After four months of stability, the employed personnel in industry decreased 0.1% in the comparison between December and November 2010 in the series without seasonal adjustment...

After four months of stability, the employed personnel in industry decreased 0.1% in the comparison between December and November 2010 in the seasonally adjusted series. Seven consecutive months of positive rates accumulated a gain of 3.3%. In relation to December 2009, industrial employment increased 3.4%, a pace lightly above that recorded in November (3.1%), and kept the sequence of positive results initiated in February 2010. The index for closing 2010 also showed expansion of 3.4% and reversed the 5.0% decrease recorded in 2009. The total of employed personnel in the last quarter of the year surpassed that of the fourth quarter of 2009 in 3.6%. The annualized rate, the index accumulated in the last 12 months, when changing from 2.9% in November to 3.4% in December, kept the upward trend initiated in December 2009. With this result, industrial employment closed 2010 with the highest rate of the time series, reflecting not only the gradual recovery of industrial employment during the year, but also the low basis for comparison due to labor market adjustments in 2009, caused by the effects of the world financial crisis.

All the 14 surveyed places contributed with positive results to the growth of industrial employment in the comparison with December 2009. The main contribution was made by São Paulo (3.0%), followed by the Northeast region (3.4%), Minas Gerais (3.9%), North and Central West regions (4.6%), Rio Grande do Sul (3.6%), Santa Catarina (3.9%) and Rio d Janeiro (4.4%).

In the industry of São Paulo, the activities means of transportation (8.7%) and machines and equipment (7.5%) made the major contributions. In the Northeast region, industrial employment increased in 14 sectors, with highlights being footwear and leather (5.1%), non-metallic minerals (10.6%) and apparel (5.9%). In Minas Gerais, the main impacts came from metal products (14.3%) and means of transportation (10.5%), whereas in regions North and Central West the major influences were observed in metal products (37.3%) and electronic and communication machines and appliances (21.5%). In Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina, the highlights were machinery and equipment (12.9%) and means of transportation (11.4%), in the first place; and apparel (8.7%) and electronic and communication machines and appliances (20.5%) in the second.

In the analysis by sector, still in comparison with December 2009, the total salaried employed personnel increased in 13 of the 18 segments surveyed. The main positive impacts came from means of transportation (8.7%), metal products (10.0%), machinery and equipment (8.3%), electronic and communication machines and appliances (9.0%), basic metallurgy (10.8%), and rubber and plastic (6.2%). The most relevant negative pressure came from paper and printing (-7.7%).

In the analysis by quarter, industrial employment, when increasing 3.6% in the fourth quarter of the year, kept the sequence of positive results in 2010, although with a slightly reduced pace in relation to the index of the period July-September (5.1%), both comparisons against the same period of the previous year. The total salaried employed personnel in industry recorded negative rates in all quarters of 2009. The reduced pace of hiring between the third and the fourth quarter of 2010 had a disseminated profile, reaching 13 places and 14 sectors, with highlights being paper and printing (from -1.4% to -6.9%), food and beverages (from 1.7% to 0.4%), footwear and leather (from 7.6% to 2.9%) and textiles (from 8.2% to 4.9%), among branches; and Espírito Santo (from 9.4% to 5.5%), Ceará (from 7.1% to 3.3%), regions North and Central West (from 6.8% to 3.7%) and Pernambuco (from 8.2% to 5.3%).

The index accumulated in the year had a generalized growth profile, reaching all places and 13 of the 18 branches surveyed. Among sectors, the impacts that stood out came from machinery and equipment (7.3%), metal products (7.0%), means of transportation (5.9%), electronic and communication machines and appliances (7.2%), footwear and leather (5.7%), textiles (6.4%), food and beverages (1.5%) and basic metallurgy (7.7%). On the other hand, the branches apparel (-2.1%) and wood (-5.8%) marked the main negative pressures. Among places, the main highlight was São Paulo (2.8%), followed by the Northeast region (5.0%), the North and Central West regions (4.2%), Rio Grande do Sul (4.0%), Rio de Janeiro (5.6%), and Santa Catarina (3.4%).

NUMBER OF HOURS PAID

The number of hours paid to industry workers, in December 2010, increased 0.4% compared to the immediately previous month, in the seasonally adjusted series, after having recorded a positive rate in November (0.3%). In comparison to the same month of the previous year, the number of hours paid increased 3.6% in December, the 11^th consecutive positive rate in this kind of comparison. The index accumulated for 2010 was 4.1%, reversing the 5.3% decline of 2009. The last quarter of the year demonstrated a 3.8% growth against the same period of the previous year.

In the comparison with December 2009, the number of hours paid increased 3.6%, with increase in 14 places and in 12 of the 18 surveyed branches. In the analysis by sector, the main contributions came from machinery and equipment (11.3%), metal products (10.6%), means of transportation (8.3%), electronic and communication machines and appliances (9.8%), non-metallic minerals (8.4%) and basic metallurgy (13.5%). Inversely, paper and printing (-7.6%), petroleum refining and alcohol production (-9.6%) and apparel (-1.9%) exerted the main negative pressures.

Still in the monthly index, the places that exerted the main impacts on the total of industry were: São Paulo (2.7%), regions North and Central West (5.3%), Minas Gerais (4.1%) and Santa Catarina (5.6%). In the first, 12 segments increased the number of hours paid, with the highlight being machinery and equipment (11.4%) and means of transportation (8.4%). In regions North and Central West, the branches metal products (48.5%), non-metallic minerals (19.4%) and electronic and communication machines and appliances (22.7%) exerted the most relevant positive influences; whereas in Minas Gerais, metal products (15.1%), means of transportation (10.5%) and mining industries (12.9%) demonstrated the greatest positive pressures. In Santa Catarina, the highlights were sectors of apparel (9.5%) and machinery and equipment (12.9%).

