Local hotels employed 47,355 full-time staff at the end of the first quarter, down by 4.7% year-on-year, according to recent data from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC).
In view of the improved situation of employees on unpaid leave in hotels compared to the same month last year, coupled with a decrease in the number of lower-paid employees, the average earnings (excluding bonuses) in March increased by 4.8% year-on-year to MOP19,240.
Sources close to the Times have said that integrated resorts are continually failing to renew contracts of non-resident workers (TNRs) in departments such as housekeeping, while those which have been renewed were only extended for six months.
Meanwhile, restaurants had 22,885 full-time employees, a decrease of 4.3% year-on-year. Their average earnings in March rose by 1.6% year-on-year to MOP9,750, which, however, represents a drop of 6.5% compared to the pre-pandemic level in the same month of 2019.
Manufacturing had 8,024 full-time employees, down by 6.0% year-on-year; and average earnings in March increased by 2.1% to MOP12,080.
Number of full-time employees in Electricity, Gas & Water Supply fell by 1.5% year-on-year to 1,085; as employees of some establishments received more overtime pay in the same month last year, average earnings in March decreased by 6.4% to MOP30,550.
Meanwhile, Child-care had 1,537 full-time employees, and their average earnings in March dropped by 0.4% to MOP16,390 while the number of full-time employees in Elderly Care grew by 9.6% year-on-year to 1,249, and their average earnings went up by 1.2% to MOP16,040.
At the end of the first quarter, job vacancies in Hotels (545) and Manufacturing (300) decreased by 81 and 236 respectively year-on-year, while those in Restaurants (1,157) increased by 49. For the job vacancies in Hotels, 45.3% required only junior secondary education or lower, while 85.3% required knowledge of Mandarin and 59.1% required knowledge of English.
