Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2018, published 108th ILC session (2019)

Convention concerning Statistics of Wages and Hours of Work, 1938 (No. 63) - Myanmar (Ratification: 1961)

Article 1(c) of the Convention. Communication to the ILO of the statistics covered by the Convention. In its previous comments, the Committee requested information on average earnings and hours of work for the economy as a whole, disaggregated by main economic activity for the most recent time periods available, as well as a copy of the most recent Statistical Yearbook. The Committee notes that the Government’s report provides statistics on hours of work by occupation, and wages by economic activity; however, it is not clear to which time period these statistics refer. The Committee also notes the information communicated by the Government concerning the different statistical activities conducted and planned in Myanmar, including different types of household surveys, most notably the Annual Labour Force Survey, which is expected to take place regularly as of 2017. The Committee requests the Government to communicate updated statistical information on average earnings and hours of work available for the economy as a whole and disaggregated by main economic activity for the most recent time periods possible, specifying the time periods to which the statistics refer. It also reiterates its request that the Government provide a copy of the most recent Statistical Yearbook available.

The Committee once again draws the Government’s attention to the recommendations of the Standards Review Mechanism Tripartite Working Group and the corresponding decision of the Governing Body at its 328th Session in October–November 2016 (GB.328/LILS/2/1), in which it called upon the Office to commence follow-up with member States still bound by the Convention, encouraging them to ratify the Labour Statistics Convention, 1985 (No. 160), as the most up-to-date instrument in this area, which would result in the automatic denunciation of Convention No. 63. The Committee urges the Government to consider ratifying Convention No. 160 and encourages the Government to avail itself of ILO technical assistance in this regard.