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EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR AND THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR IN SEPTEMBER 1981, AT 904 600 AND 474 000 RESPECTIVELY, WERE 1.4 PER CENT AND SIX PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN SEPTEMBER 1980. ON THE OTHER HAND, EMPLOYMENT IN BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES DECREASED BY 7.7 PER CENT AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR.
COMPARING THE FIGURES FOR SEPTEMBER 1981 WITH THOSE FOR JUNE 1981, GROWTH IN EMPLOYMENT VARIED IN EACH OF THE FOUR SECTORS ABOVE.
INCREASES OF FOUR PER CENT AND 5.1 PER CENT IN EMPLOYMENT WERE REGISTERED RESPECTIVELY IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR AND THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR.
ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES OF FOUR PER CENT AND 4.7 PER CENT IN EMPLOYMENT WERE OBSERVED IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR AND BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES RESPECTIVELY.
TOGETHER WITH EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS, THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ALSO PUBLISHED VACANCY STATISTICS FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR- AND THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR IN SEPTEMBER 198 THE SE WERE COMPILED FROM THE NUMBER OF JOB VACANCIES REPOR ESTABLISHMENTS COVERED BY THE SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT, PAYROLL IN THESE SECTORS. THE OVERALL FIGURES, TOĜE A COMPARISON WITH THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR SEPT AND JUNE 1981, ARE AS FOLLOWS:
NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES IN
D BY CANCIES AND ER WITH BER 1980
SECTOR OF THE ECONOMY
SEP 80
JUN 81
SEP 81
SEP 8: ON
SEP 30
PERONTAGE CHANGE
SEP 81 ON
JUN 81
MANUFACTURING
37 400
42 000
47 900
+28.0
+14.0
WHOLESALE AND
RETAIL. IMPORT
AND EXPORT. AND RESTAURANTS AND
HOTELS
FINANCE
INSURANCE
REAL ESTATE
5 900
5 000
6 600
+11.0
+30.4
AND BUSINESS
SERVICES
2 400 2 100 2 200
- 8.3
+ 4.6
COMPARING THE FIGURES FOR SEPTEMBER 1981 WITH THOSE FOR THE SAME TIME IN 1980, THERE WERE INCREASES OF 28 PER CENT AND 11 PER CENT IN THE NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR AND THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR RESPECTIVELY. FOR THE FINANCE INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR, THE NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES DECREASED BY 8.3 PER CENT RELATIVE TO THE SAME TIME IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
/COMPARING THE