Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2006, published 96th ILC session (2007)

Labour Statistics Convention, 1985 (No. 160) - Jersey

The Committee notes the Government’s report and the partial replies to its previous comments. It would be grateful if the Government would supply supplementary information on the following matters.

Article 7 of the Convention. The Government is requested to supply statistical information on unemployment, along with the associated information, namely the title and reference number of the main publication which contains detailed descriptions of sources, concepts, definitions and the methodology used in collecting and compiling the statistics (Articles 5 and 6).

Articles 9, 10 and 11. The Committee notes that the annual survey containing information on labour costs in the financial institutions sector is conducted every spring and requests the Government to continue to keep the ILO informed of any measure designed to improve the collection, compilation and publication of the statistics mentioned in these three Articles of the Convention.

Article 12. The Committee requests the Government once again to regularly supply the ILO with retail price indices for all items and main groups (Article 5), as well as detailed information on the methodology used for these statistics (Article 6).