Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2022, published 111st ILC session (2023)

Labour Statistics Convention, 1985 (No. 160) - Mexico (Ratification: 1988)

Part II. Application of the Convention. The Committee welcomes the information provided by the Government with respect to the 2016 Constitutional reform, which modified article 26(B), regarding the structure and functioning of the National Statistical and Geographic System (INIGE), and the corresponding amendments to the Law of the National Statistical and Geographic Information System published in the Official Gazette of the Federation on 20 May 2021.

Articles 7 and 8. Statistics on the structure and distribution of the economically active population. The Committee notes that the Government continues to provide statistics to the ILO Department of Statistics (ILOSTAT) on the labour force, employment, unemployment and time-related underemployment, compiled by the INEGI for publication on the ILOSTAT website. The most recent data refers to 2021. The statistics provided are derived from the National Survey on Occupation and Employment (ENOE). In this respect, the Committee notes the information provided by the Government regarding changes in carrying out the ENOE due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as to the population estimates resulting from the Population Census carried out in 2020. The Committee nevertheless notes that these changes did not impact the statistics related to employment, unemployment, or time-related underemployment. The Committee notes with interest the information provided by the Government with respect to measures taken to implement, through modifications to the ENOE questionnaire, both the Resolution concerning statistics of work, employment and labour underutilization (Resolution I), adopted by the 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (October 2013) and the Resolution on Statistics on Work Relationships (Resolution I) , adopted by the 20th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (October 2018). The Committee invites the Government to continue to provide up-to-date information on employment, unemployment and time-related underemployment, including methodological information. It also invites the Government to continue to provide information on any developments in implementing the Resolution concerning statistics of work, employment and labour underutilization (Resolution I), adopted by the 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (October 2013), as well as the Resolution on Statistics on Work Relationships, adopted by the 20th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (October 2018).

Article 9(1) and (2). Compilation of statistics on average earnings and hours of work.Compilation of statistics on time rates of wages and normal hours of work. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that data on average earnings is derived from multiple sources: the ENOE (with the most recent data referring to 2021); the Monthly Establishment Survey (with the latest data referring to 2018); and the Household Income and Expenditure Survey (with the latest data referring to 2021). Data on average hours actually worked, disaggregated by sex and economic activity, is derived from the ENOE, and the most recent data refers to 2021. The Committee requests that the Government continue to provide updated relevant statistics on average earnings and hours of work, as well as the corresponding methodological information.

Article 11. Compilation of statistics on labour costs. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that a series of labour cost indices are calculated for the manufacturing, construction, wholesale and retail and non-financial service sectors, based on the establishment surveys conducted by the INEGI three times per year. The Government indicates that the most recent information in this respect was published in June 2021 on the INEGI website. In this respect, the Committee welcomes the series of labour cost indices for each economic sector provided by the Government in its report. The Committee requests that the Government continue to provide updated information on any developments in the application of this Article, and to communicate the compilation of updated statistics on average labour costs by economic activity and on the structure of average labour costs as soon as this information becomes available.

Article 14. Occupational injuries and diseases. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that, since the establishment of the Work Accident Notification System (SIAAT) on 1 January 2016, employers are able to submit information on work-related injuries through the electronic system to the Labour and Social Security Secretariat (STPS) at any time, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. In this respect, the Committee welcomes the data on fatal and non-fatal occupational injuries provided by the Government for the period from 2016 to 2020. The Committee requests that the Government continue to supply detailed, updated statistical and methodological information in relation to the application of Article 14, and information on any further developments in the application of this provision. In this respect, the Committee invites the Government to take into account the decision by the International Labour Conference at its 110th Session in June 2022, to include “a safe and healthy working environment” as a fundamental principle and right at work under paragraph 2 of the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work.