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Solidariteit-ETM SA Arbeidsmarkrapport – K3 2016 / Solidarity-ETM SA Labour Market Report – Q3 2016

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Verswakkende werk- en loonsekerheid duur al byna ses jaar.

Werk- en loonsekerheid het in die tweede kwartaal van 2016 swak gebly, vasgevang binne ʼn arbeidsomgewing van dalende werk- en loonsekerheid wat sedert 2011 al amper ses jaar lank voortduur. Dít is volgens die kwartaallikse Solidariteit-ETM Arbeidsmarkindeks (AMI), opgestel in samewerking met ETM Analytics, wat vandag bekendgestel is.

Die AMI, ʼn indeks van werknemersvertroue, arbeidsbekostigbaarheid en die ETM Sakesiklus-indeks, het marginaal van ʼn opwaarts hersiene 41,2 in K1 2016 tot 42,1 in die tweede kwartaal van 2016 gestyg. Ingevolge die AMI is 50 die gelykbreekpunt tussen stygende en dalende werk- en loonsekerheid.

Let wel: Die indeks vorm deel van die jongste uitgawe van die Suid-Afrikaanse Arbeidsmarkrapport. In dié uitgawe word kwessies soos sogenaamde Skandinawiese sosialisme, SA se swak kapitaalvorming sedert 2007/08 en inflasie bespreek. ʼn Breër makro-ekonomiese oorsig word ook verskaf.

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Press release: Job and wage security on the decline for almost six years.

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Job and wage security remained weak in the second quarter of 2016, caught up in a labour environment of declining job and wage security that has lasted for almost six years since 2011. This is according to the quarterly Solidarity ETM Labour Market Index (LMI), compiled by the trade union Solidarity and ETM Analytics, and released today.

The LMI, an index of employee confidence, labour affordability and the ETM Business Cycle Index, has increased marginally from an upwardly revised 41,2 in Q1 2016 to 42,1 in the second quarter of 2016. In terms of the LMI, 50 is the break-even level between rising and falling job and wage security.

Please note: The index forms part of the latest edition of the South African Labour Market Report. In this issue topics such as so-called Scandinavian socialism, South Africa’s weak capital formation since 2007/08 and inflation are discussed. It also includes a wider macro-economic overview.