Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1993, published 80th ILC session (1993)

Labour Statistics Convention, 1985 (No. 160) - Spain (Ratification: 1989)

The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in the first report as well as the ample documentation provided with the report. It requests the Government to provide information on the following points.

Article 8 of the Convention. The Committee notes that, although the Government's report does not contain explicit reference to population censuses, population censuses seem to have been carried out in line with the requirements of the Convention, according to the information available at the Office. It requests the Government to include in future reports information on the population census as the source of statistics of the structure of the economically active population.

Article 9. The Committee notes that statistics of time rates of wages (by industry and/or by occupation) are not compiled. It requests the Government to state whether it intends to collect, compile and publish statistics of time rates of wages and, if not, to indicate the reasons.

Article 10. The Committee notes with interest that, although this Article was excluded from the acceptance of the obligations of the Convention, a document entitled "Labour Cost Survey 1988 - Project", communicated with the report refers to the intention to conduct a survey of wage structure and distribution and to obtain basic information in this regard from the results of the 1988 Labour Cost Survey. It requests the Government to continue supplying information on developments in this respect in accordance with Article 16, paragraph 4.

Article 11. The Committee notes with interest that statistics of labour cost have been compiled, on the basis of the annual Industrial Survey in the past and through the four-yearly Labour Cost Survey since 1988, in accordance with this Article, which was excluded from the acceptance of the obligations of the Convention. It draws the Government's attention to the possibility of subsequently accepting the obligations in respect of this Article in pursuance of Article 16, paragraph 3.