Changes for page Resolution concerning an integrated system of wages statistics, the 12th ICLS

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15	15	= General objectives and scope =
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17		-1. Each country should aim to develop its statistical programme in the field of wages, hours of work and related matters to provide information for the various users of the statistics, taking into account particular national needs and circumstances.  The programme should provide for the needs of users in connection with the measurement of levels of living of employees, wage determination, collective bargaining, social, economic and manpower planning, analysis of economic conditions and market conditions, formulating and implementing wage policies and income policies and studies of income distribution.
18		-1. (i) In order to realise the above objectives, national programmes of wages and related statistics should, in principle, cover all sections of the economy, should be developed within the general framework of an integrated system and should comprise two parts:  (a) current statistics programme to meet short-term needs and (b) non-current statistics programme to provide benchmark data as well as other detailed data to meet long-term and continuing needs.
	17	+~1. Each country should aim to develop its statistical programme in the field of wages, hours of work and related matters to provide information for the various users of the statistics, taking into account particular national needs and circumstances.  The programme should provide for the needs of users in connection with the measurement of levels of living of employees, wage determination, collective bargaining, social, economic and manpower planning, analysis of economic conditions and market conditions, formulating and implementing wage policies and income policies and studies of income distribution.
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	19	+2. (i ) In order to realise the above objectives, national programmes of wages and related statistics should, in principle, cover all sections of the economy, should be developed within the general framework of an integrated system and should comprise two parts:  (a) current statistics programme to meet short-term needs and (b) non-current statistics programme to provide benchmark data as well as other detailed data to meet long-term and continuing needs.
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20	20	(ii) In establishing any national programme of wages and related statistics, the collaboration of organisations of employers and workers should be sought.
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22		-1. The different items and series of wages and related statistics included in the national programme should be compiled in such a way as to be mutually consistent and reveal the relationships between them.  Consistency with other economic and social statistics should also be ensured to the fullest extent possible.
23		-1. (i) The current statistics programme should cover:  (a) statistics of average earnings and hours of work (including, if possible, hours actually worked) and (b) statistics of time rates of wages and normal hours of work.
	23	+3. The different items and series of wages and related statistics included in the national programme should be compiled in such a way as to be mutually consistent and reveal the relationships between them.  Consistency with other economic and social statistics should also be ensured to the fullest extent possible.
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	25	+4. (i ) The current statistics programme should cover:  (a) statistics of average earnings and hours of work (including, if possible, hours actually worked) and (b) statistics of time rates of wages and normal hours of work.
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25	25	(ii) The non-current statistics programme should include:  (a) statistics of wage structure and distribution and (b) statistics of labour cost.
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27		-1. Statistics of hours of work relevant to wages statistics should be compiled, so far as possible, in accordance with comprehensive guidelines given in the resolution of the Tenth International Conference of Labour Statisticians (1962) concerning statistics of hours of work.
28		-1. Labour cost statistics should be compiled, so far as possible, in accordance with the resolution of the Eleventh International Conference of Labour Statisticians (1966) concerning statistics of labour cost.
29		-1. In view of the special problems of collection of the data, a separate programme of wages statistics should be drawn up for the agricultural sector, within the scope of the general framework of an integrated system of wages statistics, in accordance with the general recommendations below, so far as they are applicable and, so far as it is practicable to do so, also in accordance with the special recommendations on agricultural wages statistics which follow.
	29	+5. Statistics of hours of work relevant to wages statistics should be compiled, so far as possible, in accordance with comprehensive guidelines given in the resolution of the Tenth International Conference of Labour Statisticians (1962) concerning statistics of hours of work.
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31		-**Concepts and earnings**
	31	+6. Labour cost statistics should be compiled, so far as possible, in accordance with the resolution of the Eleventh International Conference of Labour Statisticians (1966) concerning statistics of labour cost.
