JAMAICA had fewer people in formal employment in July, but more working in jobs without formal employment arrangements or protections, according to new figures from the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN).
Informal employment increased by 2,100 to 797,400 compared with July last year, while formal employment declined by 24,000. More than half of employed Jamaicans — 56.2 per cent — were in informal jobs, up from 55.2 per cent a year earlier.
