Employment in the private sector of Greece grew in February, with official figures showing a positive balance of hiring/dismissals by 14,437 job positions in the month.
According to a monthly report by the Ergani IT system of the Labour ministry, new hirings totaled 118,358 in February, while dismissals amounted to 103,921 in the month.
Compared with February 2015, the balance showed a negative trend of 687 job positions, although the monthly data for February were the third highest positive figures for any February since 2001.
In the January-February period, new hirings totaled 228,848 job positions, while dismissals amounted to 224,365.
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