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Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
January 19, 2000


Statistics and Information Department
Employment Statistics Division
Tel +81-3-5253-1111 Ext. 5235, 5236

Final Report of Monthly Labour Survey
- November 1999-


1 Cash Earnings

Average monthly total cash earnings per regular employee in November 1999 were 297,180 yen increased by 0.1% compared with a year earlier .

Contractual cash earnings were 283,074 yen increased by 0.2% and scheduled cash earnings were 264,168 yen decreased by 0.2%.

Real wage index was increased by 1.5%.

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2 Hours Worked

Average monthly total hours worked per regular employee in November 1999 were 157.4 hours decreased by 0.3% compared with a year earlier.

Scheduled hours worked were 147.4 hours decreased by 0.4%.

Non-scheduled hours worked in Manufacturing were 13.4 hours increased by 8.9% and its seasonally adjusted figure was increased by 0.4% from the previous month.

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3 Employment

Regular employees in November 1999 were decreased by 0.2% compared with a year earlier, full-time employees were decreased by 1.0%, part-time employees were increased by 3.5%.

Regular employees of major industries were as follows:decreased by 2.0% in Manufacturing, decreased by 1.4% in Wholesale and Retail Trade, Eating and Drinking Places, and increased by 1.6% in Services.

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Note) Unless noted specifically, figures correspond to establishments with 5 or more regular employees.




Cash EarningsTatal Cash Earnings Contractual
Cash Earnings
Scheduled Non-scheduled Special
Cash Earnings
297,180yen
(0.1)
283,074yen
(0.2)
264,168yen
(-0.2)
18,906yen
(6.8)
14,106yen
(-3.2)
Hours WorkedTotal Hours Scheduled Non-scheduled Days Worked Non-scheduled
(Manufacturing)
157.4hr.
(-0.3)
147.4hr.
(-0.4)
10.0hr.
(3.1)
20.4days
< 0.0>
13.4hr.
(8.9)
Regular employmentRegular employees Full-time Part-time Accession Rate Separation Rate
43,518tho.
(-0.2)
34,882tho.
(-1.0)
8,636tho.
(3.5)
1.64%
<0.11>
1.59%
<0.09>

Note) ( ) means "Ratio to the same month of the Preceding year in percentage". < > means "Difference from the same month of the Preceding year".


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