International Classification of Status in Employment (ICSE-93)

Resolution concerning the International Classification of Status in Employment (ICSE), adopted by the Fifteenth International Conference of Labour Statisticians (January 1993) (download_en)

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The Resolution defines the groups included in the classification: wage earners, employers, workers employed in their own enterprises, members of production cooperatives, and helping family members. Examples of approaches to the classification by status of specific groups of the employed population are given, as well as recommendations for the preparation of data for international comparisons.