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EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR AND THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR IN SEPTEMBER 1981, AT 904 600 AND 474 000 RESPECTIVELY, WERE 1.4 PER CENT AND SIX PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN SEPTEMBER 1980. ON THE OTHER HAND, EMPLOYMENT IN BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES DECREASED BY 7.7 PER CENT AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR.

COMPARING THE FIGURES FOR SEPTEMBER 1981 WITH THOSE FOR JUNE 1981, GROWTH IN EMPLOYMENT VARIED IN EACH OF THE FOUR SECTORS ABOVE.

INCREASES OF FOUR PER CENT AND 5.1 PER CENT IN EMPLOYMENT WERE REGISTERED RESPECTIVELY IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR AND THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR.

ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES OF FOUR PER CENT AND 4.7 PER CENT IN EMPLOYMENT WERE OBSERVED IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR AND BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES RESPECTIVELY.

TOGETHER WITH EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS, THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ALSO PUBLISHED VACANCY STATISTICS FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR- AND THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR IN SEPTEMBER 198 THE SE WERE COMPILED FROM THE NUMBER OF JOB VACANCIES REPOR ESTABLISHMENTS COVERED BY THE SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT, PAYROLL IN THESE SECTORS. THE OVERALL FIGURES, TOĜE A COMPARISON WITH THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR SEPT AND JUNE 1981, ARE AS FOLLOWS:

NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES IN

D BY CANCIES AND ER WITH BER 1980

SECTOR OF THE ECONOMY

SEP 80

JUN 81

SEP 81

SEP 8: ON

SEP 30

PERONTAGE CHANGE

SEP 81 ON

JUN 81

MANUFACTURING

37 400

42 000

47 900

+28.0

+14.0

WHOLESALE AND

RETAIL. IMPORT

AND EXPORT. AND RESTAURANTS AND

HOTELS

FINANCE

INSURANCE

REAL ESTATE

5 900

5 000

6 600

+11.0

+30.4

AND BUSINESS

SERVICES

2 400 2 100 2 200

- 8.3

+ 4.6

COMPARING THE FIGURES FOR SEPTEMBER 1981 WITH THOSE FOR THE SAME TIME IN 1980, THERE WERE INCREASES OF 28 PER CENT AND 11 PER CENT IN THE NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR AND THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR RESPECTIVELY. FOR THE FINANCE INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR, THE NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES DECREASED BY 8.3 PER CENT RELATIVE TO THE SAME TIME IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

/COMPARING THE