Legal provisions of COM(2003)109 - Amendment of Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the EC to adapt the list of survey characteristics - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2003)109 - Amendment of Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the EC to adapt the ... |
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| document | COM(2003)109  |
| date | November 25, 2003 |
Article 1
1. Points (b), (c), (d) and (g) of paragraph 1 are replaced by the following:
"(b) labour status:
- labour status during the reference week,
- continuing receipt of wages and salary,
- reason for not having worked though having a job,
- search for employment for person without employment,
- type of employment sought (self-employed or employee),
- methods used to find a job,
- availability to start work;
(c) employment characteristics of the main job:
- professional status,
- economic activity of the local unit,
- occupation,
- supervisory responsibilities,
- number of persons working at the local unit,
- country of place of work,
- region of place of work,
- year and month when the person started working in current employment,
- involvement of public employment service in finding the current job,
- permanency of the job (and reasons),
- duration of temporary job or work contract of limited duration,
- full-time/part-time distinction (and reasons),
- contract with a temporary work agency,
- working at home;
(d) hours worked:
- number of hours per week usually worked,
- number of hours actually worked,
- number of hours of overtime in the reference week,
- main reason for hours actually worked being different from usual hours;"
"(g) search for employment:
- type of employment sought,
- duration of search for employment,
- situation of person immediately before starting to seek employment,
- registration at public employment office and whether receiving benefits,
- for person not seeking employment, willingness to work,
- reasons why person has not sought work,
- lack of care facilities."
2. The following point is added to paragraph 1:
"(n) atypical working times:
- shift work,
- evening work,
- night work,
- Saturday work,
- Sunday work."
3. Paragraph 2, third indent, is replaced by the following:
"- the volume of an ad hoc module shall be limited to 11 variables."
4. The following paragraph shall be added:
"4. On a proposal from the Commission, a list of variables, hereinafter referred to as structural variables, may be identified from among the survey characteristics specified in paragraph 1 which need to be surveyed only as annual averages with reference to 52 weeks rather than as quarterly averages. This list of structural variables, the minimum sample size and the survey frequency will be drawn up in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 8. Spain, Finland and the United Kingdom may survey the structural variables with reference to a single quarter during a transition period until the end of 2007."
Article 2
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.