FTimes Report, Oct. 16
Real earnings rose by 0.2 per cent compared to the third quarter of the previous year, because the rise in earnings level was faster than that in consumer prices.
During the period from July-September 2013 to the respective period in 2014 the nominal earnings of wage and salary earners rose in the private sector by 1.4 per cent, in the central government sector by 0.9 per cent and in the local government sector by 1.1 per cent, the data show.
Wage and salary earners' regular earnings refer to earnings for regular working hours exclusive of performance-based bonuses and other irregularly paid one-off items.
