Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2000, published 89th ILC session (2001)

Labour Statistics Convention, 1985 (No. 160) - Austria (Ratification: 1987)

The Committee notes the Government’s report and, in particular, the information on the Labour Market Service (AMS) which was set up as a public law entity, with effect from 1 July 1994, and has responsibility for labour market monitoring and statistics. The Committee asks the Government to supply information on the following points:

Article 12 of the Convention.  In addition to specific action by the ILO Bureau of Statistics concerning the new CPI series (base 1996=100), the Committee asks the Government to supply methodological information on the CPI series base 1996=100 (in accordance with Article 6).

Article 13.  The Committee asks the Government to provide the title and reference number of the principal publication in which the results from the 1993-94 survey appear and to transmit the relevant publication to the ILO (in accordance with Article 5).

Article 14.  The Committee notes the methodological information provided for publication in Sources and methods: Labour statistics, Vol. 8, including the fact that the reporting of occupational injuries to the accident insurance institutions does not include details of days of absence from work, and that all workers injured are covered, whether or not their injuries caused any absence from work.

Article 15.  The Committee notes that the statistics of strikes are published each year. The Committee asks the Government again to indicate any steps taken to publish a methodological description of the statistics (in accordance with Article 6).