Wednesday, February 11, 2009

The number of unemployed in Russia exceeded 1.7 million.

The number of officially registered unemployed in Russia on February 3, reached 1735 million, an increase of 93 thousand compared to the previous week, Interfax reports with reference to data MHSD. The Ministry has received information about the dismissals of pochti19 thousands of organizations in the country.
Thus, the growth rate of unemployment in the week to February 3, have not changed. 21-28 January, the number of unemployed increased by 94 thousand.
The most significant increase in the number of unemployed registered with employment service for a week, occurred in the republics of Buryatia, Chuvashia, Tatarstan, Kirov, Kostroma, Nizhny Novgorod, St. Petersburg and Chelyabinsk regions.
During the week more than 1000 companies said the transfer of part-time employees at work or providing forced to leave. Number of employees who fell within the scope of these regulations across the country amounted to 821 thousand people.
Unemployment in Russia due to economic crisis, due to which employers are forced to cut jobs to preserve the profitability of companies.

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