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5 -= Preamble =
5 +=== Preamble ===
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7 7  The 21st International Conference of Labour Statisticians,
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17 17  Adopts this 20th day of October 2023 the following amendments to the Resolution concerning the measurement of employment-related income, adopted by the 16th International Conference of Labour Statisticians, 1998.
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19 -= Objectives =
19 +=== Objectives ===
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21 -~1. Each country should aim at supplementing its programmes of statistics on employment, labour underutilization and wages with statistics that provide insight into the income related to employment, for the purpose of (a) analysing the income-generating capacity of different economic activities and (b) analysing the economic well-being of persons on the basis of the employment opportunities available to them.
21 +1. Each country should aim at supplementing its programmes of statistics on employment, labour underutilization and wages with statistics that provide insight into the income related to employment, for the purpose of (a) analysing the income-generating capacity of different economic activities and (b) analysing the economic well-being of persons on the basis of the employment opportunities available to them.
22 +1. A programme of statistics on employment-related income should provide for the needs of various users. It should provide information required in economic analysis where the focus is on the identification and creation of productive economic activities, and should contribute to the design, implementation and assessment of employment promotion policies which aim at creating and developing employment that provides adequate income. Statistics of employment-related income should contribute to the development of the analysis of the informal sector for employment and income generation and the measurement of underemployment. The programme of statistics should also be useful for the analysis of the labour force situation in relation to the increased flexibility of the labour market and the structural changes resulting from this flexibility, in particular through the provision of data on the relationship between employment-related income and atypical or non-standard forms of employment. It should provide data on the changes in employment patterns and remuneration practices which have taken place in countries at different stages of development. Statistics of employment-related income may be used for planning, implementing and evaluating social and economic policies, for assessing the impact of specific policies such as assistance to agricultural workers and access of particular workers such as women and rural-urban migrants to the labour market. Statistics on the level of income from employment for pay and for profit should be used as an input in the assessment of the consumption capacity of workers and their level of employment-related welfare. Data on the structure and distribution of employment-related income may also be used in connection with the adjustment of income taxes and social security contributions and the redistribution of income and social security benefits. They should contribute to the compilation of labour and national accounts.
23 +1. In order to fulfil the above objectives, comprehensive, detailed and reliable statistics should, as far as possible, be compiled on (i) the characteristics of jobs for pay and for profit, (ii) the components and amounts of income generated by these jobs, (iii) where relevant, the corresponding volume of labour input and (iv) the socio-economic characteristics of persons holding jobs for pay or profit.
24 +1. In order to enhance their comparability and usefulness, statistics of employment-related income should, as far as possible, be made compatible with other related economic and social statistics and with national accounts as regards the definitions, classifications and reference periods used, where relevant, by regrouping the components of income related to employment for pay and for profit.
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23 -2. A programme of statistics on employment-related income should provide for the needs of various users. It should provide information required in economic analysis where the focus is on the identification and creation of productive economic activities, and should contribute to the design, implementation and assessment of employment promotion policies which aim at creating and developing employment that provides adequate income. Statistics of employment-related income should contribute to the development of the analysis of the informal sector for employment and income generation and the measurement of underemployment. The programme of statistics should also be useful for the analysis of the labour force situation in relation to the increased flexibility of the labour market and the structural changes resulting from this flexibility, in particular through the provision of data on the relationship between employment-related income and atypical or non-standard forms of employment. It should provide data on the changes in employment patterns and remuneration practices which have taken place in countries at different stages of development. Statistics of employment-related income may be used for planning, implementing and evaluating social and economic policies, for assessing the impact of specific policies such as assistance to agricultural workers and access of particular workers such as women and rural-urban migrants to the labour market. Statistics on the level of income from employment for pay and for profit should be used as an input in the assessment of the consumption capacity of workers and their level of employment-related welfare. Data on the structure and distribution of employment-related income may also be used in connection with the adjustment of income taxes and social security contributions and the redistribution of income and social security benefits. They should contribute to the compilation of labour and national accounts.
