Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 2025, publiée 114ème session CIT (2026)

Convention (n° 160) sur les statistiques du travail, 1985 - République de Corée (Ratification: 1997)

Article 7 of the Convention. Statistics of the economically active population, employment, unemployment and underemployment. The Committee notes the detailed information and methodologies provided by the Government, which are based on the Economically Active Population Survey (Labour Force Survey – LFS), conducted monthly. It further notes that the latest data, available on ILOSTAT, refer to 2024. It further notes the Government’s reply concerning the implementation of the Resolution on statistics of work, employment and labour underutilization, adopted by the 19th ICLS in 2013. The Committee welcomes the development and public dissemination of the Labour Underutilization Indicator (LUI), referred to as the “Labour Supplementary Indicator” in national statistics, which has been made publicly available since 2015 through the Korean Statistical Information Service (KOSIS) and official press releases. It encourages the Government to continue strengthening and broadening the use of these indicators, and to provide further details in future reports on any progress made in applying subsequent Resolutions, including those on statistics of work relationships (20th ICLS, 2018) and the informal economy (21st ICLS).

Article 9. Current statistics of average earnings and hours of work. Statistics of time rates of wages and normal hours of works. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government indicating that statistics on average earnings and hours of work (Article 9(1)) are collected through the Minister of Employment and Labour’s annual Survey Report on Labour Condition by Employment type. The results of this survey are compiled from July to September, then published and transmitted to ILO’s Department of Statistics. The Committee welcomes the methodological clarifications provided by the Government in reply to its previous request, as this contributes to the strengthening of the quality and transparency of labour statistics. The clarifications relate to the concepts and definitions used in the data collection, including total monthly wages and total working hours.

With respect to statistics of time rates of wages and normal hours of work (Article 9(2)), the Committee notes that statistics on occupational monthly wage rates and earnings, as well as weekly normal hours of work, are no longer collected by the Department of Statistics, and are therefore not shared with the ILO. The Committee further notes that the Government has not provided any updated information on the continued application of this provision. The Committee therefore requests that the Government continue to provide updated information on average wages and hours of work, including methodological updates, in relation to the obligations under Article 9(1) of the Convention. With regard to Article 9(2), the Committee requests the government to clarify whether such statistics continue to be compiled. If that is not the case, the Committee asks the government to provide information on any expected developments envisaged in the near future with a view to the collection, compilation and publication of statistics.

Article 11. Statistics on labour costs. The Committee notes that the Government has not transmitted statistics related to labour cost to the ILO Department of Statistics since 2007, and that no such statistics are available on the national statistics’ authority website. Emphasizing the Government’s obligation to provide full statistical information on all accepted Articles of the Convention, the Committee reiterates its previous request and asks the Government to provide updated statistics on labour cost by economic activity, or alternatively a direct internet link to the location of such information.

Article 14. Statistics on occupational injuries, accidents and diseases. The Committee notes that, according to ILOSTAT, statistics on occupational accidents are derived from Occupational Accidents and Injuries Records (insurance records), while data on occupational diseases are collected under the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act. This information is transmitted to the ILO Department of Statistics via the annual questionnaire, with the latest available data referring to 2024. The Committee further notes that, following changes to the industrial accident reporting system on 1 July 2014, related statistics have been publicly available as reference data for industrial accident analysis since 2017. The Committee encourages the Government to continue providing up-to-date statistics to the Department of Statistics as soon as they become available for dissemination through ILOSTAT, and to report any changes relevant to the application of this Article – particularly in light of the inclusion of a “safe and healthy working environment” as a fundamental principle and right at work under paragraph 2 of the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (1998), as amended by the International Labour Conference at its 110th Session in June 2022.