Unemployment rate up. Over 830 thousand are waiting for work in offices. people

5.4 percent It took the estimated rate of unemployment registered in July. 830.6 thousand were registered in the labor offices. people – results from preliminary MRPiPS data. In June, the estimated registered unemployment rate was 5.1 percent.

According to estimates transferred on Wednesday by the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Policy, 830.6 thousand were registered at the end of July. unemployed. Thus, the registered unemployment rate was 5.4 percent. A month earlier – in June – the estimated rate of registered unemployment was 5.1 percent, and 797,000 were registered in labor offices. unemployed.

“Both structural changes in the economy and the new regulations regulating the functioning of the labor market in Poland were influenced by the formation of these indicators,” said the ministry.

MRPiPS reported that the lowest level of unemployment persists in the Greater Poland Voivodeship (3.3 percent), and the highest – in Podkarpackie (8.8 percent).

In July, employers reported 44.5 thousand to labor offices. free jobs and professional activation offers, which means an increase of 35.3 percent. compared to June. Sellers, production workers, office workers and economic workers were most often sought after.

“For registration in employment offices, the termination of temporary contracts, termination of contracts by agreement of the parties and termination by employers. Persons registering earlier most often worked in industrial processing, trade and construction. The dominant professions were: seller, chef, warehouse and economist technician” – explained the ministry.

At the same time, many unemployed undertook professional activity or benefited from support forms, such as internships, intervention work or starting a business – these are the most common reasons for deregistration.

In a communiqué, the ministry emphasized that on June 1, 2025, a new Act on the labor market and employment services entered into force. Recipes, among others They enable the status of an unemployed person without the need for personal appearance at the Labor Office.

In his opinion, this limited the number of deregistns and thus influenced statistical data. The temporary effects of implementing new forms of activation support are also expected.

The ministry reminded that according to Eurostat data, the foot Unemployment in Poland in June 2025 was 3.5 percent, which places Poland in third place in the European Union – behind Malta (2.5 percent) and the Czech Republic (3 percent). The ministry estimated that “it is clearly below the EU average (5.9 percent) and average in the euro area (6.2 percent).” The highest level of unemployment in the EU was recorded in Spain (10.4 percent). (PAP)

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