26 +=== Concepts and definitions ===
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25 -3. In order to fulfil the above objectives, comprehensive, detailed and reliable statistics should, as far as possible, be compiled on (i) the characteristics of jobs for pay and for profit, (ii) the components and amounts of income generated by these jobs, (iii) where relevant, the corresponding volume of labour input and (iv) the socio-economic characteristics of persons holding jobs for pay or profit.
28 +==== Employment-related income ====
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27 -4. In order to enhance their comparability and usefulness, statistics of employment-related income should, as far as possible, be made compatible with other related economic and social statistics and with national accounts as regards the definitions, classifications and reference periods used, where relevant, by regrouping the components of income related to employment for pay and for profit.
30 +1. Employment-related income consists of the payments, in cash, in kind or in services, which are received by individuals, for themselves or in respect of their family members, as a result of their current or former involvement in jobs for pay or for profit. This means that besides income received by persons for working in current jobs, employment-related income includes payments received for having worked previously, in other jobs or in relation to such work. Such payments could be, for example, salaries/wages received with delay after leaving a job, or retirement pensions. It also means that during a specific reference period, a person may receive employment-related income without having any job (i.e. while being currently unemployed or out of labour force). Employment-related income excludes income derived from other sources such as property, social assistance, transfers, etc., not related to employment.
31 +1. For definitional and measurement purposes, the concept of income related to employment for pay should be distinguished from the concept of income related to employment for profit.
32 +1. The statistics of employment-related income should cover all persons employed, as defined in the resolution concerning statistics of work, employment and labour underutilization, adopted by the 19th ICLS (2013). Where feasible, they should also cover working children{{footnote}}This inclusion should not be interpreted as condoning child labour.{{/footnote}} and youths below the specified minimum age limit adopted for measuring the labour force.
33 +1. The measurement of employment-related income should relate, separately, to "workers in employment for pay" and to "workers in employment for profit", as further defined in the most recent version of the International Classification of Status in Employment (ICSE).
34 +1. For further analysis, and especially for analysing economic well-being related to employment, statistics of employment-related income should cover those unemployed and persons outside the labour force who receive an income as a result of their former employment.
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29 -= Concepts and definitions =
36 +==== Income related to employment for pay ====
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31 -== Employment-related income ==
38 +1. Income related to employment for pay consists of all payments and benefits in cash, kind or services, which are received, over a given reference period, by individuals for themselves or in respect of their family members, by virtue of their involvement in a current or former job for pay. Such payments and benefits may be provided by the employer, social security or compulsory insurance schemes or the State.
39 +1. Income related to employment for pay covers the income of the following categories of persons as defined by ICSE:
40 +1*. Owner-operators of corporations:
41 +1**. Employers in corporations
42 +1**. Owner-operators of corporations without employees ● Employees: o Permanent employees o Fixed-term employees o Short-term and casual employees o Paid apprentices, trainees and interns
43 +1. Income related to employment for pay includes: total cash remuneration; the value of remuneration in kind and services; profit-related pay; and employment-related social security benefits received either directly from the employer, from social security or compulsory insurance schemes or the State.
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33 -5. Employment-related income consists of the payments, in cash, in kind or in services, which are received by individuals, for themselves or in respect of their family members, as a result of their current or former involvement in jobs for pay or for profit. This means that besides income received by persons for working in current jobs, employment-related income includes payments received for having worked previously, in other jobs or in relation to such work. Such payments could be, for example, salaries/wages received with delay after leaving a job, or retirement pensions. It also means that during a specific reference period, a person may receive employment-related income without having any job (i.e. while being currently unemployed or out of labour force). Employment-related income excludes income derived from other sources such as property, social assistance, transfers, etc., not related to employment.
45 +(a) Total cash remuneration, excluding employee contributions to compulsory employmentrelated social security and retirement income provision schemes (in order to avoid subsequent double counting of income), covers:
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35 -6. For definitional and measurement purposes, the concept of income related to employment for pay should be distinguished from the concept of income related to employment for profit.
47 +1.
48 +11.
