Isle of Man
Organization responsible for the statistics
The statistics are collected and compiled by the Industrial
Relations Service. (This is an independent service comprising of
one or more Industrial Relations Officers holding their office in
accordance with clause 5 of the Trade Disputes Act 1985 to act
independently for that Act or any other enactment.) The
information is not generally published in the Isle of Man. It is
supplied as part of an internal procedure requiring the
Industrial Relations Service to submit regular reports to the
Council of Ministers (Governor in Council).
Objectives and users
Not available.
Coverage
Strikes and lockouts
The statistics cover:
- constitutional or official strikes
- unofficial strikes
- sympathetic strikes
- general strikes
- rotating or revolving strikes
Lockouts, political strikes, working to rule, go-slows, overtime
bans and sit-ins are not included.
Minimum threshold
Duration of at least two hours.
Economic activities
No particular branches of economic activity are excluded.
Workers
Workers directly involved only (i.e. only the total number of
workers involved in the stoppage rather than the total number of
workers employed in the economic unit). In addition to permanent
full-time employees, the statistics cover part-time workers,
temporary employees who have been employed for four weeks or
more, and workers laid off or absent on sick or maternity leave,
annual leave, or absent at that point in time for another reason.
No particular occupational groups are excluded.
Geographic areas
Whole country.
Types of data collected
- number of strikes
- number of economic units involved
- number of workers involved
- duration
- time not worked
- method of settlement
Concepts and definitions
Strike
A stoppage of work resulting from an industrial (trade) dispute.
Trade dispute
A dispute between workers and their employer which relates
wholly or mainly to one or more of the following:
- terms and conditions of employment, or the physical
conditions in which any workers are required to work;
- engagement or non-engagement, or termination or suspension of
employment or the duties of employment, of one or more workers;
- allocation of work or the duties of employment as between
workers or groups of workers;
- matters of discipline;
- the membership or non-membership of a registered trade union
on the part of a worker;
- facilities for officials of registered trade unions;
- machinery for negotiation and consultation, and other
procedures, relating to any of the above matters, including the
recognition by employers or employers' associations of the right
of a registered trade union to represent workers in any such
negotiations or consultation or in the carrying out of such
procedures.
These definitions come from the Trades Disputes Act, 1985 and
the Trades Union Act, 1991.
Methods of measurement
Strikes and lockouts
The basic unit of measurement used to record a strike is a work
stoppage due to one labour dispute among workers engaged by one
employer. Each uninterrupted stoppage due to one labour dispute
among workers in one or more economic units belonging to one
employer is treated as a single strike. If a strike is
interrupted and later resumes, still due to the same labour
dispute, it is considered to be a new strike.
Economic units involved
The economic unit involved may be the enterprise, establishment
or workplace belonging to one employer.
Workers involved
The number of workers involved is the total number of employees
involved in the strike. Part-time workers are counted as
individuals on the same basis as full-time workers.
Duration
The duration is measured in workdays during the length of the
industrial action until its termination. Any reoccurrence in
connection with the same dispute is considered to be a new
occurrence.
Time not worked
Time not worked is measured in workdays as the product of the
number of workers involved and the duration. The shorter working
hours of part-time workers and overtime are not taken into
account.
Classifications
Method of settlement
- conciliation
- arbitration
- Court of Inquiry recommendation
- other means
Branch of economic activity
The statistics are classified according to the United Nations
International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic
Activities, Rev. 2, 1968.
Occupational group
Groupings defined in the ILO classification.
Reference period and periodicity
The statistics are compiled for periods of one calendar year, and
relate to strikes beginning during the year as well as strikes
continuing from the previous year.
Analytical measures
None.
Historical background of the series
Not available.
Documentation
Series available
Not available.
Bibliographic references
None.
Data published by the ILO
The number of strikes, the
number of workers involved, the number of days not worked and rates
of days not worked, by
economic activity.
Confidentiality
Not available.
International standards
Not available.
Methods of data collection
Under the terms of the Trade Unions Act 1991 and the Trade
Disputes Act 1985, both the employer and the trade union are
required to report the holding of a ballot in respect of proposed
industrial action, and the results of such a ballot, to the
Industrial Relations Service. The information to be reported
includes the registered trade union, the intention to ballot, the
number of persons entitled to vote and the number of votes cast,
and the result of the ballot. No standard forms are used for
this purpose.