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In Peru formal public and private employment increased 7.2 during July compared to the same month in 2021 according to figures recorded in the Electronic Form of the Ministry of Labor and Employment Promotion MTPE. Minister Alejandro Salas Zegarra explained that the result meant an increase of 361000 formal jobs compared to July 2021 with this the formal workforce rose to 5401000 workers in Peru. These figures support a 16-month consecutive growth in terms of the recovery of formal employment and represent an increase of 359 thousand formal jobs versus July 2019 before the start of the pandemic he said.With this in the private sector formal employment has been exceeding pre-pandemic levels since October 2021 and reaching historical levels registering 3 million 835 thousand workers in July 2022 after increasing 8.0 compared to the same month from the previous year which represented an increase of 284 thousand jobs due to the dynamism of the service activity 11.2 and mining 6.1 as well as commerce 5.8 manufacturing 4 .3 and agriculture and fishing 1.3. Salas Zegarra explained that small companies between 10 and 100 workers registered a better employment performance 10.5. The contributions of companies with 1 to 10 workers 8.3 and more than 100 workers 7.0 also stood out.Labor formality growsLikewise the number of companies that declare workers on the payroll of the private sector continues to increase growing 7.9 in July 2022 compared to the same month last year. With this 341 thousand companies declared workers in the private formal sector.The greatest positive variation in the number of formal companies was recorded in mining 10.1 and services 7.1. Meanwhile by size companies with 11 to 100 workers registered an increase of 11.7 followed by those with more than 100 workers with 8.4 respectively.
