The registered unemployment rate fell to 6% in June
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The registered unemployment rate in June 2021 fell by 0.1 percentage points m/m to 6%, according to estimates by the Ministry of Development, Labour and Technology (MoLT).
“June is the first month this year when the level of registered unemployment fell below one million. Today’s data shows that labour market trends are favourable, which has obviously been influenced by the shielding measures taken by the government in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic,” Deputy Minister of Development, Labour and Technology Iwona Michalek said, quoted in the release.
Preliminary data shows that the number of registered unemployed in labor offices in June this year amounted to 994.8 thousand unemployed people and compared to the end of May this year, the number decreased by 31.9 thousand people or 3.1%, it was also reported.
“The lowest rate of registered unemployment was recorded in Wielkopolskie Voivodeship (3.5%) and the highest in Warmińsko-Mazurskie Voivodeship (9.2%). In none of the voivodships, the unemployment rate exceeded 10%”. - we read further.
According to preliminary data, employers registered 114.1 thousand job vacancies and places of professional activity in June, i.e. by 0.7 thousand (0.6%) less than in May 2021 and by 20.8 thousand (22.4%) more than in June 2020, the ministry also reported.
In January, the president signed into law the 2021 budget, assuming that the registered unemployment rate at the end of 2021 will be 7.5%.
