{table} {charts} SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES • Employment increased 114,700 to 12,460,800 people. Full-time employment increased 43,500 to 8,547,100 people and part-time employment increased 71,200 to 3,913,600 people. • Unemployment increased 15,700 to 1,009,400 people. • Unemployment rate increased less than 0.1 pts to 7.5%. • Underemployment rate decreased 0.5 pts to 11.2%. • Underutilisation rate decreased 0.4 pts to 18.7%. • Participation rate increased by 0.6 pts to 64.7%. • Monthly hours worked in all jobs increased 21.7 million hours to 1,681.3 million hours. (full story)