Meeting of the Directors of Social Statistics 23-24 February 2016 Agenda Item 4 LFS AHM programme 2019-2021: draft delegated act

Background Current LFS legal basis: Council regulation No 577/98 amended by Regulation (EU) No 545/2014 Article 7a par 4 of regulation 545/2014: The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts establishing the programme of ad-hoc modules covering 3 years The programme shall be adopted no later than 24 months before the beginning of the reference period Delegated Act with the LFS Ad hoc module programme covering 2019-2021 to be adopted by the end of 2016

Discussion in LAMAS 2019-2021 programme endorsed in December 2015 Including the following 3 topics: AHM 2019: Work organisation and working time arrangements AHM 2020: Accidents at work and other work-related health problems AHM 2021: Labour situation of migrants and their immediate descendants

AHM Sub-modules 2019 Re-scheduled AHM 2015 Flexibility of working times Methods at work Place of work 2020 Repetition of 2013 Accidents at work Work-related health problems Risk factors for the physical health and/or the mental well-being 2021 Substantial changes Background information on migrants and their immediate descendants Language skills Obstacles and support to labour market participation

Further steps 23/24 February 2016: discussion by the DSS 18/19 May 2016: Dedicated delegated act meeting to take place side-by-side to the ESSC meeting By the end of 2016: Eurostat will proceed with the legal steps for the programme adoption

Exchange of views forms Overall support 2021 module on labour market situation of migrants: Quality/Short version of the questionnaire Redesigned compared to 2014 Use of Delegated Act? To be dropped: list of variables, Member States and regions concerned, transmission deadlines (in implementing act); sample specifications (in basic act)

The DSS is invited to: Endorse the proposed delegated act for the LFS ad-hoc module programme 2019-2021 where list of variables, Member States and regions concerned, transmission deadlines and sample specifications will be dropped