49 +111. direct wages and salaries in cash for time worked and work done, including all incentive, shift and premium pay (e.g. for responsibility, unsanitary conditions, danger, work at night, weekends and during other unsocial hours); cost-of-living, housing, transport, language and similar allowances; hardship, mobility, non-resident, expatriation, repatriation, post-adjustment and similar allowances; contractual and nonobligatory regular bonuses and premiums; tips and commissions (with and without a retainer); payments for odd jobs and duties and casual work. They also include fees and salaries of managerial staff; remuneration of trainees and apprentices; and other components of direct wages and salaries;
50 +111. remuneration for time not worked comprises: annual vacation and other paid leave; public holidays and other recognized holidays; temporary halt or slow-down of production, short-time working; other time off granted with pay (e.g. for personal and family reasons, civic duties, union responsibilities, training and education); paid sick leave (where not regarded as social security benefit); severance and termination pay (where not regarded as social security benefit);
51 +111. cash bonuses and gratuities include: all bonuses and gratuities, whether contractual or noncompulsory bonuses and premiums, year-end and seasonal bonuses (13th, 14th or 15th month's salary, additional vacation pay, etc.); exceptional payments for innovative ideas or work methods; and similar ad hoc payments.
52 +11. Remuneration in kind and services includes: traditional payments such as food, drink, fuel, clothing, footwear, etc.; the imputed rental value of free or subsidized housing; petrol and/or mileage allowance or the imputed value of free or subsidized similar benefits; the imputed value of business vehicles for employees' private use, telephone, electricity and similar utilities; free or subsidized transport to and from work and free car parking; the value covered by the employer of: union, association and club fees, nurseries, crèches, etc. for employees' children, low- or zero-interest loans, subsidized mortgages, etc., the value of output from employer's process of production{{footnote}}In so far as the provision of this type of benefit is in line with the recommendations contained in the Protection of Wages Convention, 1949 (No. 95).{{/footnote}}; ' as well as the value of other payments in kind, including flexible benefits and other compensation packages for employees.
53 +11. Profit-related pay comprises: traditional profit-sharing bonuses; current receipts from profit-related schemes, participation, savings-related share option schemes and similar schemes; the initial market value of shares distributed to employees and owner-operators of corporations; other profit-related receipts.
54 +11. Employment-related social security benefits include:
55 +111. current receipts from the employer: e.g. family, dependants' and similar allowances; educational allowances; payments in respect of absence from work due to sickness, maternity, occupational injury or disease, etc. (which compensate, in part or in full, for loss of earnings); payments in respect of temporary or partial lay-off or unemployment (which compensate, in part or in full, for loss of earnings); as well as compensation for medical expenditure, provision of free health care (homes, clinics, health services, etc.) and other social security payments received from the employer;
56 +111. current employment-related social security benefits received from social security or compulsory insurance schemes or the State: e.g. family, dependants', educational and similar allowances; payments in respect of absence from work due to sickness, maternity, occupational injury or disease, etc. (which compensate, in part or in full, for loss of earnings); payments in respect of temporary or partial lay-off or unemployment (which compensate, in part or in full, for loss of earnings); as well as compensation for medical expenditure, provision of free health care (homes, clinics, health services, etc.) and other social security and assimilated payments for which the employment status is a condition of receipt;
57 +111. current social security benefits received as a result of former employment: e.g. unemployment compensation; severance, termination and redundancy pay; occupational and retirement pensions and assimilated benefits.
58 +1. Net income related to employment for pay may be derived by deducting employees' direct taxes, union dues and other obligations. Whenever possible, the different types of deductions should be identified and recorded separately.
59 +1. Income related to employment for pay excludes income derived from other forms of activity and other sources, such as income related to employment for profit, property income in the form of interest, dividends, income attributed to private insurance policyholders, rents and other forms of property income, as well as annuities, remittances, gifts, etc. It also excludes:
60 +1*. family allowances and other social security benefits or assistance (e.g. food stamps, government or community housing, free health-care assistance, etc.), when paid by social security schemes or the State without regard to the employment status (e.g. under universal schemes with or without means tests);
61 +1*. indemnities or allowances in cash and in kind paid by the employer purely to cover the employees' cost of work-related expenditure (e.g. tools, equipment, clothing or footwear
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37 -7. The statistics of employment-related income should cover all persons employed, as defined in the resolution concerning statistics of work, employment and labour underutilization, adopted by the 19th ICLS (2013). Where feasible, they should also cover working children{{footnote}}This inclusion should not be interpreted as condoning child labour.{{/footnote}} and youths below the specified minimum age limit adopted for measuring the labour force.
