Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2011, published 101st ILC session (2012)

Labour Statistics Convention, 1985 (No. 160) - Isle of Man

Article 9(2). Compilation of statistics of time rates of wages and normal hours of work. The Committee notes that the Government supplies the same information it provided in its previous report which contains no reply to its request. Therefore, the Committee requests the Government once again to indicate any measures taken or contemplated in order to ensure the compilation of statistics of time, wage rates and normal hours of work.

Furthermore, the Committee draws the Government’s attention to Resolution I[2] concerning the measurement of working time adopted by the 18th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS) in November–December 2008 which defines new concepts and measures in this area of statistics.

Article 13. Household income and expenditure. The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government according to which a new round of the Household Income and Income Survey was carried out in 2006–07, and the results were published in September 2008. It also notes the Government’s statement that the recommendations of the 17th ICLS Resolution regarding the frequency of the surveys is noted, but that due to resource constraints it is unlikely that the frequency will be increased at present. The Committee recalls that conducting household expenditure surveys at long intervals may not be sufficient to identify changes in the consumption pattern of the population and to update services in the CPI basket in a timely fashion. The Committee asks the Government to keep the Office informed of any development in this regard.

Article 16. Acceptance of obligations. The Committee invites the Government to continue to provide information on the possibility of accepting the obligations of Articles 7 and 11 of the Convention.