Labour Market report for December 2014

15 April 2015

Jersey’s Labour market report is published every six months and covers key aspects of both public and private sector total employment.

The latest Labour market report for December 2014 shows that:

total employment (57,250) was 1,980 higher than a year earlier (in December 2013)
the increase in total employment, corresponding to an annual increase of more than 3%,
was driven by the private sector which reported an increase of 1,950 staff
private sector employment was 48,970, representing the highest level of employment seen
in a December to date
the increase in private sector employment was predominantly due to increased numbers of
full-time and zero-hour staff reported, each category up by around 1,000 on an annual basis
the increase in private sector employment comprised of increases of 1,520 entitled/entitled
to work employees, 30 licensed employees and 330 registered employees
overall public sector employment was 8,280, an increase of 30 on an annual basis
5,990 jobs in the private and public sectors were filled on zero-hour contracts,
representing more than 10% of all jobs filled in that month