📋 Tender Overview
The registered unemployment rate estimated by MRPiT in January amounted to 6.5 which means that compared to the previous month it increased by 0.3 percentage points and year-on-year growth amounted to 1 percentage point. In January 2018 and 2019 this indicator also increased by 0.3 percentage points.The preliminary data of the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy shows that the number of unemployed at the end of January 2021 was 1089.6 thousand. unemployed people and - compared to the end of 2020 this number increased by 43.2 thousand. people i.e. by 4.1.The increase in unemployment in January is a permanent phenomenon of the Polish labor market related to the seasonality of employment the expiry of the period for which temporary contracts were concluded at the end of the year or the termination of participation in activation measures. This year it was also subject to restrictions on business activities introduced in connection with the pandemic. In labor offices in January this year. Most of all sellers cooks auxiliary construction and farm workers locksmiths car mechanics warehouse workers and bricklayers registered. These are the professions in which the most unemployed have been registered for years- Deputy Minister Iwona Michaek.Importantly in no voivodship the unemployment rate exceeded 11 although it was strongly diversified in terms of territory. The lowest registered unemployment rate was recorded in Wielkopolskie 3.9 and the highest in Warmisko-Mazurskie 10.6.According to Eurostat data in December 2020 Poland was after the Czech Republic the second country in the European Union with the lowest unemployment - 3.3.The labor market in Poland shows resistance to the COVID-19 crisis which is confirmed by Eurostat data. Thanks to the instruments addressed to Polish entrepreneurs we managed to protect 6.7 million jobs. If unemployment grows alarmingly we will take measures to limit the negative impact of closing the economy primarily on the labor market- Deputy Minister Iwona Michaek.According to Eurostat data the average unemployment rate in the European Union is 7.5.
