1. LAMAS Working Group 29 June-1 July 2016
Agenda Item 4.1 The three Task Forces: organisation of the work
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2. Introduction December 2015 LAMAS, creation of TF1: Input harmonisation
TF2: Detailed topics
TF3: Consolidation of the implementing act
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3. TF Membership
Each TF co-chaired by a Eurostat representative and a LAMAS representative from a NSI:
TF1: Eurostat (Fabienne Montaigne) and ELSTAT (Stylianos Zachariou)
TF2: Eurostat (Anne Clémenceau) and DESTATIS (Thomas Körner)
TF3: Eurostat (Frank Espelage) and CSO of Poland (Hanna Strzelecka)
Each country/institution represented in at least one TF
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4. Meeting dates and topics covered
Task Force
Meeting date
Issues discussed
Reporting to LAMAS
TF2
16-17 March 2016
Future 8-yearly detailed topics
Transition from work to retirement
Labour situation of migrants and their immediate descendants
Other detailed topics
Dependent self-employed
Second job
29 June – 1 July 2016
28-29 September 2016
Young people on the labour market
Work organisation/ working time arrangements
Working hours Second job
Care needs
Household sub-sampling and future 8-yearly detailed topics
7-9 December 2016
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5. Meeting dates and topics covered
Task Forces
Meeting date
Issues discussed
Reporting to LAMAS
TF1
18-19 April 2016
Employment and unemployment
Sub modules 'Absences from work', 'Search for work', 'Job search methods' and 'Availability'
Sub modules 'At work' and 'Producing goods'
Operational definition and the 12 principles
Variable MAINSTAT
Definition of private household and usually resident population
29 June – 1 July 2016
TF3
8-9 June 2016
Overview of issues (to be) covered by the IESS framework regulation and other general implementing acts
Reports from TF1 and TF2
Consolidated implementing act in the labour market domain: structure and content
Detailed review of first topics/variables
Special issues to be tackled (Proxy issues; Subsampling)
End 2016/Begin 2017
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6. LAMAS is invited to: take note of the work organisation of the 3 TFs
More information on work progress of each TF follows …