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

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

The Committee notes the Government’s report and, in particular, the information concerning Articles 7 and 14 of the Convention. It also notes that the system of wages statistics has been restructured and that it now provides for the following statistics: (i) quarterly statistics of average monthly earnings covering all important branches of economic activity and all important categories of employees (in accordance with Article 9, paragraph 1); (ii) monthly statistics of hours actually worked by manual workers in construction and quarterly statistics of hours actually worked by manual workers in industry (in accordance with Article 9, paragraph 1); (iii) annual wage structure and distribution statistics and levels of average monthly earnings (in accordance with Article 10), and weekly normal hours of work (in accordance with Article 9, paragraph 2).

The Committee asks the Government to provide further information on the following points:

Article 9, paragraph 1.  The Committee asks the Government whether it has considered extending data collection to earnings by sex.

The Committee notes that statistics of hours actually worked, derived from the Reports on employment and wages, are restricted to manual workers in industry and construction. It asks the Government whether it envisages extending the coverage of the statistics of hours actually worked to all employees and all branches of economic activity, and by sex, so that these statistics will be consistent with the earnings data of the same scope.

Article 9, paragraph 2.  The Committee asks the Government to indicate whether it envisages deriving statistics of time rates of wages from the Structure of Earnings survey or otherwise.

Article 10.  The Committee notes that statistics on the distribution of employees by levels of earnings and hours of work and on the components of earnings are compiled annually. It asks the Government to indicate whether it envisages modifying the sampling design of the survey (ISAE) (e.g. in adopting random sampling and weighting procedures) so that the survey results will be representative of the whole economy.

Article 13.  The Committee notes that the survey of family income, expenditure and consumption is carried out on a continuous basis, and its results are published quarterly and annually. It asks the Government to continue to provide the relevant publications to the ILO.

Article 16.  The Committee notes that, although Article 11 was excluded from the acceptance of the obligations of the Convention, its requirements are fulfilled. Noting the information supplied in this report, the Committee draws the Government’s attention to the possibility of accepting the obligations of this Article, in accordance with Article 16, paragraph 3.

Although the Government did not accept Article 15, the Committee asks the Government to provide information on any steps planned to collect and publish statistics of strikes and lockouts, in accordance with Article 16, paragraph 4.