Unemployment in the Czech Republic fell to 3.5 percent in October, and was thus 0.1 percentage point lower than in September and August. By the end of October, 260,641 people were looking for a place through employment offices, 2,379 less than the previous month. Vacancies also decreased, by 1,499 to 280,496. This follows from data published by the Labor Office of the Czech Republic, according to which unemployment in the Czech Republic is the lowest in the entire European Union.
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10:14 November 8, 2023
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Unemployment in the Czech Republic fell to 3.5 percent in October, and was thus 0.1 percentage points lower than in September and August (illustrative photo) | Photo: René Volfík | Source: iROZHLAS.cz
The highest unemployment was in October in the Ústí Region with 5.4 percent. On the contrary, the lowest unemployment, namely 2.6 percent, was in the Zlín, South Bohemian and Pilsen Regions and the Vysočina Region.
Unemployment fell month-on-month in all regions, the most in Prague. The capital also showed the largest decrease in the year-on-year comparison, by 0.3 percentage points.
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Among the districts, unemployment was the highest in Karvinska, where it reached eight percent. Conversely, the lowest proportion of unemployed was in the Praha-východ district, where 1.4 percent of people were looking for work.
There were 0.9 job seekers per job vacancy in the Czech Republic in October. The greatest excess pressure on the labor market was in the Karvinska region, with almost ten applicants for one position. On the other hand, Mladoboleslavsk had the fewest unemployed in relation to the offer of places, namely 0.2 applicants per place.
Companies operating in the processing industry and construction are currently looking for employees. In the long term, companies demand qualified craftsmen.
Ukrainians as workers
The number of people registered with employment offices also includes unemployed people who cannot start work immediately. These are, for example, people on retraining courses, unemployed women on maternity leave, prisoners or the unemployed on disability.
There were 237,303 so-called available job seekers aged 15 to 64 in the Czech Republic who could start work immediately.
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In the coming months, unemployment will probably increase in connection with the decline in seasonal work, which corresponds to the classic development curve, according to the labor office. According to him, despite the current stabilization, economic and social changes, as well as the development of the war conflict in Ukraine, can continue to influence the situation.
According to the data of the labor office, since the invasion of Ukraine by Russia at the end of last February, 330,511 Ukrainians with temporary protection have found work in the Czech Republic. Some of them have already returned home or left their jobs. At the end of this month, 123,309 of them worked in the Czech Republic, mainly in Central Bohemia, the Pilsen Region and the capital.
Most often, Ukrainians work as assembly workers, helpers in construction, production and transport, or as machine and equipment operators.
Last October, the unemployment rate in the Czech Republic was the same as this year, i.e. 3.5 percent. A year ago, there were 255,792 people without work and 297,360 vacancies.
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