A total 1,005,508 individual labor contracts were suspended, of which 314,496 in the processing industry, 188,183 in the wholesale and retail trade / motor vehicles and motorcycles repair and 109,861 in the hotel and restaurant sector.
A total 240,151 individual labor contracts were terminated, of which 41,891 in the processing industry, 45,313 in the wholesale and retail trade / motor vehicles and motorcycles repair, and 32,402 in the construction sector.
The number of contracts suspended, which means the number of employees furloughed, has decreased by some 130,000 since the peak of the coronavirus pandemic reached on April 9, down to nearly 902,000 on April 16, as per Labor Ministry data.
Between April 16 and April 21, the number of labor contracts suspended grew by over 100,000. Following the increase, the number of labor contracts suspended exceeded again the threshold of 1 million.