Monthly Statistical Bulletin, August 2022

2022 Edition 10 • About 20.6% of the employed population (1,009.3 thousand people) worked from home. Of these, 29.9% (301.7 thousand) did so due to the COVID-19 pandemic; • Of the employees who worked from home: » 33.0% (333.5 thousand) always worked from home; » 27.6% (278.4 thousand) did it only regularly, through a system that reconciles office work and working from home; Among these, the most common was working from home for a few days every week (62.1%; 172.9 thousand); » 95.0% (958.6 thousand) were working from home, that is, they used information and communication technologies (ICT) to perform their tasks from home; This type of work covers 19.6% of the total employed population; • The labour underutilisation covered 600.7 thousand people, corresponding to: » -2.8% (17.5 thousand) compared to the previous quarter; » -8.2% (-53.5 thousand) vis-à-vis the same period of 2021; • The labour underutilisation rate, estimated at 11.2%, decreased by 0.3 p.p. from the previous quarter and 1.1 p.p. from the same quarter of 2021; • The inactive population aged 16 and over (3,604.4 thousand people): » It increased by 0.3% (11.3 thousand) compared to the previous quarter; » It decreased by 1.1% (40.7 thousand) vis-à-vis the same quarter of 2021. More information is available at: Employment statistics – 2nd quarter of 2022 10 August 2022 Labour underutilisation rate 11.2% 0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0% 30.0% 2Q2013 2Q2014 2Q2015 2Q2016 2Q2017 2Q2018 2Q2019 2Q2020 2Q2021 2Q2022

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