Walang trabaho sa 'Pinas nasa 2.26-M na, lumobo sa ika-2 sunod na buwan | Pilipino Star Ngayon

MANILA, Philippines — Bahagyang lumobo ang bilang ng Pilipinong walang trabaho nitong Setyembre 2023 patungong 2.26 milyon, ang ika-2 sunod na buwan ng pagtaas ng unemployment rate sa bansa. 

Batay sa datos na inilabas ng Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) ngayong Miyerkules, ang bilang na ito ay mas malaki nang 50,000 kumpara sa naitalang unemployed nitong nakaraang Agosto.

"The unemployment rate was posted at 4.5 percent in September 2023, which was lower compared with the 5.0 percent unemployment rate in the same month of the previous year, but slightly higher than the unemployment rate in August 2023 at 4.4 percent," sabi ng PSA. 

"The number of unemployed persons in September 2023 decreased to 2.26 million from 2.50 million in September 2022, with a year-on-year decrease of 234 thousand unemployed individuals. However, the number of unemployed persons in September 2023 was higher compared with the number of unemployed persons in August 2023 at 2.21 million."

Narito ang mga mahahalagang datos mula sa Labor Force Survey kung titilad-tilarin ang mga numero:

Kasabay ng pagtaas ng kawalang trabaho ang pagbaba rin ng employment rate noong naturang buwan, bagay na nasa 95.6% noong Agosto.

Samantala, kapansin-pansin namang lumiit ang underemployment na siyang naitala sa 11.7% isang buwan bago lumabas ang mga panibagong datos.

"Underemployed persons are those who expressed the desire to have additional hours of work in their present job, or to have an additional job, or to have a new job with longer hours of work," paliwanag pa ng gobyerno.

"Visible underemployment rate or the proportion of underemployed persons working less than 40 hours in a week was reported at 6.8 percent, lower than the reported 9.8 percent rate in September 2022 and 7.5 percent in August 2023."

Humihingi pa naman ang Philstar.com ng reaksyon mula sa economic think tank na IBON Foundation at Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino tungkol sa isyu ngunit hindi pa nagbibigay ng pahayag sa ngayon.

Kinastigo naman ng Kilusang Mayo Uno ang kawalan diumano ng gobyerno ng sustainable job creation program, dahilan para hindi matugunan nang maayos ang problema ng trabaho sa bansa.

"Noong Setyembre,