Honduras

Organization responsible for the statistics

The statistics are collected, compiled and published by the Ministerio de Trabajo y Previsión Social, Planificación Sectorial.

Objectives and users

Not available.

Coverage

Strikes and lockouts

The statistics cover: Political or protest strikes, rotating or revolving strikes and working to rule are not included in the statistics.

Minimum threshold Duration of at least one hour.

Economic activities

No particular branches of economic activity or sectors are excluded.

Workers

Workers directly involved and workers indirectly involved. In addition to regular paid employees, including part-time workers, the statistics cover temporary, casual and seasonal workers, unpaid family workers, workers laid off and workers absent on sick leave, annual leave or absent for any other reason.

Top management, supervisory and security staff of enterprises are not covered.

Geographic areas

Whole country.

Types of data collected

Concepts and definitions

Strike

A collective, temporary and peaceful work stoppage carried out by workers employed in an establishment or enterprise in order to secure the acceptance of financial and occupational claims which they have submitted to their employers, after complying with established procedures.

Lawful lockout (paro legal)

A temporary and peaceful work stoppage, whether partial or total, ordered by one or more employers with the sole object of defending their economic and social interests.

The definitions of a strike and a lawful lockout come from the Código de Trabajo, sections 550 and 574 respectively.

Methods of measurement

Strikes and lockouts

The basic unit of measurement used to record a strike or lockout is the case of dispute in an economic unit. The continuation of a strike or lockout that is interrupted but later resumes, still due to the same case of dispute, is treated as the same strike or lockout.

Work stoppages arising from the same case of dispute, occurring simultaneously in different establishments of the same enterprise are counted as one strike or lockout. Those arising from the same case of dispute but occurring simultaneously in establishments of different enterprises, or occurring at different times in establishments of different enterprises are also counted as separate strikes or lockouts.

Economic units involved

The economic unit may be the establishment, firm, enterprise or local workplace.

Workers involved

Part-time workers are counted as individuals on the same basis as full-time workers.

Duration

The duration is measured in calendar days from the date on which the strike or lockout began in the economic unit involved up to the date on which it terminated in that unit.

Time not worked

Total time not worked is measured in workhours by ascertaining the total amount of time not worked on each day of the strike or lockout, and summing these totals. The shorter working hours of part-time workers are not taken into account, nor is overtime.

Classifications

Branch of economic activity

Other

Reference period and periodicity

The statistics are compiled for periods of a month, a quarter, six months and a year, and are published for periods of a year. They refer to strikes and lockouts beginning during the particular reference period only.

Analytical measures

None.

Historical background of the series

Not available.

Documentation

Series available

Not available.

Bibliographic references

Ministerio de Trabajo y Previsión Social: Boletín de Estadísticas Laborales.

Data published by the ILO

The number of strikes and lockouts and the number of workers involved, by economic activity.

Confidentiality

Not available.

International standards

Not available.

Methods of data collection

There is no legal obligation to report the occurrence of a strike or lockout. Press and media reports are the primary source of information on strikes and lockouts. Direct enquiries are then addressed to enterprises and trade union organizations.