Employment in the industry has increased by 240,000 over the past 12 months.

"Employment among single mothers has increased more than almost anyone expected."

Employment also increased, for the fourth month, by a small amount.

In the three months to November, employment actually increased by 18,000.

"But employment has not increased, and the difference between those numbers is largely the people in jobs programs."

Employment in the public sector has also increased over the past two decades.

Compared with 2002, employment of such personnel increased by 13%.

Companies would only be eligible if their total employment increased during the year by at least the number of new employees.

We still face unemployment problems, but the fact remains that employment has increased by 2,700.

At the same time, overall employment by the pharmaceutical companies increased from 215,000 in 1993 to 224,000.