Majority of jobs lost to pandemic have now been restored, say figures

Tuesday December 15, 2020

Employment continues to improve across the nation with more than three-quarters of jobs lost during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic now restored.

Most jobs lost to the pandemic have now been restored. (Photo: ABC)

The Australian Bureau of Statistics said payroll jobs rose by a further 0.4 per cent across the fortnight to November 28.

“More than three-quarters of payroll jobs lost to mid-April had been regained by the end of November, however they remained 2.0 per cent lower than mid-March,” the bureau’s Bjorn Jarvis said.

The figures are a prelude to…

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