. Results of the Consultation on the Handbook on Measuring Quality of Employment A Statistical Framework Conference of European Statisticians June 2015

Consultation in December 2014 General comments 36 countries and 2 organisations replied. Responses stated that the Handbook: – Is comprehensive and covers relevant aspects of quality of employment – Will provide useful practical guidance to National Statistics Offices – Has an informative, clear and coherent structure – Will assist countries in developing policies to improve quality of employment All responding countries and organisations were in favour of the CES adopting the Handbook

Consultation in December 2014 Specific comments Comments and proposals for the statistical framework and the indicator sheets were received and incorporated. The main changes were: – The definition of quality of employment was further specified – The importance and role of context information was clarified – Text was added to address the comments about the use of subjective indicators – A number of technical details were clarified in the indicator sheets

Consultation in December 2014 Topics for Future Work and Research Many proposals were received and incorporated, including: – Developing further indicators regarding physical working conditions (e.g. equipment, use of information technology, physical space, etc.) – Measures of employment mobility within and across employers – Treatment of emerging types of employment contracts – Exploring the need to add an indicator on work engagement – Consideration of facilities made available by the employer (e.g. canteen, medical center, kindergarten) – Further analysis of how the indicators relate to measures of job satisfaction A number of countries and organizations expressed interest in participating in future work, including Canada, Finland, Germany, Israel, Italy, the United States, Switzerland, Eurostat, OECD and ILO.

Proposal for the Conference The Conference is invited to: – Endorse the proposed Handbook on Measuring Quality of Employment, A Statistical Framework, subject to the comments made – Ask the Bureau to consider following up on the proposed topics for future work and research, potentially by organizing future expert group meetings on measuring quality of employment