Census changes boost employment figures

CSO adjustments add around 100,000 to employment and labour force figures as survey finds more young and EU workers

Long-term unemployment figures fall again. Pic: iStock

A new set of employment figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) has indicated that the number of peopleworking and available for work in the economy is higher than previously reported.

The CSO has introduced a new measure called the Labour Force Survey, which replaces the previous quarterly national household survey. The new data take account of population changes in Census 2016, which also have an effect on the CSO’s estimates for the ...