Changes for page Revised draft resolution concerning statistics on work relationships
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... ... @@ -67,59 +67,65 @@ 67 67 * (c) Those employed as independent workers have as many jobs as the economic units they own or co-own, irrespective of the number of clients served. 68 68 * (d) For those employed as dependent workers the set of tasks should be considered to be performed for the economic unit on which the worker is dependent and a separate job defined for each economic unit on which the worker is dependent. 69 69 * (e) Separate work activities are defined when a person is engaged in both own-use production of goods and own-use provision of services for the same household. This allows the identification of work activities within and beyond the production boundary in the System of National Accounts (SNA). 70 -* (f) Since statistics on work relationships refer primarily to characteristics of jobs or work activities in specific economic units, persons may have as many work relationships as they have jobs or work activities in economic units. 71 -* (g) Two characteristics of jobs and work activities are relevant to differentiate them according to status at work and status in employment, and to arrange them into aggregate groups. These are the type of authority that the worker is able to exercise in relation to the work performed and the type of economic risk to which the worker is exposed. 72 72 73 - ==Type of authority==71 +9. Since statistics on work relationships refer primarily to characteristics of jobs or work activities in specific economic units, persons may have as many work relationships as they have jobs or work activities in economic units. 74 74 75 -1. T he//type of authority//referstothenatureofthe controlthat theworkerhasoverthe organizationof his or her work, thenatureofauthoritythat he orshe exercisesovertheeconomicunitforwhichthework is performed (including itsactivities and transactions),andtheextenttowhich the worker isdependentonanother person or economicunitfororganization ofthe workand/orfor accessto themarket. The type ofauthorityisusedtoclassifyworkersas//dependent //or// independent.//73 +10. Two characteristics of jobs and work activities are relevant to differentiate them according to status at work and status in employment, and to arrange them into aggregate groups. These are the type of authority that the worker is able to exercise in relation to the work performed and the type of economic risk to which the worker is exposed. 76 76 77 - Independentworkers75 +== Type of authority == 78 78 79 -1. Independent workers own the economic unitinwhich theyworkandcontrol its activities.They makethe most important decisions abouttheactivities ofthe economic unitandtheorganization of theirwork.They may workon theirownaccountorinpartnershipwithother independent workers andmay or maynotprovidework for others.77 +~11. The //type of authority// refers to the nature of the control that the worker has over the organization of his or her work, the nature of authority that he or she exercises over the economic unit for which the work is performed (including its activities and transactions), and the extent to which the worker is dependent on another person or economic unit for organization of the work and/or for access to the market. The type of authority is used to classify workers as //dependent //or// independent.// 80 80 81 - Entrepreneurs79 +=== Independent workers === 82 82 83 -1. Entrepreneursareworkerswhocreatework for themselvesand potentiallyfor others byestablishingand operatingan enterprise. Thecategoryof “independent workers”intheclassification ofstatusin employmentprovidesthebeststarting pointfortheidentificationand compilationof statisticsonentrepreneurs.Additional informationrelevant to thenationalcontext,suchas thesizeandnatureoftheenterprise, is needed to providecompletestatisticsonentrepreneurshipandtoaccuratelyidentifythoseworkerswhoarecreatingemploymentopportunities for themselvesor for others.81 +12. Independent workers own the economic unit in which they work and control its activities. They make the most important decisions about the activities of the economic unit and the organization of their work. They may work on their own account or in partnership with other independent workers and may or may not provide work for others. 84 84 85 - Dependent workers83 +=== Entrepreneurs === 86 86 87 -1. Dependent workers are workers whodonothavecompleteauthority orcontrol over the economicunitforwhichtheywork.If theyarein employmentfor profit theyhavenoemployees,anddo notmake themost important decisions abouttheactivities of the economicunit forwhichtheywork.85 +13. Entrepreneurs are workers who create work for themselves and potentially for others by establishing and operating an enterprise. The category of “independent workers” in the classification of status in employment provides the best starting point for the identification and compilation of statistics on entrepreneurs. Additional information relevant to the national context, such as the size and nature of the enterprise, is needed to provide complete statistics on entrepreneurship and to accurately identify those workers who are creating employment opportunities for themselves or for others. 88 88 87 +=== Dependent workers === 88 + 89 +14. Dependent workers are workers who do not have complete authority or control over the economic unit for which they work. If they are in employment for profit they have no employees, and do not make the most important decisions about the activities of the economic unit for which they work. 90 + 89 89 == Type of economic risk == 90 90 91 -1. //Type of economic risk// refers to the extent to which the worker may: (1) be exposed to the loss of financial or other resources in pursuance of the activity; and (2) experience unreliability of remuneration in cash or in kind or receive no remuneration. 