{table} Seasonally Adjusted Estimates • Employment decreased 227,700 to 12,154,100 people. Full-time employment decreased 89,100 to 8,540,000 people and part-time employment decreased 138,600 to 3,614,100 people. • Unemployment increased 85,700 to 927,600 people. • Unemployment rate increased 0.7 pts to 7.1%. • Underemployment rate decreased 0.7 pts to 13.1%. • Underutilisation rate increased less than 0.1 pts to 20.2%. • Participation rate decreased by 0.7 pts to 62.9%. • Monthly hours worked in all jobs decreased 12.1 million hours to 1,604.7 million hours. (full story)