February unemployment figures.
The unemployment rate in the city of Freiburg was unchanged in February at 6 percent, in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald also unchanged at 3.6 percent. In the city of Freiburg, 7,623 people were unemployed as of February 11, 20 more than in January and 1,444 more than in February 2020. In the district, 4,552 people had no jobs subject to social security contributions, 53 more than in January and 792 more than in February 2020.
How many people are on short-time work is always clear in retrospect: In February, the Freiburg employment agency received 406 advertisements for a total of 3412 people. For the agency district (this includes the city of Freiburg, as well as the districts of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald and Emmendingen), according to the agency, initial projections are available for short-time work actually used in October 2020: According to this, 1935 companies accounted for short-time work for a total of 15,197 employees. The short-time work rate in the October district was 5.7 percent after 6.3 percent in September.
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