The number of jobseekers in Luxembourg fell by 5.3% over the last year, with the number of available resident jobseekers registered with the ADEM at 16,475 as of March 31, 2017 a fall of 930 people on the same time last year.
This is the 27th consecutive month of falling joblessness in the Grand Duchy, bringing the national unemployment rate to 6%, ie 0.1 points below the level of February 2017 and 0.5% below the level of March 2016.
The decline is widespread and also benefits vulnerable job-seekers such as jobseekers with health problems, down 7.6% over one year, low-skilled job-seekers, down 7.4%, and long-term unemployed, down 7.2%.
At the end of March this year, 5,374 people were allocated to an employment measure, down by 2.3% compared to March 2016’s 5,503 people.
In March this year, employers declared 3,191 vacant ADEM positions, 70 fewer than in March 2016.
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