5
MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1991
INCREASES IN
PER
CAPITA
WERE EARNINGS PARTICULARLY IN
OVER THIS PERIOD, RECORDED IN MOST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED, THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
ON THE OTHER HAND, A SLIGHT DECREASE IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS WAS THE ISSUE OF RECORDED IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS INDUSTRY,
NUMBER A
OF
AND
DOUBLE-PAY
BONUSES IN DECEMBER ANNUAL MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED IN THIS INDUSTRY.
FOLLOWING
1990 BY
COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1990, PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN JANUARY 1991 THE MANUFACTURING COMPANIES INCREASED BY
IN MONEY TERMS, IN 11%,
1 N ALL MANUFACTURING INCREASED SURVEYED.
PER
EARNINGS CAPITA
IN RECORDED
THE INCREASES INDUSTRIES SURVEYED,
THE LARGEST
THE PLASTIC ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS, FOOD AND DRINKS AND PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
IT
INCREASE SURVEYED
WITH
RATES OF INDUSTRIES THE TIMING OF SOME
SHOULD, HOWEVER, BE CAUTIONED THAT THE DIFFERENT
MANUFACTURING IN
PER CAPITA EARNINGS AMONG THE WERE PARTLY AFFECTED BY THE DIFFERENCES IN ISSUE OF DOUBLE-PAY AND ANNUAL BONUSES BETWEEN 1990 AND 1991 BY MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SURVEYED.
JANUARY
IN THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES SURVEYED, EMPLOYMENT IN
WITH DECEMBER 1990 AND DECREASED SLIGHTLY WHEN COMPARED
1991 MODERATELY WHEN COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1990.
WHEN
PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN JANUARY 1991 INCREASED MODERATELY COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1990, DUE TO THE ISSUE OF DOUBLE-PAY AND ANNUAL BONUSES BY SOME COMPANIES SURVEYED.
COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1990, PER CAPITA BARNINGS IN JANUARY 1991 DECREASED MODERATELY, DUE TO THE DIFFERENCES IN THE TIMING OF ISSUE OF COMPANIES DOUBLE-PAY AND ANNUAL BONUSES BETWEEN 1990 AND 1991 BY SOME
INDUSTRY COVER SURVEYED. 1T SHOULD BE NOTED THAT FIGURES FOR THIS
BY LABOUR-ONLY SUB- COMPANY EMPLOYERS ONLY; SITE WORKERS EMPLOYED CONTRACTORS ARE NOT INCLUDED,
OVERALL EMPLOYMENT IN
SLIGHTLY
IN THE SELECTED SERVICE SECTORS, THE JANUARY 1991 AS REPORTED BY THE COMPANIES SURVEYED DECREASED WHEN COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1990, BUT INCREASED SLIGHTLY WHEN COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1990.
SERVICE
IN JANUARY 1991, PER CAPITA EARNINGS FOR THE SELECTED
DECEMBER 1990 AND SECTORS TAKEN TOGETHER INCREASED SLIGHTLY OVER MODERATELY OVER JANUARY 1990.
AGAIN, IT SHOULD BE CAUTIONED THAT THE COMPARISON OF PER CAPITA AFFECTED EARNINGS FIGURES BETWEEN JANUARY 1991 AND DECEMBER 1990 WAS
WHILE THE COMPARISON BY THE ISSUE OF DOUBLE-PAY AND ANNUAL BONUSES,
THE BETWEEN THE JANUARY 1991 AND JANUARY 1990 FIGURES WAS AFFECTED BY
ANNUAL BONUSES DIFFERENCES IN THE TIMING OF ISSUE OF DOUBLE-PAY AND BETWEEN 1990 AND 1991 BY SOME COMPANIES SURVEYED.
THE PERCENTAGE CHANGES IN ORDERS-ON-HAND, CAPITA EARNINGS ARE SHOWN IN THE FOLLOWING TABLES.
EMPLOYMENT AND PER
/THE SURVEY