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COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING MONTH, THE SIZE OF THE TOTAL WORKFORCE OF THE MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED REMAINED STABLE IN MAY 1992.
APART FROM SOME SMALL INCREASES IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND THE FOOD AND DRINKS INDUSTRIES. SMALL DECREASES WERE HOWEVER RECORDED IN THE WEARING APPAREL, FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS AND THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
IN MAY 1992, PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN THE MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SURVEYED INCREASED BY 13 PFR CENT IN MONEY TERMS OVER THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.
INDIVIDUAL
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN MOST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, WITH THE LARGEST ONES IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS, FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS AND THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
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COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING MONTH, PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SURVEYED INCREASED BY 1 PER CENT IN MAY 1992.
INDUSTRIES REGISTERING INCREASES WERE THE TEXTILES, WEARING APPAREL AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES. ON THE OTHER HAND, PER CAPITA EARNINGS DECREASED IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS AND THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES SURVEYED DECREASED IN MAY 1992 WHEN COMPARED WITH BOTH THE PRECEDING MONTH AND THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.
PER CAPITA BARNINGS IN THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES SURVEYED INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN MAY 1992 OVER A YEAR AGO AND SLIGHTLY OVER THE PRECEDING MONTH.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT FIGURES FOR THIS INDUSTRY COVER COMPANY EMPLOYEES ONLY SITE WORKERS EMPLOYED BY LABOUR-ONLY SUB-CONTRACTORS ARE NOT INCLUDED.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE SERVICE COMPANIES SURVEYED REMAINED STABLE IN MAY 1992 WHEN COMPARED WITH BOTH A MONTH AND A YEAR AGO.
PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN THE SERVICE COMPANIES SURVEYED INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.
EARNINGS AFFECTED
WHEN COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING MONTH, PER CAPITA WERE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER IN MAY. THIS COMPARISON IS HOWEVER
THE ISSUE OF SPECIAL BONUSES IN THE PRECEDING MONTH BY SOME COMPANIES.
BY
THE SURVEY COVERED A PANEL OF THE 200 LARGEST MANUFACTURING COMPANIES AND THE 50 LARGEST COMPANIES IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND SERVICE SECTORS CHOSEN BY REFERENCE TO THEIR EMPLOYMENT SIZES IN SEPTEMBER 1986.
/THE DEPARTMENT