Category: employment

The number of people in employment rose by 3.5% in the year to December, according to the latest figures in the Labour Force Survey from the Central Statistics Office. The Labour Force Survey is the official source of data for employment and unemployment in Ireland. A total of 2,361,200 people were in employment at the […]

Manufacturer slowdown starts to hit jobs market Jobs growth in manufacturing stalled for the first time since 2016 this month. A fourth consecutive month of weaker manufacturing conditions has started to feed through to weaker hiring data, according to a survey. AIB’s Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index showed a drop in new orders led to a […]

Ireland at full employment as jobless rate unchanged. THE country is at full employment as just 4.5pc of the workforce are out of work. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for June was 4.5pc, unchanged on the prior month. However, it was down 1.9pc when compared to a year earlier, according to figures from the Central […]