92 -1. Economic risk may be measured operationally by considering: 93 -11. the existence and nature of remuneration for the work performed; 94 -11. the circumstances in which the job or work activity may be terminated; and 95 -11. the extent to which the worker is protected in the event of sickness, accident, or termination of the job. 96 -1. In statistics on employment, the type of economic risk is used to classify workers as //in employment for profit //or// in employment for pay //based primarily on the nature of the remuneration for a particular job. The aspects of the nature of the remuneration taken into consideration include whether or not remuneration is received or expected: 97 -11. in the form of profit (and therefore also entails the risk of loss); 98 -11. based on time worked; 99 -11. by the piece for the goods produced or services provided; or 100 -11. as a fee for the production of goods or provision of services. 93 +15. //Type of economic risk// refers to the extent to which the worker may: (1) be exposed to the loss of financial or other resources in pursuance of the activity; and (2) experience unreliability of remuneration in cash or in kind or receive no remuneration. 101 101 95 +Economic risk may be measured operationally by considering: 96 + 97 +* the existence and nature of remuneration for the work performed; 98 +* the circumstances in which the job or work activity may be terminated; and 99 +* the extent to which the worker is protected in the event of sickness, accident, or termination of the job. 100 +* In statistics on employment, the type of economic risk is used to classify workers as //in employment for profit //or// in employment for pay //based primarily on the nature of the remuneration for a particular job. The aspects of the nature of the remuneration taken into consideration include whether or not remuneration is received or expected: 101 +** in the form of profit (and therefore also entails the risk of loss); 102 +** based on time worked; 103 +** by the piece for the goods produced or services provided; or 104 +** as a fee for the production of goods or provision of services. 105 + 102 102 Workers in employment for profit 103 103 104 -1. //Workers in employment for profit// are employed persons whose remuneration is directly and entirely dependent on the profit or loss made by the economic unit in which they are employed, including remuneration in cash or in kind by way of a commercial transaction for goods produced or services provided. They do not receive a wage or salary in return for time worked. 105 -1. Owner-operators of corporations are excluded from workers in employment for profit. While they are exposed to economic risk related to the potential for loss of investments made in the corporation, the risk is mitigated due to limitations of liability when corporations are separate legal entities from the persons who own them. They may receive a wage or salary whether or not the corporation is making a profit and may also be in receipt of payments deriving from profits. 108 +//Workers in employment for profit// are employed persons whose remuneration is directly and entirely dependent on the profit or loss made by the economic unit in which they are employed, including remuneration in cash or in kind by way of a commercial transaction for goods produced or services provided. They do not receive a wage or salary in return for time worked. 106 106 110 +Owner-operators of corporations are excluded from workers in employment for profit. While they are exposed to economic risk related to the potential for loss of investments made in the corporation, the risk is mitigated due to limitations of liability when corporations are separate legal entities from the persons who own them. They may receive a wage or salary whether or not the corporation is making a profit and may also be in receipt of payments deriving from profits. 111 + 107 107 Workers in employment for pay 108 108 109 - 1.Workers in employment for pay are employed persons who receive, or expect to receive, remuneration in cash or in kind, in return for time worked or for each piece or service produced. They include both employees and owner-operators of corporations who hold a job in an incorporated enterprise which they own and control.114 +Workers in employment for pay are employed persons who receive, or expect to receive, remuneration in cash or in kind, in return for time worked or for each piece or service produced. They include both employees and owner-operators of corporations who hold a job in an incorporated enterprise which they own and control. 110 110 111 111 = The International Classification of Status in Employment (ICSE-18) = 112 112 113 -1. The International Classification of Status in Employment (ICSE-18) classifies jobs in employment for pay or profit into ten detailed categories based on the concepts of type of authority and type of economic risk described above. These categories may be aggregated according to two alternative classification hierarchies: the //International Classification of Status in Employment according to type of authority (ICSE-18-A) //and the //International Classification of Status in Employment according to type of economic risk (ICSE-18-R).// 114 -1. Both hierarchies for status in employment, based on economic risk and authority, should have equal priority when producing statistics. Statistics from labour force surveys and, when possible from other relevant sources, should be compiled on a regular basis according to both hierarchies. 118 +The International Classification of Status in Employment (ICSE-18) classifies jobs in employment for pay or profit into ten detailed categories based on the concepts of type of authority and type of economic risk described above. These categories may be aggregated according to two alternative classification hierarchies: the //International Classification of Status in Employment according to type of authority (ICSE-18-A) //and the //International Classification of Status in Employment according to type of economic risk (ICSE-18-R).// 115 115 120 +Both hierarchies for status in employment, based on economic risk and authority, should have equal priority when producing statistics. Statistics from labour force surveys and, when possible from other relevant sources, should be compiled on a regular basis according to both hierarchies. 