“After a period of lockdown and the resulting restrictions in the economy, the labour market situation seems to be stabilising," Minister Marlena Maląg said on Friday.
Maląg, minister for labour, family and social policy, has previously said that some 5 million jobs have been saved throughout the country thanks to measures including a massive relief and stimulus package ushered in by the government to shield the economy from the coronavirus.
The state-run Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported last month that unemployment in Poland had edged up to 6.1 percent in June, from 6 percent in May, amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Meanwhile, the European Union’s statistics agency, which uses a different methodology, estimated last week that unemployment in Poland was a modest 3 percent in June, the second-lowest rate in the 27-nation bloc.
(gs/pk)
Source: PAP