Specifically, according to an announcement by the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, last month, recruitment announcements amounted to 153,768, while layoffs amounted to 138,579 (68,398 voluntary departures and 70,181 terminations of indefinite or expired contracts). As a result, the February balance was positive by 15,189 jobs.
In the two months of January-February, recruitment announcements amounted to 291,751 and departures reached 302,366 (162,271 terminations of indefinite-term contracts or expiration of fixed-term contracts and 140,095 voluntary departures).
Thus, as noted in the announcement, the balance of employment flows in the first two months of the year was negative by 10,615 jobs, as in January the departures were more than the recruitments, mainly due to the restrictive measures taken then to protect public health.