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39 -8. The measurement of employment-related income should relate, separately, to "workers in employment for pay" and to "workers in employment for profit", as further defined in the most recent version of the International Classification of Status in Employment (ICSE).
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41 -9. For further analysis, and especially for analysing economic well-being related to employment, statistics of employment-related income should cover those unemployed and persons outside the labour force who receive an income as a result of their former employment.
65 +used exclusively or mainly at work, special housing and meals necessitated by exceptional working conditions, reimbursement of business travel and accommodation expenses, medical examinations or health checks required because of the nature of the work, etc.). However, when indemnities take the form of cash payments over and above the reimbursement of expenses incurred by employees, such payments should be considered as income related to employment for pay; ● employers' contributions to social security funds, insurance or other institutional units responsible for social insurance schemes.
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43 -== Income related to employment for pay ==
67 +1. When the objective is to measure the income-generating capacity of a job, all the components of income related to employment for pay provided by the employer should be included. When the objective is to analyse the individual's employment-related well-being, the additional employment-related benefits provided by social security or compulsory insurance schemes or by the State should also be included.
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45 -10. Income related to employment for pay consists of all payments and benefits in cash, kind or services, which are received, over a given reference period, by individuals for themselves or in respect of their family members, by virtue of their involvement in a current or former job for pay. Such payments and benefits may be provided by the employer, social security or compulsory insurance schemes or the State.
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47 -~11. Income related to employment for pay covers the income of the following categories of persons as defined by ICSE:
48 48  
49 -* Owner-operators of corporations:
50 -** Employers in corporations
51 -** Owner-operators of corporations without employees ● Employees: o Permanent employees o Fixed-term employees o Short-term and casual employees o Paid apprentices, trainees and interns
71 +==== Income related to employment for profit ====
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53 -12. Income related to employment for pay includes: total cash remuneration; the value of remuneration in kind and services; profit-related pay; and employment-related social security benefits received either directly from the employer, from social security or compulsory insurance schemes or the State.
54 -
55 -* (a) Total cash remuneration, excluding employee contributions to compulsory employmentrelated social security and retirement income provision schemes (in order to avoid subsequent double counting of income), covers:
56 -** (i ) direct wages and salaries in cash for time worked and work done, including all incentive, shift and premium pay (e.g. for responsibility, unsanitary conditions, danger, work at night, weekends and during other unsocial hours); cost-of-living, housing, transport, language and similar allowances; hardship, mobility, non-resident, expatriation, repatriation, post-adjustment and similar allowances; contractual and nonobligatory regular bonuses and premiums; tips and commissions (with and without a retainer); payments for odd jobs and duties and casual work. They also include fees and salaries of managerial staff; remuneration of trainees and apprentices; and other components of direct wages and salaries;
57 -** (ii) remuneration for time not worked comprises: annual vacation and other paid leave; public holidays and other recognized holidays; temporary halt or slow-down of production, short-time working; other time off granted with pay (e.g. for personal and family reasons, civic duties, union responsibilities, training and education); paid sick leave (where not regarded as social security benefit); severance and termination pay (where not regarded as social security benefit);
58 -** (ii) cash bonuses and gratuities include: all bonuses and gratuities, whether contractual or noncompulsory bonuses and premiums, year-end and seasonal bonuses (13th, 14th or 15th month's salary, additional vacation pay, etc.); exceptional payments for innovative ideas or work methods; and similar ad hoc payments.
