[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:work\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2021\u002Festonia-unemployment-rises-february-28-2021":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"short_title":7,"intro_text":7,"meta_description":8,"seo_title":8,"path":9,"content_type":10,"locale":11,"go_live_at":7,"first_published_at":12,"page_created_at":13,"published_at":12,"edit_url":14,"breadcrumbs":15,"seo":28,"body_blocks":36,"call_to_action":42,"categories":49,"labels":50,"owner":7,"authors":51,"related_pages":52,"related_sites":53,"in_subsite":54,"contact_page_url":55,"banner_message":56},14601,"estonia-unemployment-rises-february-28-2021","Estonia - Unemployment rises - February 28, 2021",null,"","\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2021\u002Festonia-unemployment-rises-february-28-2021","pages.newspage","en","2021-03-08T13:14:36.744000+00:00","2025-12-15T15:33:55.826226+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F14601\u002Fedit\u002F",[16,19,22,25,27],{"title":17,"slug":18},"World of Work","work",{"title":20,"slug":21},"Collective Bargaining Agreement","collective-bargaining-agreement",{"title":23,"slug":24},"Collective Bargaining Updates","updates",{"title":26,"slug":26},"2021",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":6,"description":8,"image":29,"canonical":30,"robots":31,"og_type":32,"twitter_card":33,"locale":11,"created_at":34,"last_modified_at":35},"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FSocial_media_preview_image_-_2025.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2021\u002Festonia-unemployment-rises-february-28-2021\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","2021-03-08T14:14:36.744000+01:00","2025-12-26T22:58:43.756282+01:00",[37],{"type":38,"data":39},"raw_html_block",{"content":40,"variant":41},"\u003Cp>According to Statistics Estonia, unemployment rose by 16,000 to 47,900 (or by 6.8%) between 2019 and 2020. The labour force participation rate stood at 71.6%, and the employment rate was 66.7%. The majority of unemployed people had been without work for less than six months. Unemployment was slightly lower in cities and towns compared with rural areas. Compared with 2019, the share of unemployed persons grew the most among clerical support workers, technicians and associate professionals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Read on:\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fnews.err.ee\u002F1608109537\u002Fstatistics-unemployment-up-16-000-on-year-to-2020\"> in English ...\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For more information, please contact Paul de Beer or Oana Ciuca, De Burcht (Scientific Bureau for the Dutch Trade Union Movement) \u003Ca href=\"mailto:p.t.debeer@uva.nl\">p.t.debeer@uva.nl\u003C\u002Fa> or the Head of communications at the ETUI, Mehmet Koksal \u003Ca href=\"mailto:mkoksal@etui.org\">mkoksal@etui.org\u003C\u002Fa>. For previous full issues of the Collective bargaining newsletter please visit \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002FNewsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\">https:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002FNewsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\u003C\u002Fa> or consult the archive with all articles in our database at \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbnarchive.eu\u002F\">www.cbnarchive.eu\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003Cbr\u002F>You may find further information on the ETUI at \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002F\">www.etui.org.\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>","light",{"text":43,"link":44},"Contact us",{"title":43,"url":45,"description":43,"rel":46,"type":47,"id":48},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,[],[],[],[],[],false,"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us","\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. Same organisation, same information, new look!\u003C\u002Fp>"]