Taiwan's unemployment rate rose to 3.68% in May

The statistical department of the Taiwan authorities announced on the 23rd that Taiwan ’s unemployment rate in May was 3.68%, an increase of 0.06 percentage points from April, a new high since November last year.

Statistics show that the unemployment rate after seasonal adjustment is 3.73%, an increase of 0.05 percentage points from the previous month.In May, the total number of unemployment in Taiwan was 434,000. Affected by the heating of the epidemic in the new native new crown pneumonia, it increased by 5,000 or 1.19%over the previous month. Among them, the unemployed increased by 8,000 due to business tightening or resting.Thousand people.

From January to May this year, the number of unemployed people in Taiwan was 433,000, a decrease of 16,000 or 3.64%from the same period last year.

Earlier statistics from the Taiwan authorities' labor affairs departments showed that there are currently 2,479 companies in Taiwan, with a total of 15,781 people who have implemented unpaid leave (cut off for class), and both are new this year.

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