk groups has been recruited to subsidized jobs during the month - 530 under programs and employment measures and 3893 - under the Human Resources Development Program (OP). The Employment Scheme for You under the HRD OP, which launched in July 2020 as an anti-crisis measure, has secured more than 32,000 unemployed, with employment contracts with new 1864 unemployed in July.

The repayment of funds under the anti-crisis measure for short-term employment support - the well-known 60/40 already. Thus, through its month, more than 79,000 employees received their financial compensation from the state. The measure "kept me" funded under the HRD and the React-EU Financial Mechanism to support forced unpaid leave imposed by the suspension of a number of economic activities in order to control the Covid-19 pandemic provided by the end of July the funds of the nearly 58,000 employees.

Applied jobs on the primary labor market in July are 15,700 or 3928 (20 per cent) less than the previous month and 649 (4 per cent) less than the same month of 2020 largest share Job vacancies in the real economy are requested in the manufacturing (30.8 per cent), followed by hospitality and restaurant (12.1 per cent), trade, car repair and motorcycles (10.9 per cent), education (9.2 per cent), administrative and adjuvants Activities (8.5 per cent) and government (6.8 per cent).

The most sought-after professions during the month are: machine operators of stationary machinery and equipment; staff employed in the field of personal services; workers in mining and manufacturing, construction and transport; Teachers; sellers; People who care for people; Qualified workers for food production, clothing, wooden products and related; waste collection workers and related workers; cleaners and assistants; drivers of vehicles and movable facilities and others.