Labour Force Survey, December 2000

Employment increased by 31,000 in December. After pausing in June and July, employment has increased for five consecutive months, bringing gains over the year to 319,000 (+2.2%). This was slower growth than in 1999, when employment increased by 427,000 (+3.0%).

With the employment gain in December, the unemployment rate dipped 0.1 percentage points to 6.8%, ending the year where it began.

The increase in employment in December was equally split between full-time and part-time work. Since the upward trend in employment resumed in August, more 90% of the gains have been in full-time. Despite this recent upturn in full-time work, however, both full- and part-time employment increased at the same rate over the course of 2000 (+2.2%).

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