Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1995, published 82nd ILC session (1995)

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

The Committee notes the Government's report and in particular information supplied in reply to its previous direct request regarding Articles 2 and 3 of the Convention (except in connection with Articles 14 and 15, mentioned below).

Article 5. The Committee would draw the Government's attention to the obligation under this Article to communicate to the Office as soon as possible the published statistics compiled and the reference information concerning the publication(s) containing the results, particularly as regards the survey "Encuesta de Hogares de Propósitos Múltiples" (giving effect to Articles 7, 8 and 13), the 1992 population census (concerning Article 8), and the survey on employment, hours and wages "Encuesta de Empleo, Horas y Salarios" and the survey on wages and hours of work in San Salvador, "Encuesta de Salarios y Horas de Trabajo" (concerning Article 9).

Article 6. The Committee also hopes that the Government will be able to produce and publish methodological descriptions of the statistics covered by the Convention, and to communicate them to the ILO, in particular as regards all the surveys referred to under Article 5 above. It also asks the Government to communicate to the ILO the methodological information contained in the publication referred to in the report (concerning Article 13) "Metodología de la Encuesta Nacional de Ingresos y Gastos de los Hogares Urbanos" (April 1990-March 1991).

Article 9. The Committee has noted that the coverage of the statistics of hours of work and wages is limited to wage-earners in manufacturing. It again asks the Government to state the steps taken or contemplated to extend it to other important categories of workers and to other important branches of economic activity.

Articles 10 and 11. The Committee has noted that neither statistics of the structure and distribution of wages nor those of labour costs are compiled at present but that they could be compiled from the results of specific surveys. It again asks the Government to indicate the measures taken or contemplated to compile these statistics.

Article 13. The Committee notes that page 12 of the Government's report, which should contain information on this Article, has not been received. It would be grateful to the Government if it would provide the missing information with the next report.

Article 14. Please indicate which specific standards or guidelines are followed with respect to the statistics covered by this Article, for example, the resolutions adopted by the International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS) (in accordance with Article 2). The Committee asks the Government to also indicate the manner in which representative organizations of employers and workers have been consulted in designing or revising the methodology used with respect to the statistics of occupational injuries and occupational diseases (in accordance with Article 3).

Regarding the obligation under Article 6 to produce, publish and communicate to the ILO detailed methodological information, please include the following information: (i) clarification as to the methods of reporting (by whom and to whom), with an explanation of the concepts of "reported accidents" and "compensated accidents" (casos subsidios); (ii) information in respect of fatal injuries (casos mortales de accidentes de trabajo) (to indicate whether this information is presently included in the statistics of work accidents, and, if so, to provide it separately); and (iii) information regarding the number of work-days "lost" or not worked as a result of work accidents and further information on "subsidios por incapacidad temporal" (subsidy for temporary incapacity), and particularly "días de casos terminados" (days of finished cases), and "días subsidiados en el año" (days subsidized in the year). Please also state whether it is intended to collect information on work-time lost with respect to the reported accidents, and on occupational diseases. Finally, please indicate whether it is proposed to extend the scope of the statistics on work accidents to cover a larger part of the workforce, for instance, to include workers in the public sector or in autonomous institutions.

Article 15. Please provide information on the specific standards and guidelines followed (Article 2) and on consultation with employers' and workers' organizations (Article 3) with respect to the statistics covered by this Article.