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

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

The Committee notes the Government’s report for the period ending 1 June 2005 and the replies to its previous comments, including the matters raised in the observations made by the Korea Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) on the application of the Convention.

1. Articles 1, 7 and 8 of the Convention. Inadequate coverage of statistics. The Committee notes, according to the Government’s indication in reply to the observation by the KCTU on the inadequate coverage of statistics in relation to all categories of workers, that, since 2001, all regular and non-regular wage earners, regardless of their occupation, are covered by a national survey carried out by the National Statistical Office (NSO) as a supplement to the survey of the economically active population.

With regard to statistics of non-regular workers, the Government indicates that, in 2001, the Tripartite Commission set up a Special Committee on Measures for Non-regular Workers. The Special Committee requested the NSO to conduct a supplementary survey on labour conditions for this category of workers, which is now carried out on an annual basis.

2. Article 3. Regular consultation of workers’ organizations in the compilation of statistics. According to the Government, the KCTU has been a member of the Subcommittee on Social Statistics since 1999 and has participated as a member of the Committee for Statistics since 2005. These bodies are consulted in the process of developing and improving labour statistics.

The Committee is addressing a request directly to the Government on certain points.