Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2000, published 89th ILC session (2001)

Labour Statistics Convention, 1985 (No. 160) - Portugal (Ratification: 1993)

The Committee notes the Government’s report and, in particular the comments of the Government in relation to the observations of the General Confederation of Portuguese Workers (CGTP). In this respect, the Government states that the General Council of the Institute for Management of the Government Human Resources Data Base is responsible, in particular, for adopting the Institute’s annual or multi-annual programme of activities and approving the general annual census. It notes that this General Council includes four members nominated by trade union associations representing government employees, which allows trade union associations to participate in implementing the statistical information system relating to public employees and its integration into the national statistical system.

The Committee also notes that the information regarding the application of Articles 8 and 12, of the Convention. It asks the Government to provide further information on the following points.

Article 7.  The Committee again asks the Government to supply, if available, employment data derived from the establishment survey (in accordance with Article 5).

Articles 9 and 10.  The Committee notes that the major change since the previous report consists in the introduction of an annual census of civil servants and public employees, and the production of statistics on their level and structure of earnings and hours of work, thus extending the statistical system to this sector which was excluded from existing surveys and administrative sources. The Committee notes, however, that the only publication containing statistics related to this Article made available at the ILO, is the INE Statistical Yearbook of Portugal - (Anuario Estatístico de Portugal). It asks the Government: (i) to indicate the title and reference number of the other principal publication(s) in which the data appear, or their equivalent method of dissemination, and to communicate them to the ILO as soon as feasible (in accordance with Article 5); and (ii) to publish and communicate to the ILO the relevant methodological information, in particular with respect to the Quadros de Pessoal and the monthly indices of earnings and hours of work in industry (Article 6).

Article 13.  The Committee notes that, on the basis of the information contained in the publication Inquérito aos Orçamentos Familiares 1994/1995-Metodologia, it appears that the concepts, definitions and methodology used for the 1994-95 survey are consistent with the international standards recommended in the resolution on household income and expenditure statistics adopted by the International Conference of Labour Statisticians in 1973. However, no statistics have been communicated to the ILO. The Committee asks the Government to communicate the results of the 1994-95 survey to the ILO (in accordance with Article 5) by the transmission of the publication Inquérito aos Orçamentos Familiares 1994/1995 - Resultados.

Article 14.  The Committee notes the information supplied regarding the extension of coverage of compulsory occupational accident insurance to the self-employed and consequently the possibility of compiling statistics of occupational injuries for the self-employed in a similar way to those compiled for employees, as well as the intended compilation of statistics on occupational injuries in public administration. It asks the Government to communicate the statistics compiled for these categories to the ILO as soon as they become available. The Committee notes with interest that, according to information available at the ILO, statistics on occupational injuries and occupational diseases have also been collected via an ad hoc module of questions attached to the Labour Force Survey. It also notes that data on workdays lost will be available as from the year 2000. The Committee asks the Government to communicate these statistics to the ILO when they are available (in accordance with Article 5).

Article 15.  The Committee notes the information supplied regarding statistics of strikes in public administration. It asks the Government to send these data to the ILO (in accordance with Article 5).