Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 2010, publiée 100ème session CIT (2011)

The Committee notes the first Government’s report on the application of the Convention received in December 2009. It would be grateful if the Government would provide the ILO with additional information on the following points.

Article 7 of the Convention. The Committee notes that, since 1999, a Household Labour Force Survey (HLFS) that provides data on the economically active population, employment and unemployment that are representative of the country as a whole has been conducted. The surveys conducted in 1996 and 1997 covered only the urban areas. In relation to Article 5, the Committee notes that the statistics on the total population, economically active population (EAP), employment and unemployment collected from the LFS of Armenia have been provided to the ILO irregularly. At the same time, the National Statistical Service of Armenia was providing the ILO with official estimates on the total population and economically active population (2000 – only totals; 2001–04 and 2007 – complete set of variable; 2006 – no data on the EAP; 2008 – only totals) and employment (1997–2008), as well as unemployment data from administrative sources (1997–2008).

The Committee also notes, with reference to Article 6, the communication of the relevant methodological information on the LFS concepts and definitions. However, the ILO has not received the methodology on the computation of official estimates nor the administrative sources. The Committee recalls the obligation under Article 7 to ensure that the statistics of the economically active population, employment and unemployment should be compiled in such a way as to be representative of the country as a whole and asks the Government to provide the ILO with the methodology on the computation of official estimates and the administrative sources used by the National Statistical Service of Armenia.

The Committee also asks the Government to keep the ILO informed of any changes/modifications in the HLFS methodology.

Article 8. The Committee notes with interest that information relating to the 2001 population census and the previous one has been supplied. It also notes that the next population census will be held in October 2011 and encourages the Government to continue providing the ILO with data as soon as practicable (Articles 5 and 6).

Articles 9, 10 and 11 in relation to Article 16. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would keep the ILO informed, in accordance with Article 16(4), of the position of the national law and practice on the subjects covered by these Articles not accepted, and to indicate the extent to which effect is given or is proposed to be given to the Convention in respect of the subjects in question.

It also requests the Government to supply to the extent possible any statistics compiled on the subjects covered by the abovementioned provisions as well as particulars of their sources, methodology and publication as requested in the report form of the Convention.

Article 12. The Committee notes the summary information provided in the report, according to which the National Statistical Service compiles monthly the consumer price index (CPI) with regard to the whole population. It notes that, according to the information available to the ILO, data are disseminated on the consumer price index, a modified Laspeyres index (2005=100), covering Yerevan and 11 large population centres in the country while the weights used for the CPI calculations are based on the data on expenditures made by the households during
April 2004–March 2005, adjusted by the average annual prices of 2005.

The Committee notes, however, that the report does not state whether the latest international standards and guidelines have been followed for the CPI production in accordance with Article 2 and does not refer to any consultation with the representative organizations of employers and workers, in accordance with Article 3.

Therefore, the Committee asks the Government to indicate which of the international standards were taken into account and to keep the ILO informed on the steps, if any, which the Government proposes to take to consult the representative organizations of employers and workers in relation to Article 12.

The Committee requests the Government to keep the ILO informed of any future developments in the field of CPI.

Article 14. The Committee notes that, while the obligations under this Article have not been accepted, statistics on occupational injuries are transmitted regularly to the ILO for publication in the ILO Yearbook of Labour Statistics. They refer to reported injuries compiled from administrative records and include the number of cases of fatal injury, the number of cases of non-fatal injury leading to permanent or temporary incapacity, and the number of days lost due to cases of temporary incapacity. Some of the statistics are disaggregated by sex but not by economic activity. The most recent data received refer to the year 2008 and indicate that 12 fatal and 64 non-fatal injuries were reported. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would continue to supply statistics on the subject covered by this provision of the Convention with particulars on their source, methodology and publication and to provide information in reply to Article 16(4) concerning the obligations not accepted.

Article 15. While recalling that the obligation under this Article has not been accepted, the Committee asks the Government to keep the ILO informed in due course of any developments concerning the extent to which effect may be given to this Article in future, in order to compile and provide statistics and relevant methodological information to the ILO for international dissemination.