{"id":"ab-istihdam-orani-ikinci-ceyrek-2026","canonicalSlug":"eu-employment-rate-reaches-76-4-in-the-second-quarter","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/eu-employment-rate-reaches-76-4-in-the-second-quarter","language":"en","title":"EU employment rate reaches 76.4% in the second quarter","summary":"The seasonally adjusted rate for ages 20–64 rose by 0.1 percentage points from the previous quarter.","body":["The EU employment rate for people aged 20–64 reached 76.4% in the second quarter of 2026, Eurostat reported on 11 September. It was 76.3% in the first quarter.","Labour market slack remained at 11.0% of the extended labour force. This measure includes people with unmet employment needs beyond the unemployed and should not be equated with the unemployment rate."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"EU employment rate reaches 76.4% in the second quarter\n\nThe seasonally adjusted rate for ages 20–64 rose by 0.1 percentage points from the previous quarter.\n\nThe EU employment rate for people aged 20–64 reached 76.4% in the second quarter of 2026, Eurostat reported on 11 September. It was 76.3% in the first quarter.\n\nLabour market slack remained at 11.0% of the extended labour force. This measure includes people with unmet employment needs beyond the unemployed and should not be equated with the unemployment rate.","category":"business","region":"world","topics":[],"eventDate":"2026-09-11","eventDateBasis":"source-event-or-period","publishedAt":"2026-10-02T13:01:53+03:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-02T13:01:53+03:00","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":null,"sourcePublishedAt":null,"translatedAt":null,"sources":[{"name":"Eurostat","url":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20260911-1","checkedAt":"2026-10-02"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/eu-employment-rate-reaches-76-4-in-the-second-quarter","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/eu-employment-rate-reaches-76-4-in-the-second-quarter","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/eu-employment-rate-reaches-76-4-in-the-second-quarter","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/eu-employment-rate-reaches-76-4-in-the-second-quarter","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/eu-employment-rate-reaches-76-4-in-the-second-quarter","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/eu-employment-rate-reaches-76-4-in-the-second-quarter","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/eu-employment-rate-reaches-76-4-in-the-second-quarter"},"corrections":[],"locations":[]}