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

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

The Committee notes the observations made by the Spanish Confederation of Employers’ Organizations (CEOE), the Spanish Confederation of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (CEPYME), the Trade Union Confederation of Workers’ Commissions (CCOO) and the General Confederation of Workers (UGT), received on 18 September 2023, and the Government’s response.

Article 3 of the Convention. Consultation of the social partners. The Committee notes the indication that, in the context of the annual labour and employment survey, the Government takes into consideration the comments and suggestions made by any person or institution. It requests the Government to provide information on the manner in which the social partners are consulted on the design or revision of the concepts, definitions and methodology used in the collection, compilation and publication of the required statistics with a view to taking into account their needs and ensuring their cooperation.

Articles 7 and 8. Statistics of employment, unemployment and underemployment. Statistics of the structure and distribution of the economically active population. The Committee notes with interest the indication that the new European regulations and the changes made to the method of measuring the active population in 2021 include the standards set out in the Resolution concerning statistics of work, employment and labour underutilization, adopted by the International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS) at its 19th Session (2013) (Resolution I). It also notes the indication that the international standards and guidelines on statistics of employment, unemployment, labour cost and wages, as discussed at the 20th ICLS, are under examination. The Committee requests the Government to continue the regular provision of the data required by the Convention. It also requests the Government to provide information on any developments that have an impact on the implementation of the Resolution concerning statistics of work, employment and labour underutilization adopted by the ICLS at its 19th Session (2013), the Resolution concerning statistics on work relationships, adopted by the ICLS at its 20th Session (2018) (Resolution I), and the Resolution concerning statistics on the informal economy, adopted by the ICLS at its 21st Session (2023) (Resolution I).

Article 9(2). Statistics of time rates of wages and normal hours of work. In the absence of information on this subject, the Committee requests the Government to indicate the manner in which statistics of wage rates are collected, compiled and published.

Articles 10 and 11. Statistics of wage structure and distribution. Statistics of labour cost. The Committee notes that, although it has not accepted the obligations in respect of Articles 10 and 11 of the Convention, the Government collects, compiles and publishes the statistics required by these provisions. The Committee invites the Government to consider the possibility of accepting the obligations in respect of Articles 10 and 11 of the Convention.

Article 14. Statistics of occupational injuries and diseases. The Committee notes the detailed statistics provided by the Government concerning occupational accidents. It notes that these statistics, and the statistics of occupational diseases, are compiled by the Ministry of Labour and the Social Economy (Ministerio de Trabajo y Economía Social) and the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration (Ministerio de Inclusión, Seguridad Social y Migraciones), respectively. The information is drawn from insurance records and the System for the Electronic Notification of Occupational Diseases (CEPROSS). The Committee notes that the statistics are transmitted to the ILO Statistics Department (ILOSTAT) through its annual questionnaire, with the latest statistics dating from 2022. In light of the above and the decision by the International Labour Conference at its 110th Session in June 2022 to include a “safe and healthy working environment“ as a fundamental principle and right at work, the Committee requests the Government to: (i) provide information on any developments concerning the production and publication of statistics of occupational injuries and occupational diseases; (ii) continue the regular provision of the relevant statistics; and (iii) provide updated information on the sources, concepts, definitions and methodology used for the collection and compilation of the statistics.

Application of the Convention in practice. The Committee notes the observations of the CEOE, CCOO and CEPYME concerning the calculation of the coverage rate of collective bargaining. It notes the Government’s indication that work in this field is proceeding well and a modernization project is being developed to automate the integration of the various sources. The Committee emphasizes in this regard that statistics of the coverage rate of collective bargaining are not among the statistics required by Part II of the Convention. With reference to the observations of the CEOE and the CEPYME concerning the intervals between surveys of wages and wage structure, the Committee notes the Government’s indication that it cannot be changed due to the complexity involved in the collection and analysis of the data. The Government indicates that a file of micro-data is available for users for the statistics of wages obtained through the census of the active population and that information is provided on the website and by the competent services. The Committee requests the Government to report any developments in this regard that have an impact on the manner in which national law and practice give effect to the Convention.