Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2010, published 100th ILC session (2011)

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

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 report for the period ending May 2005, the information supplied in reply to its previous comments, and other information available at the ILO.

Article 9(2) of the Convention. According to the Government, statistics on rates of earnings per hour are not published. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would, nevertheless, indicate whether measures are envisaged to compile and publish statistics on rates of wages per hour and the normal working hours by occupation or group of occupations or on the basis of other characteristics. The Committee requests the Government to refer, if necessary, to the guidelines on this matter given in Paragraphs 4(1) and (2) of the Labour Statistics Recommendation, 1985, (No. 170).

Articles 10 and 11. The Committee notes that, according to the information available at the ILO, even though the Government considers the compilation of statistics on distribution of wages to be of only limited value in view of the cost of the operation and the demographic and economic context, the requirements under Article 10 are partly met through the compilation of statistics of wage distribution in regard to the level of annual average salary, by sex and by type of occupation. Furthermore, the Committee notes that no progress has been made concerning the compilation of statistics on labour costs during the period covered by the report again on the basis of its limited use and disproportionate expense. The Committee reiterates its request to the Government to take the necessary measures to this end (Article 11), asking it to take into consideration the resolution adopted by the Eleventh International Conference on Labour Statistics in October 1966, and the details in the abovementioned Recommendation (Paragraph 6(1) and (2)).

Article 14. The Committee notes that statistics on industrial accidents in 2004 compiled by the Department of Social Security are attached to the report, along with information concerning an insignificant number of cases of occupational diseases. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would indicate whether the representative organizations were consulted for drawing up the statistical system and, if so, to specify which organizations.

The Government is also asked to supply information on the methods used for the collection, compilation and publication of statistics (Article 6).

Article 15. Noting the lack of statistics on industrial disputes and the reasons given by the Government on this matter, the Committee requests it to nevertheless ensure that the statistics are compiled and communicated to the ILO.