121 + 116 116 == International Classification of Status in Employment according to type of authority (ICSE-18-A) == 117 117 118 - 1.ICSE-18-A provides, at its top level, a dichotomy between independent workers and dependent workers in which:124 +ICSE-18-A provides, at its top level, a dichotomy between independent workers and dependent workers in which: 119 119 120 120 //Independent workers// are classified into the following groups: 121 121 122 -1. 128 +1. 123 123 11. Employers 124 124 111. – Employers in corporations 125 125 111. – Employers in household market enterprises ... ... @@ -129,12 +129,12 @@ 129 129 130 130 //Dependent workers// are classified into the following groups: 131 131 132 -1. 138 +1. 133 133 11. Dependent contractors 134 134 135 135 30 – Dependent contractors 136 136 137 -1. 143 +1. 138 138 11. Employees 139 139 111. – Permanent employees 140 140 111. – Fixed-term employees ... ... @@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ 153 153 154 154 //Workers in employment for profit// are classified into the following groups: 155 155 156 -1. 162 +1. 157 157 11. Independent workers in household market enterprises 158 158 159 159 12 – Employers in household market enterprises ... ... @@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ 170 170 171 171 //Workers in employment for pay// are classified into the following groups: 172 172 173 -1. 179 +1. 174 174 11. Owner-operators of corporations 175 175 176 176 11 – Employers in corporations ... ... @@ -179,8 +179,8 @@ 179 179 180 180 D. Employees 181 181 182 -1. 183 -11. 188 +1. 189 +11. 184 184 111. – Permanent employees 185 185 111. – Fixed-term employees 186 186 111. – Short-term and casual employees ... ... @@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ 189 189 190 190 = Definitions and explanatory notes for categories in the two hierarchies of the International Classification of Status in Employment = 191 191 192 -== A. Employers ==198 +== A. Employers == 193 193 194 194 1. Employers own the economic unit in which they work and control its activities on their own account or in partnership with others, and in this capacity employ one or more persons (including temporarily absent employees but excluding themselves, their partners and family helpers) to work as an employee for at least one hour per week. In statistics on employment, they include: 195 195 11. – Employers in corporations ... ... @@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ 232 232 233 233 21 – Owner-operators of corporations without employees 234 234 235 -== 3. Dependent contractors ==241 +== 3. Dependent contractors == 236 236 237 237 1. //Dependent contractors //are workers employed for profit, usually by way of a commercial transaction, who are dependent on another entity that directly benefits from the work performed by them and exercises explicit or implicit control over their activities. Their dependency may be of an operational nature, for example through organization of the work or control over access to the market, and/or of an economic nature such as through control over the price for the goods or services produced, or access to raw materials or capital items. The economic units on which they depend may be market or non-market units and include corporations, governments and non-profit institutions. 238 238 1. Some or all of the following characteristics apply to dependent contractors: ... ... @@ -281,14 +281,14 @@ 281 281 282 282 (b) the arrangement is of a short-term nature, with a duration of less than three months from the first day of employment to the expected final day of employment. 283 283 284 -1. 290 +1. 285 285 11. Employment in this category may provide flexibility for workers who need to balance employment with family responsibilities, education, or other forms of work but may also entail insecurity of income and employment. 286 286 11. This category includes two groups which may be separately identified if relevant in national circumstances: //short-term employees //and //casual and intermittent employees~:// 287 287 111. //short-term employees //are those who are guaranteed a minimum number of hours of work and are employed on a time-limited basis with an expected duration of less than three months. They include: 288 288 1111. employees with contracts of employment with a duration of less than three months; 289 -1. 290 -11. 291 -111. 295 +1. 296 +11. 297 +111. 292 292 1111. employees without formal arrangements or contracts when it is understood that the employment will be of a duration of less than three months; and 293 293 111. //casual and intermittent employees //are those who have no guarantee of employment for a certain number of hours during a specified period but may have arrangements of an ongoing or recurring nature. Depending on national circumstances and specific contractual arrangements pertaining to the job, this group includes employees engaged on a casual or intermittent basis, workers on zero-hours contracts, employees who are only paid when called in to work, and workers hired on a day-to-day basis. 294 294 11. Unless the total duration of the employment arrangement is less than three months, short-term and casual employees exclude: ... ... @@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ 303 303 111. undertaking general on-the-job training or life-long learning while in employment, including in market and non-market units owned by household or family members; and 304 304 111. working without pay in market or non-market units owned by household or family members. 305 305 306 -== E. Contributing family workers ==312 +== E. Contributing family workers == 307 307 308 308 **57. **//Contributing family workers// assist a family member or household member in a market-oriented enterprise operated by the family or household member, or in a job in which the assisted family or household member is an employee or dependent contractor. They do not receive regular payments, such as a wage or salary, in return for the work performed, but may benefit in kind or receive irregular payments in cash as a result of the outputs of their work through family or intra-household transfers, derived from the profits of the enterprise or from the income of the other person. They do not make the most important decisions affecting the enterprise or have responsibility for it. 309 309 ... ... @@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ 316 316 317 317 ~1. Employers 318 318 319 -1. 