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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-03-08
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[01] Private sector employment up in January-Febuary
[01] Private sector employment up in January-Febuary
Employment in the private sector grew in February, with official figures
showing a positive balance of hiring/dismissals by 14,437 job positions
in the month.
According to a monthly report by the Ergani IT system of the Labour
ministry, new hirings totaled 118,358 in February, while dismissals
amounted to 103,921 in the month. Compared with February 2015, the balance
showed a negative trend of 687 job positions, although the monthly data
for February were the third highest positive figures for any February
since 2001.
In the January-February period, new hirings totaled 228,848 job positions,
while dismissals amounted to 224,365, leaving a positive balance of
4,483 new job positions, the third highest performance since 2001.
It should be noted that, with the exception of 2002, 2014 and 2015,
the first two months of each year presented a negative balance.
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