A historical record in the employment balance was set in March 2023 and in the first quarter of the year, according to the data of the PS. “ERGANI”

The following announcement was issued by the Press Office of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs:

The best performance historically was recorded by the employment balance both in March 2023 and during the January-March quarter, according to the data of the “ERGANI” Information System.

Specifically, in March the announcements recruitment amounted to 250,239 while the departures they reached 188,327 (102,377 terminations of open-ended contracts or expiry of fixed-term contracts and 85,950 voluntary departures). Thus, the March balance of wage employment flows was positive by 61,912 jobs, performance which is the best since 2001 for which data is available.

In the January-March quarter, job announcements reached 619,788 and departures reached 562,301 (332,062 terminations of open-ended contracts or terminations of fixed-term contracts and 230,239 voluntary departures). Thus, the balance of first-quarter wage employment flows was positive by 57,487 jobs, also the highest level since 2001.

The industries with the best hiring/leaving balance are: accommodation (+24,150), catering (+5,630), education (+4,716), retail (+2,993), public administration/defence/social security (+2,730). Creative activities (-151), post/courier (-150), broadcasting (-82), financial (-39) and insurance (-35) sectors had negative performances.