But the employment unfortunately is not permanent, and it gives a false impression on employment statistics
On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Vincent Masoga <[email protected]>wrote: > Strike boosted employment Sep 14, 2010 11:27 AM | By Sapa > ------------------------------ > An increased use of temporary and contract workers to mitigate the effects > of the public sector strike in August resulted in the first increase in > employment in five months. > ------------------------------ > [image: Striking workers.] > Striking workers. > *Photograph by: Tebogo Letsie* > > This is according to the latest Adcorp Employment Index released on > Tuesday. > > Adcorp CEO Richard Pike said the increase in employment during August was > primarily connected with the use of more than 90,000 additional temporary > and contractor workers during the countrywide public service strike. > > "Most of these workers (62.5 percent) were employed through temporary > employment agencies rather than directly." > > The index increased at an annual rate of 6.8 percent in August as a result. > However permanent employment fell at an annual rate of 2.4 percent during > August, the 18th consecutive monthly decline. > > "It remains a real concern that the economy is still shedding jobs. Both > business and government need to find ways to address this continual fall in > employment especially in the manufacturing sector." > > Employment increased in the government (+44.2 percent), mining (+7.9 > percent) and financial services (+7.4 percent) sectors and fell in all other > sectors. > > Reflecting continued weakness in the manufacturing sector, employment of > artisans fell 6.4 percent and machine operators fell 6.7 percent. > > Pike said September's index, to be released next month, was particularly > important to watch, since it was a leading indicator of the likely strength > of the year-end holiday season, as employers began to increase temporary > staffing requirements. > > "Based on relatively weak consumer and, especially, corporate activity in > the economy at present, it is unlikely that the seasonal year-end peak will > be as marked as it has been in previous years." > > This represented a worrying sign for school leavers, for many of whom > temporary assignments during December and January were their first > opportunity to join the workforce, Pike said. > > -- > You are subscribed. This footer can help you. > Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to > this message. > You can visit the group WEB SITE at > http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery > options, pages, files and membership. > To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected]. > You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to > put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to > this address (repeat): [email protected] . > -- Gugu Ndima +27 76 783 1516 -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] .
