Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 2000, publiée 89ème session CIT (2001)

Convention (n° 160) sur les statistiques du travail, 1985 - Slovaquie (Ratification: 1993)

The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government. It notes with interest that Articles 7, 8, 9, paragraphs 1 and 2, and 10 of the Convention are applied with the compilation of: (i) statistics of the economically active population, employment, unemployment and visible underemployment through the labour force sample (Articles 7 and 8); (ii) monthly, quarterly and annual statistics of average earnings and hours actually worked, which are representative of the whole country, all branches of economic activities and all employees, and classified by branch of economic activity, sector, region and enterprise characteristics; further, once a year, statistics of earnings are classified by sex (Article 9, paragraph 1); (iii) annual statistics on average hourly or monthly wage and salary rates and normal hours of work, by occupation and occupational group, and statistics of occupational earnings and hours actually worked, classified according to detailed employee and employer characteristics, through the structure of earnings survey (Article 9, paragraph 2); and (iv) statistics of occupational earnings and hours actually worked are also compiled through the structure of earnings survey (Article 10).

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

Article 3.  The Committee again asks the Government to provide more precise information on the manner in which the representative organizations of employers and workers are consulted in designing or revising the concepts, definitions and methodology used in the compilation and publication of the statistics under the Convention.

Article 5.  The Committee notes that, apart from the publication containing the results of the 1998 structure of earnings survey, no publication is available in the ILO. It asks the Government to ensure that, whenever publications are issued, they are sent to the ILO (in English if available), or that their main contents be made available on the Statistical Office website.

Article 14.  The Committee notes that, since the coverage is limited to those workers with sickness insurance, who seem to comprise only about half of the total employed population, the statistics cannot be considered as being representative of the country as a whole. It further notes that there does not appear to have been any consultations with organizations of employers or workers when the statistical system was established. The Committee asks the Government to provide information on any steps it proposes to take to extend the coverage of the statistics to all groups of workers, in accordance with this Article, and the details of any national publication containing a description of the sources, concepts, definitions and methodology used to collect and compile the statistics (in accordance with Article 6). It also draws the Government’s attention to the obligation to consult the representative organizations of employers and workers when the statistical system used to compile the statistics is next updated (in accordance with Article 3).

Article 16.  The Committee notes the information in respect of Articles 11 and 15, under which obligations have not been accepted. It notes that the annual labour cost survey, which follows EUROSTAT recommendations and is in line with the ILO guidelines, fulfils the requirements of Article 11, and that, in general, the obligations of Article 15 appear to be met. Noting the Government’s indication in its report that "there is a possibility to extend the obligations of the Slovak Republic to Article 11 and Article 15, in accordance with Article 16", the Committee asks the Government officially to confirm its acceptance of the obligations of these Articles (in accordance with Article 16, paragraph 3). It also asks the Government to provide details of any national publications containing a description of the sources, concepts, definitions and methodology used to collect and compile the statistics (in accordance with Article 6).