Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 2016, publiée 106ème session CIT (2017)

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

Article 3 of the Convention. Consultations with organizations of employers and workers. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in its report, in reply to its previous request that it indicate the methodology used for consulting the most representative employers’ and workers’ organizations. The Government indicates that, at regular annual intervals, the Slovak Republic Statistical Office invites all ministries and state organizations to submit their written requests towards the incorporation of indicators into short- and long-term statistical surveys carried out by the Statistical Office, along with requests for outputs from these surveys. The Government indicates that the Statistical Office has regularly consulted with the respective ministries and/or other central Slovak Republic bodies, as well as with the social partners, on the expediency, extent and periodicity of the statistical surveys. The Committee requests the Government to provide concrete information on the manner in which the most representative employers’ and workers’ organizations are consulted in designing or revising the concepts, definitions and methodology used in the collection, compilation and publication of the statistics required under the Convention.

Articles 7 and 8. Statistics on the economically active population, employment, unemployment and underemployment, and on the structure and distribution of the economically active population. The Committee notes that statistics on the economically active population, employment and unemployment, as well as census data and methodological information relating to the 2011 Population and Housing Census have been supplied to the ILO Department of Statistics for publication on ILOSTAT. The Committee invites the Government to provide information on any developments in relation to the implementation of the Resolution concerning statistics of work, employment and labour underutilization (Resolution I), adopted by the 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (October 2013).

Article 11. Statistics of labour cost. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that there are currently no plans to accept the obligations under Article 11, but that it will inform the ILO should the situation change. The Government nevertheless compiles labour cost data annually from the Labour Cost Survey, broken down by economic activity, type and size of enterprise. Statistics of average hourly labour costs per employee have been provided to the ILO Department of Statistics for dissemination on ILOSTAT. The Committee therefore encourages the Government to consider the possibility of accepting the obligations of Article 11 of the Convention in the future and invites it to inform the ILO of any developments in this respect.

Article 15. Statistics of industrial disputes. The Committee notes that statistics on strikes, disaggregated by economic activity, have been regularly supplied to the ILO Department of Statistics via its annual questionnaire on labour statistics. The Committee invites the Government to consider the possibility of accepting the obligations of Article 15 and invites it to inform the ILO of any developments in this respect.