Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1997, published 86th ILC session (1998)

Labour Statistics Convention, 1985 (No. 160) - Guatemala (Ratification: 1993)

The Committee notes the Government's report, in particular the information concerning Article 3 of the Convention. It requests the Government to supply further information on the following points.

Article 7. The Committee notes the information supplied in reply to its previous request concerning the international guidelines followed in accordance with Article 2. The Committee again draws the attention of the Government to the obligations under Article 5 and requests that consistent and updated data on employment and unemployment be sent to the ILO, including those classified by industries and/or occupations, if available.

Articles 9, 10 and 11. The Committee notes the Government's indication that the requested statistics are not compiled, for lack of human, technological and financial resources. The Committee encourages the Government to take all possible measures, in particular: (i) to harmonize the compilation of statistics of average earnings and hours actually worked covered by Article 9(1), so as to compile data by sex, and where relevant, according to other important characteristics, according to such guidelines as contained in Paragraphs 3(1) and (2) of Recommendation No. 170 (which the Government should take into account in accordance with Article 2); (ii) to publish detailed descriptions of the concepts, definitions and methodology used in the manufacturing survey and the IGSS records, and communicate them also to the ILO (in accordance with Article 6); (iii) to envisage to compile statistics on the composition of earnings and hours of work, and on the distribution of employees according to levels of earnings and hours of work (Article 10), in accordance with international guidelines such as Paragraph 5 of Recommendation No. 170; (iv) to compile and publish statistics on the level and composition of labour cost, in accordance with international guidelines such as the resolution on statistics of labour cost adopted by the 11th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (1966) and Paragraph 6 of Recommendation No. 170.

Article 12. The Committee requests the Government to communicate to the ILO the published statistics, including all items and food group indices (Article 5).

Article 13. The Committee notes that a survey is being conducted concerning household expenditure. It requests the Government to provide information as required by Articles 2, 5 and 6 of the Convention on both the 1979/81 and the 1997/98 surveys.

Article 14. The Committee requests the Government to provide more detailed information regarding statistics of occupational injuries and occupational diseases required under the various sections of Article 2 (international guidelines followed), and Article 5 (publication of data and their communication to the ILO).

Article 15. Noting the indications in the Government's report concerning statistics of industrial disputes, the Committee requests the Government to indicate the international guidelines followed (as required under Article 2) and to provide to the ILO available statistics of strikes and lockouts and related information (as required under Article 5).