Less layoffs in H1 y/y
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Polish firms notified the labor office that they have planned to layoff 14,400 employees in the first half of 2015, thus by 30 percent less on a yearly basis, Rzeczpospolita daily informed citing Central Statistical Office (GUS).
According to Work Service, which gathered data from labor offices in all of the voivodships, 11 of them reported a decrease in a number of layoffs.
The highest number of layoffs was in a processing industry, but mostly due to automation of some processes being implemented there, making many posts obsolete. The sector itself noted a 7.6 output increase in June.
The labor ministry estimated that the unemployment rate in July amounted to 10.1 percent.
