Labour indicators in enterprises

In the first quarter of 2014 seasonally adjusted volumes of hours worked for the total of industry and services increased by 0.3% with respect to the previous quarter. Working day adjusted volumes of hours worked for the total of industry and services decreased by 0.1% with respect to the same quarter of 2013.

In the first quarter of 2014 the seasonally adjusted job vacancy rate for both the total of industry and services and the business economy was 0.5%, unchanged with respect to the previous quarter.

In the first quarter 2014 the seasonally adjusted index of labour cost per full time equivalent (fte) increased by 0.1% in total industry and services compared to the previous quarter (+0.4% in industry and +0.1% in services). The unadjusted index rose by 1.8% in total industry and services compared to the first quarter 2013 (+2.2% in industry and +1.8% in services.