Employment in Germany sees marginal decline in the first quarter of 2026
Some 45.6 million people were employed in Germany in the first quarter of this year, a marginal decline (0.1%) on…
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Full-time employees in Germany worked an average of 39.9 hours per week in 2025
New data from Germany‘s federal statistics office (Destatis) has shown that full-time employees worked an average of 39.9 hours per…
Non-Irish nationals accounted for three fifths of employment growth in Ireland between 2019 and 2024
Non-Irish nationals accounted for 61% of the growth in the number of employees in Ireland between 2019 and 2024, according…
Employment in Sweden increased to 69.4% in the first quarter of 2026
Employment in Sweden rose for the second consecutive quarter in the first three months of 2026, while unemployment declined, according…
More than one in five Europeans worked during weekends last year
Some 21.3% of employed citizens across the European Union regularly worked during weekends in 2025, new data from Eurostat has…
Employment rate in Luxembourg rose by 1.5% in the final quarter of last year
The employment rate in Luxembourg grew at a rate of 1.5% in the final quarter of last year, compared to…
A quarter of Germans worked from home at least occasionally last year
Some 25% of Germany‘s employed population worked from home at least occasionally last year, according to new data from Destatis,…
The number of people employed in Croatia increased by 1.1% in 2025
There were 1.7 million people employed in Croatia in 2025, a 1.1% increase on the previous year, according to the…
Germany night shift workers reach 9.3% of employed population, nearly four million people working nights
Nearly four million of Germany‘s employed population – or 9.3% – work night shifts, according to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). The…
Netherlands records EU-high 3.9% job vacancy rate in Q4 2025, Eurostat data shows
The Netherlands reported the highest job vacancy rate in the European Union in the fourth quarter of 2025, at 3.9%,…