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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1989
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COMPARED WITH JULY 1989, EMPLOYMENT IN AUGUST 1989 DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS, AND TO A LESSER EXTENT IN FOOD AND DRINKS AND THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES. EMPLOYMENT IN ALL THE OTHER INDUSTRIES SURVEYED DECREASED SLIGHTLY. THESE DECREASES WERE MAINLY CAUSED BY THE LEAVING OF SUMMER WORKERS EMPLOYED IN THE PRECEDING TWO MONTHIS.
COMPARING AUGUST 1989 WITH AUGUST 1988. EMPLOYMENT DECREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY AND TO A LESSER EXTENT IN THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS AND WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRIES. OVER THE SAME PERIOD, SLIGHT DECREASES IN EMPLOYMENT RECORDED IN ALL OTHER INDUSTRIES SURVEYED.
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IN AUGUST 1989. PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN THE MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SURVEYED INCREASED. IN MONEY TERMS, BY 5 PER CENT OVER 1989 AND BY 18 PER CENT OVER AUGUST 1988.
COMPARED WITH JULY 1989, PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN AUGUST 1989 INCREASED MODERATELY IN MOST INDUSTRIES SURVEYED. THIS WAS PARTLY DUE TO THE ISSUE OF SPECIAL BONUSES IN SOME INDUSTRIES SURVEYED AND PARTLY DUE TO THE LEAVING OF SUMMER WORKERS WHOSE WAGE RATES WERE RELATIVELY LOWER.
COMPARING AUGUST 1989 WITH AUGUST 1988. PER CAPITA EARNINGS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN MOST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED, WITH THE LARGEST INCREASE RECORDED IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS INDUSTRY.
IN THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES SURVEYED, EMPLOYMENT IN AUGUST 1989 SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE WHEN COMPARED WITH JULY 1989, BUT DECREASED SLIGHTLY WHEN COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1988. PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN AUGUST 1989 DROPPED SLIGHTLY WHEN COMPARED WITH JULY 1989, BUT INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY OVER AUGUST 1988.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT FIGURES FOR THIS SECTOR COVER COMPANY EMPLOYEES ONLY: SITE WORKERS EMPLOYED BY LABOUR-ONLY SUB-CONTRACTORS ARE NOT INCLUDED.
IN THE SELECTED SERVICE SECTORS. THE OVERALL EMPLOYMENT IN AUGUST 1989 IN THE COMPANIES SURVEYED WAS ABOUT THE SAME AS IN JULY 1989, BUT INCREASED MODERATELY OVER AUGUST 1988. IN AUGUST 1989. PER CAPITA EARNINGS FOR THE SELECTED SERVICE SECTORS TAKEN TOGETHER INCREASED SLIGHTLY OVER JULY 1989, WITH A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE RECORDED IN HOTELS FOLLOWING THE ISSUE OF BONUSES IN SOME HOTELS IN JULY 1989. COMPARING AUGUST 1989 WITH AUGUST 1988. PER CAPITA BARNINGS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY FOR THE SERVICE SECTORS TAKEN TOGETHER.
THE PERCENTAGE CHANGES IN ORDERS-ON-HAND, EMPLOYMENT AND PER CAPITA EARNINGS ARE SHOWN IN TABLES 1 TO 3.
THE SURVEY COVERED A PANEL OF THE 200 COMPANIES AND THE 50 LARGEST COMPANIES IN SELECTED SERVICE SECTORS, CHOSEN BY REFERENCE SIZES IN SEPTEMBER 1986.
LARGEST MANUFACTURING THE CONSTRUCTION AND TO THEIR EMPLOYMENT
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