Year-on-year formal sector employment in South Africa increased by 42,000 (0,5%) between March 2013 and March 2014, new data showed on Tuesday (24 June).<\/p>\n
Data compiled by StatsSA showed that the mining industry suffered the largest employment losses over the year to March 2014 (down 29,000 by 5,6%) while the community services industry had the largest increase (up 65,000 or 2,7%).<\/p>\n
The March 2014 Quarterly Employment Statistics (QES) survey showed that an estimated 8.507 million persons were employed in the formal sector,\u00a0 a quarterly increase of about 9,000 employees (0.1%) between December 2013 and March 2014.<\/p>\n
StatsSA pointed out that gross earnings decreased between the quarters ended December 2013 and March 2014.<\/p>\n
Gross earnings paid to employees in the formal non-agricultural sector during the quarter ended March 2014 amounted to R403.843 million.<\/p>\n
This reflected a quarterly decrease of R19.354 million (4.6%) compared with the quarter ended December 2013 and an annual increase of R26.466 million (7.0%) compared with the quarter ended March 2013.<\/p>\n
Average monthly earnings, including bonuses and overtime payments, paid to employees in the formal non-agricultural sector decreased by 1.4% between November 2013 and February 2014.<\/p>\n
The March 2014 Quarterly Employment Statistics (QES) survey showed that an estimated monthly<\/strong> average of R14,731<\/strong> was paid to employees in the formal non-agricultural sector during February 2014.<\/p>\n This reflected a quarterly decrease of 1,4% between November 2013 and February 2014 and an annual increase of 5.9% between February 2013 and February 2014.<\/p>\n Unemployment not the problem in SA \u2013 employment is<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n ANC pats itself on the back over jobs<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\nMore on employment in SA<\/h3>\n