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THE INCREASES IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS WERE MAINLY OVERTIME PAYMENTS, ISSUE OF BONUSES AND BACK-PAY FOR SALARY IN SOME FIRMS DURING THE MONTH.
1987, PER CAPITA
EARNINGS SURVEYED, THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS, METAL FABRICATED
PRODUCTS
COMPARING AUGUST 1988 WITH AUGUST INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN ALL THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
IN RECORDED WITH THE LARGEST INCREASES
PRODUCTS, AND ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES.
AUGUST 1988 SHOWED
IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR, EMPLOYMENT IN LITTLE CHANGE WHEN COMPARED WITH BOTH JULY 1988 AND AUGUST 1987.
ON THE OTHER HAND, PER CAPITA EARNINGS INCREASED SLIGHTLY JULY 1988 AND SUBSTANTIALLY OVER AUGUST 1987.
OVER
THAT, NOTED
EMPLOYEES
FOR
ONLY;
THIS SECTOR,
THE
EMPLOYMENT
SITE WORKERS EMPLOYED BY
IT SHOULD BE FIGURES COVER COMPANY LABOUR-ONLY SUB-CONTRACTORS ARE NOT INCLUDED.
SURVEYED, THE
IN THE SERVICE SECTORS
OVERALL LEVEL
WITH EMPLOYMENT IN AUGUST 1988 INCREASED SLIGHTLY WHEN COMPARED JULY 1988 AND AUGUST 1987.
OF
BOTH
PER
CAPITA
INCREASED BY 3 PER
SIGNIFICANT DECREASE
EARNINGS CENT IN
RECORDED
FOR THE SERVICE SECTORS AUGUST 1988 OVER JULY
IN
HOTELS
FOLLOWING
AS 1988. THE
A
WHOLE
WITH A
ISSUE
OF
BONUSES IN JULY.
COMPARING AUGUST 1988 WITH AUGUST 1987,
SUBSTANTIAL
IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS WERE RECORDED IN THE SERVICE SECTORS PARTICULARLY IN PUBLIC UTILITY COMPANIES AND HOTELS.
INCREASES SURVEYED,
OVERALL, AN INCREASE OF 20 PER CENT IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS
WAS
RECORDED IN AUGUST 1988 OVER A YEAR EARLIER,
EMPLOYMENT AND PER
THE PERCENTAGE CHANGES IN ORDERS-ON-HAND, CAPITA EARNINGS ARE SHOWN IN THE ATTACHED TABLES 1 TO 3.
THE
THE THE SURVEY COVERED A PANEL OF
200 IN 50 LARGEST COMPANIES COMPANIES AND
BY REFERENCE SELECTED SERVICE SECTORS, CHOSEN SIZES IN SEPTEMBER 1986.
LARGEST MANUFACTURING THE
то
CONSTRUCTION
AND
THEIR EMPLOYMENT
THE DEPARTMENT AS THE SAMPLE WAS NOT DRAWN ON A RANDOM BASIS,
OF CHANGES INDICATED BY CAUTIONED THAT THE MAGNITUDES
THE SURVEY RESULTS MIGHT NOT REFLECT THE EXPERIENCE OF THE ECONOMY AS A WHOLE.
NEVERTHELESS, THESE