238.7 thousand people employed within Road Map: Minister of Labor and Social Protection
11:02, 20 July 2009
ASTANA. July 20. KAZINFORM /Serik Sabekov/ "238.7 thousand working places have been created within the Road Map as of July 13 that makes 93.9% of the plan", Kazakh Minister of Labor and Social Protection Gulshara Abdykalikova has said Monday at the telephone conference of the Kazakh Government.
"Totally 177.2 thousand people were employed that comprises 74.3% of the created working places. Such deficiency of labor forces is observed in all regions, except Atyrau, West Kazakhstan and Pavlodar oblasts", the Minister said.
She noted that the maximum use of labor forces from the registered unemployed people is impeded by the fact that 57.8% of the unemployed are women, while repair works mostly require men.