The Basque Public Employment Service Lanbide has registered a total of 111,363 unemployed this month
Unemployment has increased In August, in Araba, Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa, the number of unemployed people was 3,298, or 3.05%, and the number of unemployed was 111,363, according to data recorded by the Basque Public Employment Service Lanbide.
It is aboutthe worst augustas far as unemployment data is concerned, of recent years. Since 2010, there have not been so many unemployed people in a month of August.
By historical territories, Bizkaia is where the most unemployed people are had in August (62,995). It is followed by Gipuzkoa with 29,898 and Araba-Álava with 18,490.
As for the age of the unemployed, it should be noted that Just over half (53.6%) are over 45 years old. While, regarding gender, 58.5% of unemployment corresponds to women and 41.5% to men.
Finally, the services sector is the one with the highest number of unemployed, followed by industry.
Hiring
Regarding hiring, during the month of August contracts have been signed 47,966 new contracts Of these, 9,928, or 20.7%, were permanent.
Source: Eitb
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