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Labour Statistics Convention, 1985 (No. 160) - Norway (RATIFICATION: 1987)

The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government with its second report in reply to the Committee's previous comments, concerning in particular Articles 9 and 13 of the Convention.

Article 2. The Committee notes the Government's indication of no changes and recalls that no information has yet been supplied concerning the standards and guidelines established under the auspices of the ILO (for example, resolutions adopted by the International Conference of Labour Statisticians) that have been taken into consideration in designing or revising the concepts, definitions and methodology used concerning the statistics covered by Articles 14 and 15. It therefore requests the Government to supply information in this regard.

Article 6. The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government concerning the methodological description of the statistics covered by Articles 10 and 12. It requests the Government to supply similar information regarding Articles 14 and 15 and also to provide the reference information on its publication.

Article 8. The Committee notes that a population census took place in 1990 and that, according to the available methodological information, it would seem that unemployed persons will be included in the final census data. It would be grateful to the Government for confirming their inclusion.

Article 9. The Committee notes that the statistics of hours actually worked in mining, quarrying and manufacturing have been discontinued and that statistics of hours of work compiled through the Labour Force Survey are not consistent and cannot be used in conjuction with earnings statistics derived from other sources. It requests the Government to indicate any plan to overcome this inconsistency.

Article 10. The Committee requests the Government to indicate whether statistics are available showing the distribution of employees according to levels of earnings and hours of work, classified by important characteristics of employees, such as sex and age group, and if not, whether it is envisaged to compile them in the future.

Article 12. The Committee notes the information supplied with the Government's report on consumer price index, and requests the Government to indicate whether the advisory committee mentioned in the first report continues to deal with the consumer price index so as to give effect to Article 3 (consultation).

Article 14. The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in reply to its previous comments and further requests the Government to indicate whether statistical data concerning the number of workdays lost by persons injured is available.