The number of persons employed increased by 0.4% in the euro area (EA19) and by 0.3% in the EU28 in the third quarter of 2017 compared with the previous quarter, according to national accounts estimates published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility, Marianne Thyssen, said: ” Employment has never been as high as now in both the EU and the euro area. Job creation has been the top priority of this Commission and our efforts are paying off: Since the Juncker Commission took office in 2014, 9 million jobs have been created. We need to make sure that these jobs too remain quality jobs, and that workers in new forms of employment are well protected. This is why next week, we will present a proposal aimed at increasing the fairness and predictability of working conditions.”
In the second quarter of 2017, employment increased by 0.4% in the euro area and by 0.5% in the EU28. These figures are seasonally adjusted. Compared with the same quarter of the previous year, employment increased by 1.7% in the euro area and by 1.8% in the EU28 in the third quarter of 2017 (after +1.6% and +1.7% respectively in the second quarter of 2017). Eurostat estimates that, in the third quarter of 2017, 236.3 million men and women were employed in the EU28, of which 156.3 million were in the euro area. These are the highest levels ever recorded in both areas. These figures are seasonally adjusted.
