Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 2024, publiée 113ème session CIT (2025)

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 Government reiterates that social partners are regularly invited to participate in meetings organized by the Slovak Republic Statistical Office regarding upcoming statistical surveys. The Government further indicates that the input of social partners regarding the design and implementation of statistical survey documents and methodology must be taken into account. The Committee requests the Government to provide more detailed and concrete information, such as dates, agendas and minutes of meetings, 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 the Government continues to regularly provide the ILO Statistics Department with updated statistics on employment, unemployment and visible underemployment, derived from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). The Committee also notes the information provided regarding the implementation of the Resolution concerning statistics of work, employment and labour underutilization, adopted by the 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS) (2013) (Resolution I), in preparation of the 2021 Population and Housing Census. The Committee requests the Government to continue to supply updated statistics as well as information on the methodology used in the application of Articles 7 and 8 of the Convention. The Committee also invites the Government to inform it of any developments towards implementing the Resolution concerning statistics on work relationships, adopted by the 20th ICLS (2018) (Resolution I) and the Resolution concerning statistics on the informal economy, adopted by the 21st ICLS (2023) (Resolution I).

Article 11. Statistics of labour cost. The Government reiterates that there are currently no plans to accept the obligations under Article 11 of the Convention. It adds however that a new Government is being formed and that it may consider possible ratifications. The Committee notes in this regard that the Government continues to compile 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 continue to be provided to the ILO Department of Statistics for dissemination on ILOSTAT. The Committee therefore reiterates its encouragement to the Government to consider the possibility of accepting the obligations of Article 11 of the Convention in the near future, and requests the Government 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, continue to be regularly supplied to the ILO Department of Statistics via its annual questionnaire on labour statistics. The Committee also notes that the statistics supplied do not cover lockouts. The Committee reiterates its invitation to the Government to consider the possibility of accepting the obligations of Article 15 and requests it to inform the ILO of any developments in this respect.