"The situation we have now is stable. The number of people registered as unemployed with the State Employment Service is about 10% lower as compared to the previous year. Some 400,000 of people are registered with the service. Based on the methodology of the International Labor Organization, 8.5% of the whole working-age population are unemployed," Rozenko said.
In figures, this number corresponds to about 1.8 people being unemployed.
Read alsoPoroshenko: IMF to consider third tranche for Ukraine on Sept 14"But a lot of people, who say they are unemployed, are not actually unemployed based on polls, because they have work in the formal sector of the economy. Therefore, the figures I have mentioned are quite accurate, and International Labour Organization’s methodology take into account all these nuances," he said.
Read alsoHousing for IDPs: A two-year ordealEarlier, UNIAN reported that in September this year, the Ukrainian government intends to submit to the Verkhovna Rada a bill on reforming the State Employment Service of Ukraine. According to Rozenko, the reform of the SES is designed to help employers select qualified personnel.
