Registered unemployment report April 2012
Produced by the
Statistics Jersey (Strategic Policy, Planning and Performance)
Authored by
Statistics Unit
and published on
25 May 2012
Prepared internally, no external cost
Summary
The April 2012 report shows that:
- on a seasonally adjusted basis, the total number of people registered as unemployed and actively seeking work (ASW) in Jersey was at the same level as a month earlier (which had seen the highest level recorded to date) and 70 higher than the average for the preceding 3 months
- the non-seasonally adjusted ASW total was 1,740. This latest monthly total is 70 lower than a month earlier (March 2012) and 390 higher than that of a year earlier (April 2011). It is 600 higher than that of 2 years earlier (April 2010)
- long-term unemployment (registered for more than 52 weeks) now accounts for more than 1 in 6 of total ASW
- 270 teenagers aged 16-19 years were registered as ASW, some 10 higher than a month earlier. 120 teenagers were on the Advance to Work scheme
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