1. LAMAS Working Group 12-13 December 2013
Agenda Item 4.2 ICLS and knock-on effects in EU-LFS
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2. Goals for this meeting:
Share experiences from the conference
Discuss in general what impact the new resolution may have on the EU-LFS
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3. Selected areas of interest
General framework of work (§10)
Absences from employment (§29)
Underemployment (§§43-44)
Potential labour force (§51)
Own-production of goods (§22)/ subsistence farmers (§24)
Unpaid trainees (§§33-35) / Voluntary work (§§37-38) / Own-provision of services (§22)
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4. Framework – definition of work
Four or five forms of "work"
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5. Absences from employment
Opened up for longer absences still counted as employed depending on payment.
Parental leave, […] reduction in economic activity (e.g. temporary lay-off, slack work), […]
(i) for these reasons, a further test of receipt of remuneration and/or a duration threshold should be used.
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6. Underemployment – definition aligned
Those in the reference week who:
who wanted to work additional hours;
whose hours actually or usually worked in all employment jobs were less than a specified hours threshold; and
were available to work additional hours, given opportunities for additional work, within a specified, subsequent period of time.
“hours threshold” is based on the boundary between full-time and part-time employment, […]
Align the name?
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7. Potential Labour Force (entrants)
The potential labour force is defined as comprising all those above a specified age who were neither in employment nor in unemployment and who, during the relevant reference period of measurement, were:
seeking employment but not available; or
not seeking but wanting and available for employment.
Almost identical to ESS supplementary indicators definitions.
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8. Own-production of goods / subsistence farmers – 1
New resolution:
All producers of goods mainly for own consumption will be excluded from employment even if parts are intended for sale
Current ESS implementation:
Producers of agricultural output are considered employed if [it] is intended to be sold or bartered, even if only a small part of it [or if] exclusively for own-consumption and it is an important contribution to the total consumption of the household
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9. Own-production of goods / subsistence farmers – 2
Currently voluntary whether to include in employment.
Should be able to be unemployed.
Can the affected countries live with their removal from employment?
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10. Unpaid trainees / volunteer work / Own-provision of services
Uncontroversial as such, but outside core-LFS topics
Unpaid trainees -> for a "youth-SAM"?
Volunteer work -> important enough for an own SAM?
Own-provision of services -> not for the LFS at all?
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11. Indicators
No upper threshold for neither numerator nor denominator in both employment and unemployment rate.
Employment rate= Persons employed (15+) / Population (15+)
Unemployment rate = Unemployed (15+) / Labour force (15+)
Extended labour force as denominator for potential labour force
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12. Timeline December 2013: Initial discussion of implications
January 2014: Points of interest handed in by MS
April 2014: Written consultation on a number of topics based on previous round
May 2014: Implication paper produced by Eurostat
June 2014: Substantive LAMAS discussion
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13. The LAMAS working group is asked to
share their experiences from the conference
discuss where they expect the new resolution to have an impact on the EU-LFS
provide input in writing on topics to be included in the written consultation
deadline for topics: 31 January 2014
written consultation April 2014
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