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One in four (26.1%) unemployed persons in the 2nd quarter of 2022 moved into employment in the 3rd quarter of 2022
Employment statistics
Labour Market Flow Statistics - 3rd Quarter 2022
One in four (26.1%) unemployed persons in the 2nd quarter of 2022 moved into employment in the 3rd quarter of 2022
16 November 2022

Summary

Out of all those persons who were unemployed in the 2nd quarter of 2022, 53.9% (160.9 thousand) remained in that state in the 3rd quarter of 2022, 26.1% (78.1 thousand) moved into employment and 20.0% (59.8 thousand) moved into inactivity.

Almost one in three unemployed men (29.6%; 42.7 thousand) and almost one in four unemployed women (22.9%; 35.4 thousand) in the 2nd quarter of 2022 moved into employment in the 3rd quarter of 2022.

Approximately one in three short-term unemployed (32.6%; 47.9 thousand) and one in seven persons belonging to the “potential workforce” (14.0%; 22.5 thousand) in the 2nd quarter of 2022 moved into employment in the 

3rd quarter of 2022.

At the same time, 12.0% (86.7 thousand) of all those persons who were self-employed in the previous quarter became employee. On the other hand, 1.6% (65.2 thousand) of all employees moved to self-employment.

In the same period, 23.5% (70.3 thousand) of all unemployed became employees.

Out of all those employees who, in the 2nd quarter of 2022, had a temporary work contract or other contractual arrangement, 19.3% (129.2 thousand) moved into a permanent work contract in the 3rd quarter of 2022.

Around one in four part-time workers (24.1%; 94.2 thousand) in the 2nd quarter of 2022 changed to a full-time work in the 3rd quarter of 2022.

The percentage of persons who remained employed between the 2nd and the 3rd quarter of 2022, but changed job, decreased by 0.4 pp compared to the last two quarters, standing at 3.1% (145.7 thousand).


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