The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has issued results from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) for Q1 2022.
- The employment rate for persons aged 15-64 in Q1 2022 was 72.8%, up from 65.6% in Q1 2021
- The number of absences from work (e.g., temporary layoffs from work, family leave and holidays) during the reference week in Q1 2022 was 168,100, the lowest level since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic
- In the year to Q1 2022, there was a 17.6% rise in the number of hours worked per week
- This 17.6% rise in the number of hours worked per week equates to an extra 12.1 million hours in the year to Q1 2022, bringing the number of hours worked per week to a record high of 80.8 million
- There were 126,700 persons classified as unemployed in Q1 2022 with an associated Unemployment Rate of 4.8% for those aged 15-74 years