Show 1 Employment Far 1 Lower in Utah II I I Most industries continued to show sharper than seasonal nal Increases increases increases in In- creases in unemployment Layoffs Lay offs hit a new high for the season season sea sea- son on and at over 1200 for the week ended last Saturday were more than the same week a year ago Labor demand demand slumped too as non farm employers' employers offered approximately approximately ap ap- ap 1 proximately GOO jobs through state employment offices compared compared compared com com- pared to nearly 1000 for the week of November 30 Last year Job offers were approximately 00 for the same week Nearly six Ix weeks of higher higher- than usual than sual law law offs are beginning to o put pressure on the labor mar mar- ket As of last 32 of each 1000 Utah workers were Idle A year ago the ratio was 23 per er thousand Mine offs lay have pushed this industry's unemployed ratio to the highest point In several years with 40 of each 1000 workers unemployed compared to last years year's 23 And primary metals continued to be the big factor In pushing manufacturing unemployment up upa a few more notches Here the jobless ratio reached 34 per 1000 last week compared to the year year- ago ratio of 20 per thousand |