25 August 2011
The latest registered unemployment report (for July 2011) shows that:
- on a seasonally adjusted basis, the total number of people registered as unemployed and actively seeking work (ASW) in Jersey was 20 higher than a month earlier (June 2011) and 30 lower than the average for the preceding 3 months
- the non-seasonally adjusted ASW total was 1,350. This latest monthly total is 70 higher than that of a month earlier (June 2011) and 110 higher than that of a year earlier (July 2010)
- long-term unemployment (registered for more than 52 weeks) has doubled during the last 12 months and now accounts for almost 1 in 5 of the ASW total
- 300 teenagers aged 16-19 years were registered as ASW, some 20 more than in the previous month. 130 teenagers were on the Advance to Work scheme
Download the July 2011 Registered Unemployment report (size 176kb)