Registered unemployment report April 2011
Produced by the
Statistics Jersey (Strategic Policy, Planning and Performance)
Authored by
Statistics Unit
and published on
25 May 2011
Prepared internally, no external cost
Summary
The registered unemployment report for April 2011 has been released by the Statistics Unit.
The April 2011 report shows that:
- the total number of people registered as unemployed and actively seeking work (ASW) in Jersey was 1,350
- the latest monthly ASW total is 40 higher than that of a month earlier (March 2011) and 210 higher than that of a year earlier (April 2010)
- on a seasonally adjusted basis, the ASW total is 90 higher than a month earlier, in March 2011, and 70 higher than the monthly average seen in the first quarter of 2011
- long-term unemployment (registered for more than 52 weeks) has increased by 70 over the last 12 months and now accounts for 1 in 7 of the ASW total
- 290 teenagers aged 16-19 years were registered as ASW, some 30 fewer than the previous month; 140 teenagers were on the Advance to Work scheme
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