08 January 2016
On 31 December 2015:
- on a seasonally adjusted basis, the total number of people registered as actively seeking work (ASW)was:
- 70 lower than the previous month
- 130 lower than the average for the preceding three months
- 40 lower than a year earlier
- the non-seasonally adjusted ASW total was 1,390; this total is 100 lower than in the previous month and 50 lower than a year earlier
- the decrease in both the seasonally adjusted and non-seasonally adjusted totals was driven by a reduction in the number of new individuals being registered as ASW this month; the total number of new registrations was the lowest recorded in almost five years
- the total number of long-term ASW (registered for more than twelve months) was 200; this total is essentially unchanged when compared with the previous month and 10 lower than a year earlier
- there were 350 individuals registered as ASW but engaged in some form of paid employment and classified as underemployed; this includes 100 individuals also classified as long-term ASW
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