Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2000, published 89th ILC session (2001)

Labour Statistics Convention, 1985 (No. 160) - Sweden (Ratification: 1986)

The Committee takes note of the Government’s report, and in particular the information concerning Articles 9, 10, 13, 14 and 15 of the Convention.

The Committee notes the Government’s indication, in reply to the previous request concerning Article 2, that in May 1996, Statistics Sweden (SCB) adopted a new system of occupational classification, Standard för svensk yrkesklassificering (SSYK), based on the International Standard Classification of Occupations, ISCO-88, thus catering for both national needs and international reporting, and that the SCB is now in the process of building up an occupational register. It further notes the Government’s indication that a new EU-based classification of economic activities, SNI-92, has been introduced by the SCB and applied to all statistics involving the classification of economic activities.

The Committee asks the Government to provide further information on the following points.

Articles 9 and 10.  The Committee notes that, according to the information provided by the Government and that which is available in the Office, the requirements of these Articles are fulfilled. Nevertheless, the Committee asks the Government to communicate the relevant publications (in English if available) regularly to the ILO (in accordance with Article 5). The Committee also asks the Government to communicate to the ILO, as soon as practicable, updated methodological information, if possible in English, on the latest developments in the monthly survey of wages for the whole private sector and on the annual establishment surveys (in accordance with Article 6).

Article 13.  The Committee asks the Government to keep the ILO informed of any future developments in the field of household income and expenditure statistics.

Article 15.  The Committee notes that the Government plans to modify the regular labour force survey questionnaire to collect separate information on absences due to strikes and lockouts. It asks the Government to keep the ILO informed of progress in this connection as well as any other steps taken to improve the statistics on strikes and lockouts.

Article 16.  The Committee notes that although the Government did not accept the obligations under Article 11, it appears that the requirements of this Article are fulfilled through the conduct of the four-yearly EU Labour Cost Survey and the compilation of short-term labour cost indices covering the whole of the private sector. The Committee draws the Government’s attention to the possibility of accepting the obligations of Article 11, in accordance with Article 16, paragraph 3.