Solicitud directa (CEACR) - Adopción: 2010, Publicación: 100ª reunión CIT (2011)

Convenio sobre estadísticas del trabajo, 1985 (núm. 160) - Belarús (Ratificación : 1990)

The Committee takes note of the Government’s report received on 7 December 2009 as well as the information provided to the ILO during the period covered by the report.

Article 7 of the Convention. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would keep the ILO informed in due course of any developments concerning the survey on the economically active population.

Article 8. The Committee notes that the last population census was conducted in 2009. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide methodological information and data of the economically active population based on its 2009 population census.

Article 9(1). Available information in the ILO shows that statistics of average monthly earnings of employees continue to be compiled monthly, quarterly and annually (in all sectors of the economy); annual reports provide wages statistics by sex (in December of each year, covering all types of enterprises and organizations, except small private enterprises); and statistics of average monthly hours actually worked continue to be collected and compiled monthly and cover organizations/businesses of all forms of ownership, except small private enterprises (not disaggregated by sex).

Article 9(2). The Committee notes that since 1994, annual statistics of occupational wage rates, normal hours of work, average earnings and hours actually worked, for selected occupations and by occupational group in specific industries, have been compiled by the Ministry of Statistics and Analysis. The survey covers employees who worked full time throughout the month of October and are available by sex.

The Committee also notes with interest in relation to Articles 5 and 6, that “Wages and salaries in the Republic of Belarus” (average monthly wages and salaries according to various classifications) can be found on Belarus website. It notes that statistics of average monthly earnings and average monthly hours actually work, for the economy as a whole, and agriculture (total only) are provided directly to the ILO for publication in the ILO Yearbook of Labour Statistics. It notes that the latest data refer to 2008.

The Committee also notes that statistics of average wage rates and normal hours of work, average earnings and hours actually worked by occupation and by sex are provided each year for publication in Statistics on occupational wages and hours of work and on food prices – October inquiry results. The most recent data refer to October 2003 for wage rates and normal hours of work, and October 2007 for earnings and hours actually worked.

While noting with interest the information provided by the Government that the OKEhD is fully consistent with the NACE, and that this will permit the dissemination of the statistics by economic activity for international comparisons, the Committee encourages the Government to continue to provide the statistics listed above in a timely manner.

The Committee also draws the Government’s attention to the new international standards concerning the measurement of working time (see Resolution I adopted by the 18th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (available at http://www.ilo.org/global/What_we_do/Statistics/standards/
resolutions/lang--en/docName--WCMS_112455/index.htm, whose larger number of concepts and measures would seem to be better aligned to national practice).

Articles not accepted according to Article 16(4).

Article 11. The Committee notes with interest that statistics of average monthly labour cost have been published. The Committee asks the Government to communicate to the ILO the relevant methodology, in accordance with Article 6, and to keep the ILO informed of the future developments of the labour cost survey.

Article 12. Recalling that the Government stated in a previous report its intention to accept the obligations under this Article, the Committee requests it to indicate any development in this regard.

Article 13. The Committee encourages the Government to send relevant information on household income and expenditure statistics with a view towards the eventual acceptance of this article.

Article 14. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would continue to report on the position of its laws and practice with respect to statistics of occupational injuries and diseases.

Article 15. The Committee notes with interest the progress made regarding the transmission with his report of summary methodological information and updated statistics of industrial disputes (Article 6). The Committee would be grateful if the Government would ensure such transmission on an annual basis. It also requests it to inform the ILO in due course of any steps it may take to disaggregate these statistics by industry and for the number of workers involved, days not worked or rates of days not worked.