Trinidad and Tobago

1.Series

Title:

National Employment Service Statistics.

Starting year:

Not specified.

2.Agency making the initial registrations of unemployed persons

Name of the agency:

National Employment Service.

Type of agency:

Public service under a national authority.

Name of the national authority:

Ministry of Labour and Small and Micro Enterprise Development.

Location of the local offices making the registrations:

In strategic locations, facilitating service to all parts of the country.

Type of services provided/administered by the agency:

  • Assisting job-seekers to find jobs;
  • Assisting employers to find workers;
  • Vocational guidance;
  • Other: preparation of résumés; preparation for job interviews.

    3.The following information is registered about a person:

  • Name;
  • Sex;
  • Social security number (or similar identification number also used by other agencies);
  • Address of usual residence;
  • Date of birth;
  • Citizenship;
  • Educational/vocational attainment, with two categories distinguished. Links to ISCED have not been established;
  • Type of work (occupation) of job sought, with an unspecified number of groups distinguished. Links to ISCO-88 have been established (major groups level);
  • Previous registrations with the agency/service.

    4.Criteria used for inclusion of a person in the registers (R) and/or the statistics of unemployed persons (S):

  • Being without work (R) and (S);
  • Seeking work (R) and (S);
  • Availability for work (R);
  • Age (lower limit: 17 years; no upper limit) (R);
  • Citizenship (R);
  • Being resident in the country (R);
  • Previously employed (R);
  • Other: students seeking summer employment (R).

    5.Criteria used for exclusion of a person from the registers (R) and/or the statistics of unemployed persons (S):

  • Death (R);
  • Taking up residency abroad (R);
  • Inability to work (R).

    6.Definition of unemployed persons used for the statistics

    Persons aged 17 years and over who are without work, seeking work and available for work (including students seeking summer employment).

    7.Updating of the registers

    The registers are updated monthly.

    8.Unemployment rates

    Statistics from the registers are not used to obtain unemployment rates.

    9.Type of statistics of unemployed persons produced

    Series 1:

    Reference period:

    Month.

    Frequency of production:

    Monthly.

    Descriptive variables used:

  • Sex;
  • Educational level;
  • Occupation;
  • Industry.

    Form of publication:

    Machine-readable form, on request.

    Agency responsible for publication:

    Ministry of Labour and Small and Micro Enterprise Development.

    Series 2:

    Reference period:

    Not specified.

    Frequency of production:

    Year.

    Descriptive variables used:

  • Sex;
  • Educational level;
  • Occupation;
  • Industry.

    Form of publication:

    Machine-readable form, on request.

    Agency responsible for publication:

    Ministry of Labour and Small and Micro Enterprise Development.

    10.Methodological information about the statistics

    Form of release:

    Not released, available for internal use only.

    Agency responsible:

    Ministry of Labour and Small and Micro Enterprise Development.

    11.Comparisons with unemployment statistics from other sources

    Comparisons have not been made with unemployment statistics from other sources.

    12.Major changes since the start of the statistics

    There have been no major changes in legislation, capacity of the agency and/or administrative procedures which had a significant influence on the statistics.