losses in Bermuda.

And the areas expected to be hardest hit will be the sales and clerical sectors -- areas requiring non-skilled or semi-skilled labour, Labour Minister the Hon. John Irving Pearman predicted.

Mr. Pearman, who reminded employers and self-employed people that they are required to complete the annual Manpower Survey, said he believed job losses would continue into the winter months.

He said if Bermuda had enjoyed a more "buoyant'' year of tourism, perhaps employment in the hotel industry could have extended throughout the winter, thereby sustaining jobs.

More job losses will have a direct impact on demand for social assistance, Finance Minister the Hon. David Saul said, adding that his Ministry was keeping a close eye on the employment situation.

"This is obviously no surprise to us,'' he said, referring to Mr. Pearman's prediction that job losses would continue.

He said he and Mr. Pearman would discuss the matter at Cabinet level.

Dr. Saul said he had been keeping abreast of the job situation by monitoring monthly reports from the committee which was formed to steer Bermuda through the recession.

"In September, we will review that (job situation) and look at what ramifications this will have on Government spending,'' he said.

Meanwhile, each employer and self-employed person is required to state, among other things in the survey mailed to them, whether each job is filled by a Bermudian, a non-Bermudian, or the non-Bermudian spouse of a Bermudian.

The number of actual and normal hours worked are also to be collected, as is information on job vacancies, part-time and summer student jobs.

Employers are also reminded to make sure their forms include the appropriate economic activity code. The types of code available are set out on the back of the Guidance Notes Booklet. The selected code must be that which best reflects the major functions being performed by the employer.

Mr. Pearman reminded employers that since the survey's results are used to "provide a detailed report of the Bermuda labour market'' they need to complete the forms as accurately as possible.

Mr. Pearman also noted that this year's manpower information will be of particular importance because of the changes which have occurred since last year's report.

He said he was confident that the 1992 survey would receive employers' cooperation as previously.

All employers and self-employed people are required, by law, to file a return regardless of whether or not they receive a Manpower Survey kit in the mail.

A special survey office has been set up on the first floor of Government Administration Building on Parliament Street to handle telephone inquiries via a direct line service on 297-7738 or to provide individual assistance to those who prefer to drop by.