Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2015, published 105th ILC session (2016)

Labour Statistics Convention, 1985 (No. 160) - Cyprus (Ratification: 1987)

Other comments on C160

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Articles 7 and 8 of the Convention. Employment, unemployment and underemployment statistics. Statistics of the structure and distribution of the economically active population. The Committee notes that statistics on the economically active population, employment and unemployment collected from the Labour Force Survey are published on the website of the Statistical Service of Cyprus (CYSTAT). It also notes that the Government has regularly supplied data to the ILO for dissemination through its ILOSTAT database. The Committee invites the Government to provide information on any developments towards the implementation of the resolution concerning statistics of work, employment and labour underutilization (Resolution I), adopted by the 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (October 2013).

Article 9(2). Statistics of average wage rates and normal hours of work. The Committee notes the statistics of normal weekly hours of work by economic activity and sex covering the 2007–09 period derived from the Survey on Wages, Salaries and Hours of Work, which was carried out for the last time in 2009. It further notes, however, that no statistics on wage rates have been provided to the ILO from this survey. The Committee requests that the Government provide information on whether statistics of average wage rates and normal hours of work by occupation, economic activity and sex continue to be produced from another survey superseding the Annual Survey of Wages, Salaries and Hours of Work. Please also communicate the relevant methodology to the ILO as soon as possible.

Article 10. Statistics on wage structure and distribution. The Committee notes that this provision of the Convention was previously applied within the framework of the Survey of Wages, Salaries and Hours of Work. The Government indicates in its report that this survey was discontinued after 2009. The statistical Service of Cyprus disseminates quarterly data on average earnings of employees by sex derived from the Structure of Earnings Survey. The Committee requests that the Government submit statistics of wage structure and distribution and the relevant methodology to the ILO.

Article 11. Statistics of labour cost. The Committee notes that statistics on average hourly labour costs per insured person, taken from insurance records, have been transmitted to the ILO for dissemination through ILOSTAT. It notes, however, that data referred to in the Government’s report was not included in the appendices. The Committee requests that the Government indicate whether the Labour Cost Survey has been conducted by the CYSTAT and to communicate the relevant methodology together with the relevant time series of statistics on average labour cost, in accordance with Articles 5 and 6 of the Convention, as soon as they become available.

Article 14. Statistics of occupational injuries. The Committee notes the measures undertaken to ensure that under-reporting of occupational injuries is kept to a minimum. Since 2006, the Department of Labour (DLI) and the Social Insurance Services (SIS) are using a single form for the purpose of submitting claims for compensation of occupational injuries to the SIS and notifying occupational injuries to the DLI. It further notes the tables and statistical information on occupational accidents, injuries and diseases provided by the Government. The Committee requests that the Government provide information on any changes in the compilation and dissemination of statistics on occupational injuries and diseases.

Article 15. Statistics of industrial disputes. The Committee notes that a computerized information management system has been established in the Department of Labour Relations that includes a database on industrial disputes. It also notes the number of labour disputes referred to mediation and the corresponding number of workers involved for the years 2006–14. The Committee notes however that no methodological information was provided along with these statistics. The Committee requests that the Government provide information on the methodology used for the compilation and dissemination of statistics on industrial disputes. Please also continue to provide information on the computerized information management system and any further developments in this regard.

[The Government is asked to reply in detail to the present comments in 2016.]