Registered unemployment August 2013

24 September 2013

The August 2013 report shows that:

on a seasonally adjusted basis, the total number of people registered as ASW in Jersey was 10 lower than a month earlier (July 2013) and 20 lower than the average for the preceding 3 months
the non-seasonally adjusted ASW total was 1,820. This latest monthly total is 40 lower than a month earlier (July 2013). It was 150 higher than that of a year earlier (August 2012) and double that of four years ago (August 2009)
long-term registered ASW (registered for more than 12 months) accounted for a fifth of total ASW and was 20 lower than in the previous month (July 2013)
290 teenagers aged 16-19 years were registered as ASW, 10 higher than a month earlier. 130 teenagers were on the Advance to Work scheme