Industrial employment in Brazil was slow during the last months of 2005.
Nevertheless, employment recovered in January 2006, although it was 1.3 percent lower against January 2005.
As compared to January 2005, Rio Grande do Sul registered a 9.4 percent decline making it the worst employment figures in the same month this year.
Footwear and leather products industry laid off maximum number of workers with 23.4 percent drop.
However, recruitment increased by five percent in North and Center-West areas of the country.
A study conducted by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) reveals that the workers' pay was seen improving with over 5.3 percent rise in salary over December 2005.
As compared to January 2005 though, the salaries were down 0.2 percent a with highest decrease recorded in Rio Grande do Sul at 11.1 percent as a result of footwear and leather sector loss pegged at 27 percent.
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