Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2016, published 106th ILC session (2017)

Labour Statistics Convention, 1985 (No. 160) - United States of America (Ratification: 1990)

Articles 7 and 8 of the Convention. Employment, unemployment and underemployment statistics. Statistics of the structure and distribution of the economically active population. The Committee notes the comprehensive information provided by the Government in its report and notes that statistics continue to be supplied regularly to the ILO Department of Statistics for dissemination through its website (ILOSTAT). It also notes from the report that there were no changes in the laws and regulations which administer the collection, compilation and publication of labour statistics in the United States during the reporting period. The Committee notes, however, that there have been some changes in labour statistics due to budget reductions. The main source of statistics on the labour force, employment, unemployment and time-related underemployment continues to be the monthly Current Population Survey (CPS). Statistics derived from the CPS, along with the relevant methodological information, are disseminated through the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics’ website. The Committee further notes that data on the economically active population derived from population censuses are regularly compiled and that the most recent population census was conducted in April 2010. The Committee requests that the Government continue to supply data and information on the methodology used in the application of the provisions of the Convention, as well as information on any plans for conducting the next round of the population census. It also invites the Government to provide information on any developments in relation to the implementation of the Resolution concerning statistics of work, employment and labour underutilization (Resolution I), adopted by the 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (October 2013).