Over 170,000 jobs lost in Serbia in 2012

BELGRADE More than 170,000 people have lost their job in Serbia this year, the National Employment Agency (NSZ) data has shown. Out of the 172,442 who have lost their job this year, 34,866 were made redundant. Over 170,000 jobs lost in Serbia in 2012 They joined the 755,442 already unemployed persons, and became a statistic that indicates that a third of the population available for work has no job, the Belgrade-based Politika daily reported on Tuesday. Those working in the construction, textile, metal and hospitality industries are the most vulnerable, the newspaper says. NSZ experts state this is not the total number of those who have lost their job in 2012, because not all of them have registered at the NSZ. As many as 4,267 people with academic education lost their job, they said. A research by the NSZ and USAID says 103,917 jobs were closed in Serbia in 2011, with Vojvodina taking the lead in the number of layoffs, followed by Belgrade, central Serbia and western Serbia. The employees in the production sector suffered the most, with 32,222 losing their job, followed by trade, 22,275, construction, 14,907, administration, 13,712, healthcare and education, while 11,994 were laid off in transport, services and IT sectors. Head of the Association of Free and Autonomous Trade Unions ranka Savic said more than 300 lost their job each day. Politika

Over 170,000 jobs lost in Serbia in 2012

They joined the 755,442 already unemployed persons, and became a statistic that indicates that a third of the population available for work has no job, the Belgrade-based Politika daily reported on Tuesday.

Those working in the construction, textile, metal and hospitality industries are the most vulnerable, the newspaper says.

NSZ experts state this is not the total number of those who have lost their job in 2012, because not all of them have registered at the NSZ.

As many as 4,267 people with academic education lost their job, they said.

A research by the NSZ and USAID says 103,917 jobs were closed in Serbia in 2011, with Vojvodina taking the lead in the number of layoffs, followed by Belgrade, central Serbia and western Serbia.

The employees in the production sector suffered the most, with 32,222 losing their job, followed by trade, 22,275, construction, 14,907, administration, 13,712, healthcare and education, while 11,994 were laid off in transport, services and IT sectors.

Head of the Association of Free and Autonomous Trade Unions ranka Savic said more than 300 lost their job each day.