LAMAS Working Group 14-15 October 2014 Agenda Item 3.3 Workshop on Labour Cost data Eusebio.Bezzina@ec.europa.eu Sammy.Lauritsen@ec.europa.eu

Labour Cost data workshop I. Labour cost statistics (LCS/LCI) overview II. Aim of workshop III. Possible topics for discussion IV. Way-forward

I. Labour Cost Statistics

II. Aim of workshop (1) Assess and improve quality of both statistics Expert discussion on methodological issues Clarifications with regard to legal definitions

II. Aim of workshop (2) Exchange of experiences (best practices vs. failures) Possible use of administrative data / other sources Cross-cutting issues

III. Possible topics for discussion LCS/LCI - Data inconsistencies (LCS, LCI, NA, SBS, STS) - Extending LCI questionnaire (e.g. number of hours worked) for better LCI/LCS cross-validation) - Coverage of the Public Sector (NACE O) - Changes introduced by ESA2010 - Reducing burden on enterprises / Possible use of administrative data

III. Possible topics for discussion (LCS) ESTAT - Data in/-excluding apprentices - Unreliable data sent as 'not available' => "U-flags" (unreliable) to be used instead? DK - Measurement of working hours: HW-HP NL - Contributions to pension schemes SE - Taxes versus social contributions UK - Measurement of zero-hour contracts CY - Imputed Soc. Contr. in public sector IS - Monthly survey on wages & labour cost

III. Possible topics for discussion (LCI) ESTAT - Extending the LCI questionnaire ECB - Negotiated wage rate indicator ES - Towards a Labour Price Index

IV. Way-Forward IT and IS willing to host workshop on 5 & 6 May 2015 ESTAT will send LAMAS an updated list of topics by 31 October 2014 NSIs to submit abstract with specific topic/s for discussion by 28 November 2014 Draft agenda finalised by 11 December 2014 Short papers to submit by 27 March 2015

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