THE Hunter has smashed another employment record, officially reaching the highest number of people in work in the region during April.

The Hunter Valley Research Foundation said yesterday that 313,600 people went to work last month, breaking the previous record of 309,700 people, set in March.

Foundation economist Andrew Searles said the Hunter’s unemployment rate had dropped to just 4.3 per cent, from 5 per cent last month.

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