was
a
small
increase in the
(5).
declined slightly, there
supply of labour over the period
4.5
A number of indirect
indicators
of recent
developments in the labour market confirm that there was
demand for labour
(6)
•
an increase in the
First, the
number of job vacancies reported to the Labour Department
in the third quarter of 1983 continued to increase
rapidly, by 41% compared with the same quarter last year.
Second, although the number of persons on the register of
the Local Employment Service (excluding those on the Special Register and those seeking Model I pay scale jobs with the Government) in the third quarter was 16% higher
than in the same quarter last year, it was not large
relative
the
economically
Third, the number of labour
to
population (7)
•
total
active
disputes
/ arising
Quarter ending
Labour
on previous
force (no.)
(응)
(5) The total labour force and the employed population according to
the definitions used for the General Household Survey:
Rate of change
period
Number of persons
Rate of change on previous
employed
(no.)
period
(%)
1982 Mar
2 483 300
2 401 900
Jun
2 485 300
-0.1
2 406 500
0.2
Sep
2 512 800
1.1
2 412 300
0.2
Dec
2 511 000
-0.1
2 407 700
-0.2
1983 Mar
2 497 800
-0.5
2 370 600
-1.5
Jun Sept 2 534 300
2 533 500
1.4
2 421 900
2.2
0.0
2 429 400
0.3
Note : (+)
Provisional estimates
(6) See footnote (5) above.
(7) The average number of persons
on the register of the Local Employment service was 12 610 in the third quarter of 1983, representing 0.5% of the labour force or 13.0% of the number of persons unemployed.
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