08 March 2016
On 29 February 2016:
- on a seasonally adjusted basis, the total number of people registered as actively seeking work (ASW) was:
- essentially unchanged compared with the previous month
- 30 lower than the average for the preceding three months
- 110 lower than a year earlier
- the non-seasonally adjusted ASW total was 1,500, this total is 30 higher than in the previous month and 120 lower than a year earlier
- the total number of long-term ASW (registered for more than twelve months) was 230. this total is 20 higher than both the previous month and when compared with a year earlier
- there were 360 individuals registered as ASW but engaged in some form of paid employment and classified as underemployed; this includes 110 individuals also classified as long-term ASW
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