Marlena Maląg, minister for labour, family and social policy, said on Tuesday that the latest data was further confirmation that the Polish job market was stabilising after a period of lockdown and restrictions in the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Maląg has previously said that some 6 million jobs have been saved throughout the country thanks to measures including a massive relief and stimulus package ushered in by the government to shield the economy from the coronavirus.
The state-run Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported last month that the Polish jobless rate stood at 6.1 percent in August, unchanged from July and June.
Meanwhile, the European Union’s Eurostat statistics agency, which uses a different methodology, estimated last week that unemployment in Poland was a modest 3.1 percent in August, the second-lowest rate in the 27-nation bloc.
(gs/pk)
Source: PAP