59 -* (b) Remuneration in kind and services includes: traditional payments such as food, drink, fuel, clothing, footwear, etc.; the imputed rental value of free or subsidized housing; petrol and/or mileage allowance or the imputed value of free or subsidized similar benefits; the imputed value of business vehicles for employees' private use, telephone, electricity and similar utilities; free or subsidized transport to and from work and free car parking; the value covered by the employer of: union, association and club fees, nurseries, crèches, etc. for employees' children, low- or zero-interest loans, subsidized mortgages, etc., the value of output from employer's process of production{{footnote}}In so far as the provision of this type of benefit is in line with the recommendations contained in the Protection of Wages Convention, 1949 (No. 95).{{/footnote}}; ' as well as the value of other payments in kind, including flexible benefits and other compensation packages for employees.
60 -* (c) Profit-related pay comprises: traditional profit-sharing bonuses; current receipts from profit-related schemes, participation, savings-related share option schemes and similar schemes; the initial market value of shares distributed to employees and owner-operators of corporations; other profit-related receipts.
61 -* (d) Employment-related social security benefits include:
62 -** (i ) current receipts from the employer: e.g. family, dependants' and similar allowances; educational allowances; payments in respect of absence from work due to sickness, maternity, occupational injury or disease, etc. (which compensate, in part or in full, for loss of earnings); payments in respect of temporary or partial lay-off or unemployment (which compensate, in part or in full, for loss of earnings); as well as compensation for medical expenditure, provision of free health care (homes, clinics, health services, etc.) and other social security payments received from the employer;
63 -** (ii) current employment-related social security benefits received from social security or compulsory insurance schemes or the State: e.g. family, dependants', educational and similar allowances; payments in respect of absence from work due to sickness, maternity, occupational injury or disease, etc. (which compensate, in part or in full, for loss of earnings); payments in respect of temporary or partial lay-off or unemployment (which compensate, in part or in full, for loss of earnings); as well as compensation for medical expenditure, provision of free health care (homes, clinics, health services, etc.) and other social security and assimilated payments for which the employment status is a condition of receipt;
64 -** (iii) current social security benefits received as a result of former employment: e.g. unemployment compensation; severance, termination and redundancy pay; occupational and retirement pensions and assimilated benefits.
65 -
66 -13. Net income related to employment for pay may be derived by deducting employees' direct taxes, union dues and other obligations. Whenever possible, the different types of deductions should be identified and recorded separately.
67 -
68 -14. Income related to employment for pay excludes income derived from other forms of activity and other sources, such as income related to employment for profit, property income in the form of interest, dividends, income attributed to private insurance policyholders, rents and other forms of property income, as well as annuities, remittances, gifts, etc. It also excludes:
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70 -* family allowances and other social security benefits or assistance (e.g. food stamps, government or community housing, free health-care assistance, etc.), when paid by social security schemes or the State without regard to the employment status (e.g. under universal schemes with or without means tests);
71 -* indemnities or allowances in cash and in kind paid by the employer purely to cover the employees' cost of work-related expenditure (e.g. tools, equipment, clothing or footwear used exclusively or mainly at work, special housing and meals necessitated by exceptional working conditions, reimbursement of business travel and accommodation expenses, medical examinations or health checks required because of the nature of the work, etc.). However, when indemnities take the form of cash payments over and above the reimbursement of expenses incurred by employees, such payments should be considered as income related to employment for pay; ● employers' contributions to social security funds, insurance or other institutional units responsible for social insurance schemes.
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73 -15. When the objective is to measure the income-generating capacity of a job, all the components of income related to employment for pay provided by the employer should be included. When the objective is to analyse the individual's employment-related well-being, the additional employment-related benefits provided by social security or compulsory insurance schemes or by the State should also be included.
74 -
75 -== Income related to employment for profit ==
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77 77  1. Income related to employment for profit is defined as the income which is received, over a given reference period, by individuals, for themselves or in respect of their family members who help in family businesses as contributing family workers, as a result of their current or former involvement in employment for profit.
78 78  1. For purposes of measurement of income related to employment for profit, those employed for profit are primarily the sole owners, or joint owners, of the unincorporated household enterprises or quasi-corporations in which they work, according to the definition contained in the System of National Accounts. They do not include the owner-operators of corporations, who are considered workers in employment for pay according to ICSE-.
79 79  1. Gross income related to employment for profit consists of: