Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2006, published 96th ILC session (2007)

The Committee notes the Government’s report received by the Office in November 2005, and the report analysing the Employment and Earnings Survey for 2001 (EES).

The Committee notes with interest that the EES has been revived under the responsibility of the National Bureau of Statistics, with the first survey being conducted with reference to June 2001, and the results published in 2004, based on a sample of formal sector enterprises. As the EES is conducted on an annual basis, the Committee notes that the results of the 2002 and 2003 surveys will soon be available. The statistics compiled meet most of the requirements of the Convention; however, as the results of the EES are compiled on a monthly and an annual basis, it would appear that relevant statistics on working hours (normal hours of work and hours actually worked) are not compiled. Furthermore, the Committee notes that no information is provided as to whether the Government of Zanzibar intends to conduct a similar survey. The Committee requests the Government to indicate whether measures have been adopted so that: (i) in future surveys, relevant statistics on hours of work are collected and compiled; and (ii) the survey is extended to Zanzibar. The Government is requested to ensure that the results of the EES, as of 2002, are published, disseminated and communicated to the ILO as soon as practicable.