Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2003, published 92nd ILC session (2004)

Labour Statistics Convention, 1985 (No. 160) - Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (Ratification: 1990)

The Committee notes the Government’s report, the partial replies to its previous comments, the statistics for 2000 on employment and the consumer price indices, as well as the Yearbook of Labour Statistics for the same year, all of which were attached to the report. It asks the Government to provide additional information on the following points.

Articles 7 and 8 of the Convention. The Committee once again asks the Government to provide the Office, as soon as possible, with the published statistics, in accordance with Article 5, as well as detailed descriptions of the sources, concepts, definitions and methodology used (in accordance with Article 6), including statistics on employment in manufacturing derived from the survey of information obtained from establishments, which they can provide by replying to the annual questionnaires for the Yearbook. It would also be grateful to be provided with the information published in the household survey (Encuesta Permanente de Hogares).

Article 14. While noting with interest that statistics of occupational injuries are compiled in accordance with the requirements of paragraph 1 of this Article, the Committee however notes that the statistics of occupational injuries do not appear, as required by paragraph 2, to be representative of the situation in the country as a whole, as they only cover around 20 per cent of all employees. Furthermore, it is not certain whether these statistics take into consideration international standards in this respect (Article 2), nor whether the representative organizations of employers and workers were consulted when the relevant statistical system was designed (Article 3). The Government is requested to keep the Office informed of any measures envisaged for the collection, compilation and publication of statistics on occupational injuries and occupational diseases, in accordance with international recommendations, and for the publication and communication to the Office of a methodological description of the collection and compilation of such statistics (Article 6).

Article 15. While noting the data and other information provided by the Government concerning strikes and lockouts, the Committee would be grateful if it would supplement them with an indication of: (1) the specific ILO recommendations followed for the establishment of the statistical system on this subject; (2) the manner in which the representative organizations of employers and workers are consulted in this respect (Article 3); and (3) where appropriate, the references of any publication giving a detailed description of the statistical system concerning strikes and lockouts, and if it would communicate the Statistical Yearbook to the ILO each year as soon as it is available (Article 5).

Part V of the report form. Noting that the Government does not specify whether it has communicated a copy of its report on the application of the Convention to employers’ and workers’ organizations, as required by article 23, paragraph 2, of the Constitution of the ILO, the Committee would be grateful if it would do so and inform the Office forthwith.