Brasília – In the month of August in Brazil, 242,126 job positions were created, as a result of 1,457,455 people taken on and 1,215,329 dismissals. It was the best result this year, as informed today (16th) by the Ministry of Labour, upon disclosing the General Records Office for Employment and Unemployment (Caged). The number of dismissals was the lowest this year.
The services sector was the one that hired the most, with 85,568 new workers, the second highest figure ever for August, and the highest this year. The processing industry hired 66,564 workers, the best performance ever for the sector and best result in 2009. So far this year, the country has created 680,034 formal jobs.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
