Germany's factory employment increased in June from the previous year, preliminary figures from Destatis showed Monday.
Employment in the manufacturing sector climbed 1.0 percent year-over-year to 5.3 million in June. The number of hours worked grew 8.3 percent to 700 million hours.
Earnings of employees totaled EUR 23.4 billion in June, up 4.1 percent from the corresponding month a year ago.
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