Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1990, published 77th ILC session (1990)

The Committee has taken note of the Government's first report and asks it to supply additional information on the following points:

Article 2 of the Convention. Please specify in respect of Articles 8, 9, 10, 11, 14 and 15 of the Convention the standards and guide-lines established under the auspices of the ILO that have been taken into consideration in designing the statistics to which these Articles refer. Please also give reasons for all departures from these standards and guide-lines (such as, for example, for the establishment of the statistics referred to in Article 13 of the Convention, which the Government mentions in its report).

Article 6. Please indicate whether descriptions of the sources, concepts, definitions and methodology used in collecting and compiling statistics referred to in Articles 10, 12, 14 and 15 of the Convention have been published by the Central Office of Statistics, or by another competent body, and if so, please communicate a copy of this publication.

Article 9, paragraph 2. The Committee notes that, according to the report, statistics of time rates of wages and normal hours of work covering important occupations or groups of occupations, have not been compiled and that no request has been formulated to this end. Please state the reasons why it has not been considered necessary to compile such statistics.

Article 13. Please indicate whether the statistics on household (or family) expenditure and income which, according to the report, are established in accordance with the Norwegian system of national accounts, can be used conjointly.

Article 14. Please indicate whether statistics of occupational injuries are representative of the country as a whole, and whether they cover all branches of economic activity. Please also indicate the name and type of source of these statistics, as requested under Article 5(a) of the Convention.