Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2015, published 105th ILC session (2016)

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

Articles 7 and 8 of the Convention. Statistics of employment, unemployment and underemployment. Statistics of the structure and distribution of the economically active population. The Committee notes the detailed information provided by the Government on the 2012 National Census of the Population and Housing. The Committee requests the Government to continue providing the ILO with the labour statistics required by the Convention. Please also indicate whether effect has been given to the resolution concerning statistics of work, employment and labour underutilization (Resolution I), adopted by the 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (October 2013).

Articles 12 and 13. Consumer price indices. Household expenditure. The Committee recalls that Articles 12 and 13 were not among the obligations which were accepted by the Government when ratifying the Convention. The Committee observes that the statistics available on the website of the National Statistical Institute relating to these provisions appear to have been compiled in accordance with the requirements of the Convention. The Committee invites the Government to examine the possibility of accepting the obligations of Articles 12 and 13 of the Convention.

Article 14. Statistics of occupational injuries. The Government indicates in its report that the statistics available in the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Welfare, produced from notifications of employment accidents and occupational diseases, have only been partially compiled. The Government also considers that it would be necessary to coordinate the flow of information from all institutions intervening in the social security system. The Committee recalls that the obligations set out in Article 14 were not accepted by the Government when the Convention was ratified. The Committee requests the Government to continue providing information on any developments in this regard.

Article 15. Statistics of industrial disputes. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in its report concerning industrial disputes registered in 2013. The Government adds that the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Welfare has a basic record of the labour disputes registered. The Committee requests the Government to provide all available information on the methodology used for the compilation of statistics of industrial disputes. It also requests the Government to provide information on any further developments relating to the sources of statistics.