In the analysis by quarter, with a 3.8% variation in the period October-December, the number of hours paid completed four consecutive quarters of positive rates. Between the third (5.5%) and the fourth quarter of 2010, comparisons against the same period of the previous year, 12 of the 14 places and 15 of the 18 activities became less dynamic, following a reduced pace observed in industrial production between both periods. Among sectors, the biggest reductions came from food products and beverages, which changed from 2.7% in the third quarter to 0.6% in the next quarter; paper and printing (from -1.1% to -6.9%) and footwear and leather (from 7.1% to 2.1%); whereas among places, the main reductions in number of hours paid were observed in Ceará (from 6.2% to 2.1%), Rio de Janeiro (from 9.6% to 5.5%), Pernambuco (from 9.7% to 5.8%), Espírito Santo (from 10.7% to 6.9%) and regions North and Central West (from 8.3% to 5.0%).

The indicator accumulated in 2010 showed a 4.1% increase in the number of hours paid, the largest increase since the beginning of the time series, with a generalized growth profile, which reached 14 places and 14 of the 18 investigated segments. The main influences on the overall average came from São Paulo (3.7%), regions Northeast (4.6%), North and Central West (5.0%), Rio Grande do Sul (4.2%), Rio de Janeiro (6.6%) and Minas Gerais (3.0%). In the analysis by sector, the most relevant contributions came from machinery and equipment (9.7%), means of transportation (8.8%), metal products (7.9%), food products and beverages (2.2%), electronic and communication machines and appliances (7.6%) and basic metallurgy (11.8%). The branches apparel (-2.2%), wood (-5.2%) and petroleum refining and alcohol production (-5.4%) marked the main negative losses in this kind of comparison.

REAL PAYROLL

In December 2010, the value of the seasonally adjusted real payroll of industry workers decreased 3.6% in relation to the immediately previous month, after a decrease in November (1.1%). Still in the seasonally adjusted series, comparing quarter against immediately previous quarter, the value of real payroll in the period October-December fell 1.7%, reversing the four consecutive quarters of expansion, period in which it had accumulated a 10.0% gain.

In comparison with the same periods of the previous year, the value of real payroll increased 5.9% in December 2010, 7.7% in the fourth quarter of the year and 6.8% in the closing of 2010, the highest result since 2004 (9.7%). The indicator accumulated in the last 12 months increased 1.1 p.p., changing from 5.7% in November to 6.8% in December, keeping the upward trend initiated in December 2009.

In the monthly indicator, the value of the real payroll increased 5.9%, with positive results in 13 of the 14 surveyed places. The main contribution came from Minas Gerais (15.0%), due to the increased value of the real payroll of mining industry (64.7%), influenced by the payment of result and profit sharing in enterprise of the sector, means of transportation (28.5%) and food and beverages (14.4%). It is also worth citing the positive impacts from São Paulo (2.9%), due to gains observed in chemical products (14.7%), rubber and plastic (16.7%) and electronic and communication machines and appliances (13.5%); Rio Grande do Sul (11.0%), due to the positive impacts of machinery and equipment (22.0%), means of transportation (22.4%) and rubber and plastic (20.2%); and regions North and Central West (8.7%), due to increases in mining industry (48.4%), electronic and communication machines and appliances (21.7%) and non-metallic minerals (28.5%).

Considering sector, in comparison with December 2009, the value of real payroll increased in 13 of the 18 sectors, with highlights being means of transportation (7.3%), mining industry (19.2%), rubber and plastic (15.7%), chemical products (10.6%), and electronic and communication machines and appliances (12.9%). Paper and printing (-3.4%) and footwear and leather articles (-2.8%) exerted the main negative influences.

In the analysis by quarter, the value of real payroll, when increasing 7.7% in the fourth quarter of 2010, kept the sequence of positive results initiated in the first quarter, but decreased the growth pace in relation to the period October-December (10.0%), comparisons against the same period of the previous year, a movement observed in 15 of the 18 sectors and in 12 of the 14 investigated places. Among sectors that became less dynamic, the highlights were machinery and equipment, whose result changed from 14.9% to 8.0%, mining industries (from 26.9% to 18.1%) and petroleum refining and alcohol production (from 19.0% to 4.9%). Among places, Rio de Janeiro (from 19.7% to 9.1%), Espírito Santo (from 13.5% to 6.8%) and Ceará (from 14.0% to 8.7%) stood out.

The indicator accumulated in the year increased 6.8%, reversing the 2.4% decline observed in 2009, based on the expansion of the value of real payroll of all 14 surveyed places. Major positive impacts over the total of industry were achieved in São Paulo (5.0%), followed by Minas Gerais (7.6%), Rio de Janeiro (9.3%), and Rio Grande do Sul (9.1%). In these places, the activities that brought major gains were, respectively, electronic, computer and communication machines and appliances (13.2%) and means of transportation (4.3%); means of transportation (18.9%) and metal products (31.4%); means of transportation (18.2%) and mining industries (7.1%); machinery and equipment (17.6%) and means of transportation (16.8%).

In the analysis by sector, still in the index accumulated in the year, 16 activity increased the value of real payroll, with highlights being means of transportation (8.3%), machinery and equipment (7.6%), food products and beverages (5.1%), and electronic and communication machines and appliances (11.6%), which exhibited the most relevant positive contributions. Inversely, the two negative results were recorded in the sectors of wood (-2.3%) and tobacco (-1.3%).