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FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1988
THIS HAS AFFECTED
THE TIMING
OF
THE
ISSUE
OF DOUBLE
PAY
AND ANNUAL BONUSES BY EMPLOYERS TO THEIR WORKERS.
WITH
DECEMBER
1987,
SUBSTANTIAL
WERE RECORDED IN MOST ISSUE OF DOUBLE PAY AND
JANUARY COMPARING
1988 INCREASES IN PAYROLL AND PER CAPITA EARNINGS INDUSTRIES SURVEYED MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE ANNUAL BONUSES IN SOME MANUFACTURING FIRMS.
FABRICATED
THE INCREASES WERE LARGEST IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS, METAL PRODUCTS AND ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
COMPARED WITH JANUARY
HOWEVER, BOTH PAYROLL AND PER 1987,
IN MOST IN JANUARY
DECREASED 1988
SUBSTANTIALLY CAPITA EARNINGS
RECORDED IN THE THE LARGEST DECREASES WITH INDUSTRIES SURVEYED, TEXTILES AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
JANUARY 1988 WAS AND PER CAPITA
IN EMPLOYMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR,
WHILE PAYROLL 1987, ABOUT THE SAME AS IN DECEMBER EARNINGS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE SAME PERIOD.
COMPARED WITH JANUARY
SLIGHTLY
1987, EMPLOYMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION
AND PAYROLL WIIILE
PER CAPITA EARNINGS
SECTOR INCREASED
DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY.
SURVEYED,
LEVEL
OF
OVERALL THE THE SAME AS IN DECEMBER EARNINGS SHOWED SOME INCREASES.
IN THE SERVICES SECTORS EMPLOYMENT IN JANUARY 1988 REMAINED ABOUT 1987, WHILE PAYROLL AND PER CAPITA
IN PARTICULAR,
REPORTED
HOTELS, PAYROLL AND PER CAPITA EARNINGS DUE TO THE ANNUAL BONUSES.
SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN ISSUE OF DOUBLE PAY AND
ON THE OTHER HAND, SUBSTANTIAL DECREASES CAPITA EARNINGS WERE RECORDED IN BANKS FOLLOWING THE PRECEDING MONTH.
IN PAYROLL AND PER SHARP INCREASES IN
WITH COMPARED
JANUARY 1987,
THE IN EMPLOYMENT
SERVICES 1988. PAYROLL ALSO SECTORS AS A WHOLE SHOWED AN INCREASE IN JANUARY INCREASED BUT PER CAPITA EARNINGS DECREASED SLIGHTLY.
OVER
THE SAME PERIOD,
CAPITA EARNINGS WERE RECORDED IN BANKS WERE RECORDED IN PUBLIC UTILITIES,
DECREASES
IN BOTH
AND PAYROLL AND HOTELS, WHILE INCREASES
PER
EMPLOYMENT AND PER
THE PERCENTAGE CHANGES IN ORDERS-ON-HAND, CAPITA EARNINGS ARE SHOWN IN TABLES 1 AND 2 BELOW.
THE SURVEY COVERED A PANEL OF
COMPANIES AND THE 50
THE 200 LARGEST MANUFACTURING
IN
CONSTRUCTION THE LARGEST COMPANIES
REFERENCE ΤΟ SELECTED SERVICES SECTORS, CHOSEN BY SIZES IN SEPTEMBER 1986.
AND
THEIR EMPLOYMENT
/AS THE