Unemployment rate rose in May

The registered unemployment rate increased by 0.2 percentage points to 6 percent in May as against 5.8 percent in April, Poland’s family, labor and social policy ministry (MRPiPS) has reported. Compared to the end of May 2019, the registered unemployment rate at the end of May 2020 increased by 0.6 percentage points.

The number of unemployed at the end of May 2020 was 1.117 million people and compared to the end of April 2020 increased by approx. 46,000 persons, i.e. by 4.8 percent.

The number of vacancies and places of vocational activation reported by employers to labor offices in May this year amounted to 72,200 and was by 14,000 or 24 percent higher than in April this year.

In May, Marlena Maląg, minister of family, labor and social policy, reported that the registered unemployment rate could rise to around 10 percent by the end of 2020, while the number of people without work could be around 1.3 million to 1.4 million in December.

(ISBnews)