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GUARANTEED AND REGULAR LESS FREQUENTLY THAN MONTHLY,

COMPILING THE WAGE

IN ADDITION, YEAR-END BONUS AND OTHER BONUSES AND ALLOWANCES THAT ARE PAID ARE CONVERTED TO AN EQUIVALENT MONTHLY RATE WHEN RATE INDEXES.

CASH

PAY

ABOVE AND OTHER

TOTAL PAYROLL, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS THE AMOUNT OF DIRECT

THE PAYMENTS THAT EMPLOYEES RECEIVE FROM EMPLOYERS. APART FROM

INCLUDES OVERTIME MENTIONED CASH RECEIPTS, IT NON-GUARANTEED AND IRREGULAR BONUSES AND ALLOWANCES.

ALSO

HENCE, STATISTICS ON PAYROLL PER OF NUMBER

PERSON ENGAGED HOURS ACTUALLY

TEND ΤΟ BE WORKED,

THE

OF

SENSITIVE TO CHANGES IN THE TIMING OF THE PAYMENT OF BONUSES AND BACK-PAY, AND THE COMPOSITION THE LABOUR FORCE.

AS A

RESULT,

MOVEMENTS

WAGE IN

CONFORM WITH THOSE IN PAYROLL PER PERSON ENGAGED.

FINDINGS

ARE

RATES

DO

NOT

NECESSARILY

OF REPORT

WAGES, 1988 WHICH

PUBLISHED IN A THE SURVEY SALARIES AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS STATISTICS VOLUME I, MARCH WILL BE ON SALE SHORTLY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE.

VOLUME

11

THE

DETAILED THE

ISSUE OF

REPORT CONTAINING

OF NORMAL HOURS OCCUPATIONAL STATISTICS, SUCH AS WAGE RATES, NUMBER

DAYS IS

TO EXPECTED

BE STANDARD WORKING NUMBER OF OF WORK AND

AUGUST THIS AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE IN EARLY YEAR.

THE WAGES ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE WAGE INDEXES CAN BE DIRECTED TO

SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS AND LABOUR COSTS STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON 5-8235024 OR 5-8234747.

TABLE 1:

NOMINAL SECTORS

INDEXES WAGE

BY

SELECTED

MAJOR

ECONOMIC

SELECTED MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS

MANUFACTURING

WHOLESALE/RETAIL,

IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES AND

RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS

TRANSPORT SERVICES

INDEXES (MARCH 1982 = 100)

MAR. 1987

JUN. 1987

SEPT. 1987

DEC. 1987

MAR.

1988

142.1

146.2

148.4

149.5

154.6

135.2 137.5

141.5

146.5

151.6

164.0 166.6

170.4

170.3

177.9

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