Registered Unemployment for December 2012

23 January 2013

There were 1,840 people registered as actively seeking work (ASW) in December 2012.

The latest report also shows that:

on 31 December 2012, both the seasonally adjusted and non-seasonally adjusted number of people registered as actively seeking work (ASW) in Jersey were at the highest level recorded to date
on a seasonally adjusted basis, the total number of people registered as actively seeking work in Jersey was 50 higher than a month earlier (November 2012); 120 higher than the average for the preceding three months
the non-seasonally adjusted ASW total was 1,840. This latest monthly total is 20 higher than a month earlier (November 2012) and 300 higher than that of a year earlier (December 2011)
long-term unemployment (registered for more than 52 weeks) now accounts for more than a sixth of total ASW
320 teenagers aged 16-19 years were registered as ASW. 110 teenagers were on the Advance to Work scheme