Ljubljana, 18 February (STA) - The Slovenian job market remained flat in December with the number of persons in employment dropping by 0.1% to 887,170 in what is an expected seasonal decline. Year-on-year, the number of jobs swelled by 3.6%, show Statistics Office data released on Monday.
Job figures typically stagnate or fall in December due to the expiry of fixed-term employment contracts, whereby the monthly decline in 2018 was far smaller than in any year in the 2010s.
At the monthly level both the number of those in paid employment and the number of self-employed dropped, by 0.1% and 0.2% respectively.
At the monthly level seven industries experienced job loss and 13 saw job growth; at the annual level job gains were recorded in 16 industries.