Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1999, published 88th ILC session (2000)

Labour Statistics Convention, 1985 (No. 160) - Italy (Ratification: 1989)

The Committee notes the Government's report as well as statistical data and methodological information on various subjects, including those requested in the previous comments regarding Articles 8, 14 and 15 of the Convention. It asks the Government to provide further information on the following points.

Article 7. Noting that the latest data available in the Office refer to 1997, the Committee draws the attention of the Government to the requirements of Article 5 concerning the communication of data to the ILO as soon as practicable.

Article 9. Further to its previous comments, the Committee asks the Government to indicate: (i) whether it intends to take steps regularly to collect, compile and publish statistics of average earnings and hours actually worked, by economic activity, in absolute figures; and (ii) what steps are being considered in order to extend the coverage of the statistics of earnings and hours of work: (a) to other important economic activities, and (b) to small and medium-size establishments and enterprises (less than 500 employees), according to the guidelines contained in Recommendation No. 170, Paragraph 3 (1) and (2).

The Committee notes that statistics of average earnings and hours actually worked by branch of economic activity, derived from the quarterly Labour Force Survey conducted by the Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance (MLPS), are no longer available, and asks the Government to keep the Office informed of any future developments to reintroduce the compilation of such statistics.

Noting that no methodological information on existing series has been received at the Office since 1991, the Committee asks the Government to communicate to the ILO the relevant methodological information (in accordance with Article 6).

Article 10. The Committee notes the progress made with regard to the compilation of statistics on the structure and distribution of earnings covered by this Article. It asks the Government to communicate to the ILO the title and reference number of the national publication(s) of the results of EC Structure of Earnings Survey (in accordance with Article 5) and of the relevant methodological information (Article 6).

Article 11. The Committee notes that, for Italy, no statistics of average labour cost in manufacturing have been published by the ILO since 1988, pointing to the lack of communication between the National Statistical Institute (ISTAT) and the ILO. As regards the European Community Labour Cost Survey, the Committee requests the Government to communicate to the ILO the results of the survey and to indicate the title and reference number of the publication(s), if any, in which the results appear (in accordance with Article 5), and also to send to the Office the relevant methodological information (Article 6).

Article 12. The Committee draws the Government's attention to the requirement to send all-items and food groups indices to the ILO (in accordance with Article 5). It also asks the Government to communicate to the ILO methodological information on the new Consumer Price Indices (CPI) series base 1995=100 (Article 6).

Article 13. Noting that the survey of family consumption is carried out on a continuous basis, and that data are published annually, the Committee asks the Government to provide the relevant publications to the Office as soon as practicable (in accordance with Article 5). It also asks the Government to keep the ILO informed of any future developments in the field of household income and expenditure statistics.