GUS: Employment up by 1.4% y/y

Average employment in the business sector in December 2015 amounted to 5.62 million, thus it increased by 1.4 percent on a yearly basis, the Central Statistical Office reported (GUS). Average salaries also grew by 3.1 percent in the period. In monthly terms, it grew by PLN 350 m/m or 8.4 percent. The average gross salary stood at PLN 4,515, GUS informed. In the whole of 2015, average gross salaries in the business sector totaled PLN 4,121.