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Lukas Savickas, first deputy chancellor of the government, reviewed the latest trends in the government labor market on Tuesday. According to him, the effects of the quarantine release are already beginning to be seen.
“Consistently last week, the number of people employed remained higher than the number of people laid off by 224 people. As in the previous week, this trend is visible in all sectors of the economy. In particular, growth exceeds more of 1 percent in the hardest hit sectors, such as food and lodging activities, administrative and support service activities, “Savickas told reporters.
Looking for fewer employees than last year
Despite the fact that employers are gradually searching more and more employees on job search portals, L. Savickas admits that the number of searches has decreased by a third compared to the end of May last year.
“We observed that the number of private portals, in terms of job advertisements, continues to grow, increasing by 5 percent. Points compared to the previous week. However, it remains close to 30 percent. Lower than exactly one year, “said L. Savickas.
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Unemployment jumped
Unemployment in Lithuania increased by 0.1 percentage points last week and reached 11.7 percent. Since the beginning of the quarantine, the official unemployment rate has increased by 2.4 points.
According to data from the Employment Service, on May 25, there were 200.9 thousand. unemployed. Last week, the fewest people applied for work since the quarantine began: 1,000 each. during the day. During the quarantine peak, in its fourth week, 1.9 thousand people submitted their request. people.
Additionally, last week, as the summer season approached, 5,600 people were traded. people – 70 percent. More than the week before. In total, since March 16, when the quarantine was announced, 24.7 thousand people have been employed. people.
Last week, employers registered 2.8 thousand. openings – 5.7 percent. more than in the previous week, a total of 22.9 thousand have been registered since the beginning of the quarantine. Job Vacancies Last week, unemployment did not increase in 23 of the country’s 60 municipalities, 20 did not change and decreased in three districts of Neringa, Pakruojis and Kupiškis.
The highest unemployment last week was in the districts of Ignalina (17.2%) and Lazdijai (17.1%), the lowest remains in Neringa (4.7%), the Klaipėda district (6.6%) and Kretinga (8.1%). percent).
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