Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2001, published 90th ILC session (2002)

Labour Statistics Convention, 1985 (No. 160) - Republic of Korea (Ratification: 1997)

The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

        The Committee notes the Government’s first report and the comments of the Federation of Korean Trade Unions (FKTU). It notes in particular that, according to the comments concerning "workers’ participation" (Article 3), workers do not have their opinions fully canvassed on specific issues, but are just informed of the Government’s proposals.

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

        Article 3 of the Convention. Referring to the abovementioned comments made by FKTU, the Committee asks the Government to indicate the manner in which the representative organizations are not only "informed", but "consulted", with a view to taking into account their needs and to ensuring their cooperation. The Committee recalls, in particular, that representative organizations of employers and workers should be consulted in designing or revising the concepts, definitions and methodology used in the collection, compilation and publication of the statistics required under this Convention.

        Article 8. The Committee asks the Government to communicate to the ILO the 1995 and 2000 Population Census results as soon as practicable.

        Articles 9, 10 and 11.  The Committee notes that the requirements of Articles 9, 10 and 11 are fulfilled by the compilation and publication of statistics as follows: (i) monthly statistics of average earnings and hours actually worked; (ii) annual statistics of wage rates and normal hours of work; (iii) annual statistics on the structure of earnings and hours of work and on the distribution of employees by levels of earnings; and (iv) annual statistics on the level and structure of labour cost. Since the publications of the Ministry of Labour are generally not available in the ILO, the Committee asks the Government to communicate them, as soon as practicable, to the ILO, on a regular basis, in accordance with Article 5.

        Article 14. The Committee notes that the coverage of statistics on occupational injuries is limited to insured employees, accounting for only about 38 per cent of all workers employed. It asks the Government to provide information on the measures that are planned, if any, to extend the coverage of the statistics on occupational injuries so that they are representative of the country as a whole, and on the steps it is planned to take, if any, to collect information on days lost due to occupational injuries.

        The Committee further asks the Government to provide information on: (i) the standards and guidelines established under the auspices of the ILO that were followed when the concepts, definitions and methodology used for the statistics on occupational injuries were designed or revised (Article 2); (ii) the title and reference number of the principal publication containing the detailed description of the sources, concepts, definitions and methodology used in collecting and compiling the statistics on occupational injuries; this methodological description should also be communicated to the ILO (Article 6); and (iii) the methodology used to compile statistics on occupational diseases, if any.

        Article 15. The Committee asks the Government to provide information on: (i) the standards and guidelines established under the auspices of the ILO that were followed when the concepts, definitions and methodology used for statistics on strikes and lockouts were designed or revised (Article 2); and (ii) the title and reference number of the principal publication containing the detailed description of the sources, concepts, definitions and methodology used in collecting and compiling the statistics (Article 6).