Before the CBS data, in January there were 194.6 thousand unemployed compared to 205.9 thousand last month • The number of those laid off since the outbreak of the corona plague stands at about 599 thousand people
People are standing at the entrance to the Tel Aviv Employment Bureau last year
The rate of unemployed in the labor force among persons aged 15 and over was 4.8% in December 2020, compared with 5.0% in November, according to data from the Central Bureau of Statistics published today (Sunday).
According to the data, in the last month there were 194.6 thousand unemployed compared to 205.9 thousand unemployed last month.
The labor force rate this month was 60.5% compared to 61.1% last month.
The employment rate this month was 57.6% compared to 58.2% in the previous month.
The labor force rate of employed persons who were temporarily absent from work all week for reasons related to the Corona virus, plus the unemployed, was 10.4% in December, ie 423 thousand compared to 12.1% in the previous month, ie 494.8 thousand.
The labor force rate of non-employed persons who have stopped working due to dismissal or closure of the workplace since March 2020, plus employed persons who have been temporarily absent from work all week due to Corona virus and unemployed persons, was 12.9%, ie 537.3 thousand people, compared to 14.3 % In the previous month, ie 599.3 thousand.
Workforce rate of non-employed workers who stopped working due to dismissal or job closure from March 2020 plus non-employed workers who stopped working for other reasons or did not work in the past, who want to work now and did not look for work last month because of Corona, and those temporarily absent from work This week for reasons related to the Corona virus plus the unemployed, stood at 13.2%, i.e. 552.6 thousand people, this compared to 14.7% in the previous month, 619.8 thousand people.
The highest percentage of employed persons absent from work all week or part of the week of all employed persons, was in the accommodation and food services (47.4%), arts, entertainment and leisure (36.6%) and other services (24.3%).
Of these, the highest percentage of absent from work due to Corona virus-related causes was in the hospitality and food services industries (42.7%), arts, entertainment and leisure (32.0%) and other services (15.4%).
The highest percentage of employed persons absent from work all week or part of the week, of all employed persons, was in occupations: sales and service workers (20.8%) and general clerks and office workers (20.7%).
Of these, the high percentage of absent from work due to reasons related to the Corona virus was in occupations: sales and service workers (12.5%) and general clerks and office workers (11.0%).
The data also show that 12.8% of youth aged 17-15 are unemployed, 7.6% of 18-18 year olds are unemployed, 7.1% among 29-25 year olds and 5% among 59-55 year olds.
The proportion of employed persons who worked from home out of all employed persons was in the information and communication industries (63.3%), real estate activities (49.5%), professional, scientific and technical services (43.5%), arts, entertainment and leisure (40.6%), financial services and insurance services (32.6% ), Other services (28.1%) and education (27.8%).
The data also show that among men, the highest percentage of the unemployed in the labor force was among those aged 17-15 with 19%.
Among those aged 29-25 - 7.4%, among those aged 18-24 - 6.3%, among those aged 34-30 - 5.6% and among those aged 59-55 - 5.1%.
Among women, the highest percentage of unemployed in the labor force was aged 17-15 with 9.4%, 8.9% aged 24-18, 6.9% girls aged 29-25 and 4.8% aged 59-55.
In the fourth quarter of 2020, ie in October-December, the unemployment rate among the labor force aged 15 and over was 4.7%, a figure similar to the previous quarter.
The average number of working hours per week per employed person decreased to 34.1 in the fourth quarter of 2020, compared with 34.9 in the previous quarter.
The average number of working hours per week per employee fell to 34.5, compared with 35.1 in the previous quarter.
In the high-tech field, there was an increase in the number of employees, from about 347 people in 2019 to about 360,000 in 2020. The number of hired men in the high-tech field reached about 235,000 people and the number of women hired in the field reached about 125,000.
The share of hired men in the high-tech field of all hired men reached 13.7% and the share of hired women in the high-tech field of all hired women reached 7.3%.
Last year, 53.6% of employed people worked outside their locality of residence, a slight decrease from 54.2% in 2019.
110.4 of single mothers worked last year, a slight increase from 106.2 thousand the previous year.
In 2020, there were 17.3 thousand people in Israel giving up job search, compared to 10.9 thousand in the previous year.
The share of Jews in all despair reached 60.1%, compared with 73.4% in the previous year.
43.7% of all those who despair of looking for work claimed that "there is no suitable job in the profession", compared to 37.6% in the previous year.
Other common reasons are: "there is no suitable job in the area of residence with 22.4% compared to 18.6% in the previous year, or" there is no suitable job due to wages, working hours, interest in work "with 16.5% compared to 21.8% in the previous year.
