Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1992, published 79th ILC session (1992)

Labour Statistics Convention, 1985 (No. 160) - Gibraltar

The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government with its first report and the report for the period ending 30 June 1991. The Committee requests the Government to supply information on the following points:

Article 2 of the Convention. The Committee notes the Government's statement in its report that, due to the limitations of size and population in Gibraltar, not every standard and guideline established under the auspices of the ILO can be applied. The Committee asks the Government to indicate, for each Article of Part II of the Convention, the standards that have been taken into account and the reasons for any departure from them.

Article 3. The Committee asks the Government to indicate the manner in which the organisations of employers and workers were consulted in designing or revising the concepts, definitions and methodology used regarding the statistics covered by Articles 7-11, 14 and 15.

Article 6. The Committee asks the Government to indicate the measures taken or contemplated to establish, publish and communicate to the ILO methodological information on the statistics covered by the provisions of the Convention other than Article 13.

Article 7. The Committee asks the Government to indicate the measures taken or contemplated to compile current statistics on the economically active population, including the self-employed.

Article 9, paragraph 2. The Committee notes that statistics of average wage rates and normal hours of work are compiled for certain occupations and supplied to the ILO within the context of the ILO October Inquiry. Please indicate the source and reference information concerning the publication of these statistics, in accordance with Article 5 and the report form.

Article 10. The Committee notes that the Employment Survey attached to the Government's report provides only limited statistics on the distribution of earnings. Please indicate the steps taken or contemplated to compile statistics on wage structure and distribution in important branches of economic activity.

Article 11. The Committee notes the Government's statement in its report that statistics of labour costs cannot be compiled at present due to a lack of staff and resources. Please indicate the measures taken or contemplated to give effect to this Article of the Convention.

Article 14. The Committee notes that a table showing the data of industrial accidents, compiled by the Department of Labour and Social Security was annexed to the Government's report. It asks the Government to provide further information concerning the types of statistics compiled under this Article (e.g. the numbers of persons injured, the number of work-days lost, etc.), their coverage (in terms of persons, types of injuries and diseases, branches of economic activity, etc.), to indicate their source and to communicate the published statistics and the reference information to the ILO in accordance with Article 5 and the report form.

Article 15. The Committee notes the Government's indication that the incidence of industrial disputes is negligible and that no statistics covering them are currently compiled. It requests the Government to indicate in future the measures taken to compile statistics covered by this Article if such phenomena do occur.