Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2025, published 114th ILC session (2026)

Labour Statistics Convention, 1985 (No. 160) - Poland (Ratification: 1991)

Article 3 of the Convention. Consultation of employers’ and workers’ organizations. The Committee notes the detailed information concerning the procedures and bodies in which consultations have taken place with the social partners, particularly regarding the compilation and publication of labour statistics. The Committee also welcomes the information provided on the survey concerning the social partners (trade unions and employers’ organizations), a periodic survey which was included in the programme on surveys of public statistics for 2014, 2018 and 2022. The Committee notes the many examples of consultations which have been held with the trade unions. The Committee recalls that under Article 3 of the Convention the representative organizations of employers and workers must be consulted in the design or revision of the concepts, definitions and methodology used in the collection, compilation and publication of the statistics required under the Convention, with a view to taking account of their needs and ensuring their cooperation. The Committee therefore requests the Government to continue engaging in consultations with the representative employers’ and workers’ organizations and to provide information on any relevant developments in this area in the future.

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 the information sent to the ILO Department of Statistics for dissemination on the ILOSTAT website. This information originates from the quarterly labour force survey (LFS) and the national population and housing census conducted between April and September 2021. The Committee also notes the Government’s indication that the methodology used for the Labour Force Survey in Poland (BAEL) is in conformity with the international methodology used for the European survey on the active population. Moreover, since 2021, the BAEL has undergone modifications, particularly with regard to the material and personal scope of application and the manner of identifying population groups in the labour market. Lastly, the Committee notes the information relating to the implementation of the resolution concerning statistics of work, employment and labour underutilization (resolution I), adopted by the 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS) (2013) in the context of the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2019/700 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 October 2019. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the application of the resolution concerning statistics on work relationships adopted by the 20th ICLS (2018) (resolution I) and on the application of the resolution concerning statistics on the informal economy, adopted by the 21st ICLS (2023) (resolution I).

Article 14. Statistics of occupational injuries and diseases. The Committee notes the information supplied regularly to the ILO Department of Statistics through the chapter of the annual questionnaire devoted to occupational accidents. The most recent data are from 2022. The Committee notes that since 1 January 2023 the regulations relating to the statistical data sheet for occupational accidents have been amended to facilitate: (i) the preparation of the data sheet; (ii) the planning of preventive actions; and (iii) the classification of the causes of occupational accidents. In this regard, in order to be able to evaluate more precisely the dangers arising from new working arrangements, the Committee requests the Government to indicate whether accidents have occurred in the context of distance work or telework. Moreover, emphasizing the decision adopted by the 110th Session (June 2022) of the International Labour Conference to include “a safe and healthy working environment” as one of the fundamental principles and rights at work, the Committee requests the Government to: (i) provide information on any developments concerning the production and publication of statistics on occupational accidents and diseases; (ii) continue sending relevant statistics on a regular basis; and (iii) send up-to-date information on the sources, concepts, definitions and methodology used in the collection and compilation of statistics.

Article 16. Acceptance of obligations. The Committee notes the information sent by the Government in response to its previous comment concerning statistics on wages and working time. The Government indicates that statistics on hours worked continue to be collected during the BAEL and then sent to the ILO via Eurostat. Moreover, the Committee notes the information supplied under Articles 9, 10 and 11 of the Convention. Given the availability of relevant regular statistics on the subjects covered by the aforementioned Articles, the Committee invites the Government to envisage the possibility of accepting the obligations deriving from Articles 9, 10 and 11 of the Convention.