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TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1989
THESE NOMINAL AND REAL WAGE INDEXES SURVEY
ARE DERIVED OF WAGES, SALARIES AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS QUARTER BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
FROM THE CONDUCTED BACH
WORKERS (EXCLUDING LEVELS) IN SELECTED WHOLESALE/RETAIL,
THEY COVER BOTH MANUAL AND NON-MANUAL WORKERS AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROFESSIONAL INDUSTRIES IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, THE IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR, THE SERVICES SECTOR, THE BUSINESS SERVICES SERVICES SECTOR.
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TRANSPORT SECTOR AND THE PERSONAL
SUCH INDEXES MEASURE CHANGES IN STRUCTURAL PATTERN OF THE
WAGE RATES BY LABOUR FORCE WITH OCCUPATION, SEX AND MODE OF PAYMENT THE SAME AS THAT
RESPECT WHICH IS THE BASE PERIOD OF THE WAGE INDEXES.
HOLDING THE
TO INDUSTRY, OF MARCH 1982,
IN
THE
WHILE THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEX MEASURES CHANGES IN WAGE RATES MONEY TERMS, THE REAL WAGE INDEX, WHICH IS OBTAINED BY DEFLATING NOMINAL WAGE INDEX BY THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A), IN THE PURCHASING POWER OF THE WAGES RECEIVED.
MEASURES CHANGES
DEPARTMENT DREW THE INDEXES AT QUARTERLY
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS ATTENTION TO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE WAGE INDEXES AND OF PAYROLL PER PERSON ENGAGED WHICH ARE ALSO INTERVALS.
PUBLISHED
HE POINTED OUT THAT WHILE WAGE RATES PROVIDE A MEASURE UNIT PRICE OF LABOUR, PAYROLL PER PERSON ENGAGED IS A MEASURE CAPITA EARNINGS.
OF THE
OF PER
FOR NORMAL WAGES AND SALARIES, AND TIPS, GOOD
WAGE RATES REPRESENT THE AMOUNT OF REMUNERATION HOURS OF WORK, AND ARE DEFINED TO INCLUDE BASIC COST-OF-LIVING ALLOWANCE, MEAL BENEFITS, ATTENDANCE BONUS AND NIGHT SHIFT ALLOWANCE.
COMMISSION
IN ADDITION, YEAR-END BONUS AND OTHER GUARANTEED BONUSES AND ALLOWANCES THAT ARE PAID
AND REGULAR LESS ARE CONVERTED TO AN EQUIVALENT MONTHLY RATE WHEN
FREQUENTLY THAN MONTHLY RATE INDEXES.
COMPILING THE WAGE
CASH
PAY
ABOVE AND OTHER
TOTAL PAYROLL, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS THE AMOUNT OF DIRECT PAYMENTS THAT EMPLOYEES RECEIVE FROM EMPLOYERS. APART FROM MENTIONED CASH RECEIPTS, IT
THE ALSO INCLUDES OVERTIME NON-GUARANTEED AND IRREGULAR BONUSES AND ALLOWANCES.
TEND TO BR WORKED. THE OF
HENCE, STATISTICS ON PAYROLL PER PERSON SENSITIVE TO CHANGES IN THE
ENGAGED NUMBER OF HOURS ACTUALLY TIMING OF THE PAYMENT OF BONUSES AND BACK-PAY, AND THE COMPOSITION THE LABOUR FORCE.
AS A RESULT, MOVEMENTS IN WAGE RATES DO CONFORM WITH THOSE IN PAYROLL PER PERSON ENGAGED.
NOT NECESSARILY
/AS THE