325 +1. 320 320 11. – Employers in corporations 321 321 11. – Employers in household market enterprises 322 322 11. – Employers in own-use provision of services ... ... @@ -366,9 +366,9 @@ 366 366 367 367 23 – Independent workers in own-use provision of services without employees 368 368 369 -1. 370 -11. 371 -111. 375 +1. 376 +11. 377 +111. 372 372 1111. – Family helpers in own-use provision of services 373 373 111. Workers in own-use production of goods 374 374 ... ... @@ -376,9 +376,9 @@ 376 376 377 377 24 – Independent workers in own-use production of goods without employees 378 378 379 -1. 380 -11. 381 -111. 385 +1. 386 +11. 387 +111. 382 382 1111. – Family helpers in own-use production of goods 383 383 11. Volunteer workers 384 384 ... ... @@ -402,8 +402,8 @@ 402 402 403 403 (a) Excluded from this group are workers who: 404 404 405 -1. 406 -11. 411 +1. 412 +11. 407 407 111. perform non-compulsory work without remuneration through or for organizations comprising market and non-market units, including self-help, mutual aid or community-based groups of which the worker is a member; and 408 408 111. produce goods or services for consumption by members of the worker’s own household or family. 409 409 ... ... @@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ 429 429 11. unpaid apprentices, trainees and interns; 430 430 11. workers performing unpaid compulsory activities; (iii) direct volunteers. 431 431 432 -== 9. Other unpaid workers ==438 +== 9. Other unpaid workers == 433 433 434 434 **72. **//Other unpaid workers// are workers who cannot be classified in any other groups in the International Classification of Status at Work. They include workers performing activities such as unpaid community service and unpaid work by prisoners, when ordered by a court or similar authority, and unpaid military or civilian service. 435 435 ... ... @@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ 488 488 489 489 **84. **Information on full-time/part-time status, usual hours worked and contractual hours of work should be collected in accordance with the most recent international standards for statistics on working time (currently the 18th ICLS Resolution concerning the measurement of working time). Information on contractual hours of work is required to determine whether employees have arrangements that provide a guaranteed minimum number of hours of work, and is essential for derivation of the subcategories of employees. 490 490 491 -== Main reason for non-permanent employment ==497 +== Main reason for non-permanent employment == 492 492 493 493 1. //Main reason for non-permanent employment// refers to the main reason why an employed person does not have a permanent work contract or arrangement. Statistics on the reason for non-permanent employment should be collected for all employees classified as fixed-term, or as short-term and casual employees. Such statistics should also be collected for dependent contractors if relevant for national purposes. 494 494 1. Statistical outputs on the main reason for non-permanent employment should include at least the following categories: ... ... @@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ 511 511 1. Type of employment agreement should not be used directly to measure informality, since workers with oral agreements can be subject to social protection, and workers with written contracts may or may not meet the criteria for formality. 512 512 1. At a minimum, categories for “written contract” and “oral agreement” should be used in statistical outputs. Statistics indicating whether the agreement is collective or individual should also be compiled from relevant statistical sources. 513 513 514 -== Form of remuneration ==520 +== Form of remuneration == 515 515 516 516 1. //Form of remuneration// refers to the basis on which a worker is paid, rather than on the form of payment (e.g. cash or in kind). It should specify the information relevant to understand the nature of the employment relationship, but not necessarily other aspects of remuneration. The variable “forms of remuneration” is required to assist with identification of the status in employment categories and should include information about all forms of remuneration received by the worker in a particular job. A separate recommended variable on “main form of remuneration”, provides additional information that may be collected by adding an additional question. 517 517 1. At a minimum, the following categories are needed: ... ... @@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ 570 570 1. //Domestic workers employed by service providers// are employees of economic units such as agencies that provide domestic services to households. //Domestic service providers// //employed for profit// provide domestic services to private households as independent workers or dependent contractors. 571 571 1. Domestic employees may be identified in statistical collections when the economic activity of their employer is equivalent to ISIC Rev.4 Division 97, Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel. Other domestic workers may be identified in statistical collections if their occupation is one of those commonly held by domestic employees, and their main place of work is the client’s residence. Analysis of these occupations by place of work may also allow the identification of other workers not considered to be domestic workers, but who perform services frequently provided by domestic workers (such as laundry, childcare and personal care) in settings such as their own home or workplace, or in the workplace of agencies providing such services. 572 572 573 -== Home-based workers ==579 +== Home-based workers == 574 574 575 575 **105. **//Home-based workers// are workers whose main place of work is their own home. They may be employers, independent workers without employees, dependent contractors, employees or contributing family workers. 576 576