According to the Employment Service Statistics, at the end of November the number of unemployed jobseekers registered at Employment and Economic Development Offices totalled 274,100, up 73,000 on the previous year. Compared with October, the number of unemployed jobseekers increased by 4,600.

In November, 33,300 of the unemployed were individually laid-off, which is 1,900 more than in October. Since November a year ago, the number of individual lay-offs has increased by 20,800. In addition, jobseekers on a reduced working week numbered 4,700, representing an increase of 3,200 from the year before.