19.04.2022
REGISTERED UNEMPLOYMENT IN MARCH WAS 4.8%
The level of registered unemployment in the country is declining, reaching a record low of 4.8% in March. The decrease compared to the previous month is by 0.1 percentage points, and on an annual basis there is a decrease of 1.7 percentage points.
The total number of unemployed in the labor offices also decreased, as in March they were 155,863. This is 4,043 less than in February and 58,189 or 27.2% less than a year earlier. . During the month, 21,547 new unemployed people registered. They are 2,140 more than the previous month, and on an annual basis there is a decrease of 3,632 people. Another 737 people from the groups of jobseekers, students and retirees also registered with labor offices during the month.
The Employment Agency reports an increase in the number of unemployed who started work in March - their number is 15,966 or 3,252 more than in February. Compared to the same month of the previous year they are by 9,181 less. 223 people from the groups of pensioners, students and employees also found work through the employment offices.
The distribution of those who found their new job during the month by sectors of the economy is as follows: 60.9% are employed in the real economy, most of them employed in the manufacturing sector - 19.8%, followed by trade - 15.2% , hotels and restaurants - 10.2%, agriculture, forestry and fisheries - 8.2%, construction - 5.5%, government - 5.5% and others.
3 356 unemployed people from the risk groups were employed in subsidized jobs during the month - 515 under employment programs and measures and 2 841 - under schemes of the Operational Program "Human Resources Development" (OP HRD). The Employment for You scheme under the OP HRD, which started in July 2020 as an anti-crisis measure, has provided employment to nearly 54,250 unemployed people, and in March alone employment contracts were concluded with 1,772 new unemployed people.
The provision of funds under the already well-known anti-crisis measure 60/40 also continues, and only in March under this procedure were approved the applications of 3,188 employers to keep the employment of 67,900 employees.
The number of registered jobs on the primary labor market increased in March - they were 17,319 or 4,243 more than the previous month. Compared to the same month of 2021, they are 1,133 less. The largest share of vacancies in the real economy is declared in manufacturing (28.5%), followed by hotels and restaurants (18.3%), trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (10.8%), administrative and support service activities (6.9%), agriculture, forestry and fisheries (6.9%) and general government (5.7%).
The most sought-after professions during the month are: staff employed in the field of personal services; machine operators of stationary machines and equipment; drivers of motor vehicles and mobile equipment; sellers; workers in the mining and processing industry, construction and transport; skilled workers in the production of food, clothing, wood products and related; metallurgists, machine builders and related craftsmen; waste collection and related workers; cleaners and helpers; installers, etc.