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33		-= Earnings =
	33	+7. In view of the special problems of collection of the data, a separate programme of wages statistics should be drawn up for the agricultural sector, within the scope of the general framework of an integrated system of wages statistics, in accordance with the general recommendations below, so far as they are applicable and, so far as it is practicable to do so, also in accordance with the special recommendations on agricultural wages statistics which follow.
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35		-1. The concept of earnings, as applied in wages statistics, relates to remuneration in cash and in kind paid to employees, as a rule at regular intervals, for time worked or work done together with remuneration for time not worked, such as for annual vacation, other paid leave or holidays.  Earnings exclude employers' contributions in respect of their employees paid to social security and pension schemes and also the benefits received by employees under these schemes.  Earnings also exclude severance and termination pay.
36		-1. Statistics of earnings should relate to employees gross remuneration, i.e. the total before any deductions are made by the employer in respect of taxes, contributions of employees to social security and pension schemes, life insurance premiums, union dues and other obligations of employees.
37		-1. (i) Earnings should include:  direct wages and salaries, remuneration for time not worked (excluding severance and termination pay), bonuses and gratuities and housing and family allowances paid by the employer directly to his employee.
	35	+= Concepts and earnings =
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39		-1. Direct wages and salaries for time worked, or work done, cover:  (i) straight-time pay of timerated workers;  (ii) incentive pay of time-rated workers;  (iii) earnings of pieceworkers (excluding overtime premiums);  (iv) premium pay for overtime, shift, night and holiday work; (v) commissions paid to sales and other personnel.  Included are:  premiums for seniority and special skills, geographical zone differentials, responsibility premiums, dirt, danger and discomfort allowances, payments under guaranteed wage systems, cost-of-living allowances and other regular allowances.
40		-1. Remuneration for time not worked comprises direct payments to employees in respect of public holidays, annual vacations and other time off with pay granted by the employer.
41		-1. Bonuses and gratuities cover seasonal and end-of-year bonuses, additional payments in respect of vacation period (supplementary to normal pay) and profit-sharing bonuses.
	37	+== Earnings ==
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43		- (ii)          Statistics of earnings should distinguish cash earnings from payments in kind.
	39	+8. The concept of earnings, as applied in wages statistics, relates to remuneration in cash and in kind paid to employees, as a rule at regular intervals, for time worked or work done together with remuneration for time not worked, such as for annual vacation, other paid leave or holidays.  Earnings exclude employers' contributions in respect of their employees paid to social security and pension schemes and also the benefits received by employees under these schemes.  Earnings also exclude severance and termination pay.
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45		-= Wage rates =
	41	+9. Statistics of earnings should relate to employees gross remuneration, i.e. the total before any deductions are made by the employer in respect of taxes, contributions of employees to social security and pension schemes, life insurance premiums, union dues and other obligations of employees.
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47		-1. The data on time rates of wages should relate to an appropriate time period such as the hour, day, week, month or other customary period used for purposes of determining the wage rates concerned.
48		-1. Wage rates should include basic wages, cost-of-living allowances and other guaranteed and regularly paid allowances, but exclude overtime payments, bonuses and gratuities, family allowances and other social security payments made by employers.  Ex gratia payments in kind, supplementary to normal wage rates, are also excluded.
49		-1. Statistics of wage rates fixed by or in pursuance of laws or regulations, collective agreements or arbitral awards (which are generally minimum or standard rates) should be clearly distinguished from statistics referring to wage rates actually paid to individual workers.  Each of these types of wage rates is useful for particular purposes.
50		-1. Time rates of wages for normal periods of work should be distinguished from special and other rates such as piece rates, overtime rates, premium rates for work on holidays and shift rates. **Wage payments in kind**
51		-1. In view of the dual nature of wages as cost to the employer and earnings of the employee, it may be necessary to evaluate wage payments in kind according to both of these concepts.
52		-1. In principle, for earnings statistics, payment in kind should be measured on the basis of the value accrued to the employee, since earnings refer to the remuneration or income of a specified group of employed persons, whereas for statistics of wage rates and labour cost the evaluation should be done on the basis of cost to the employer since these data refer to the cost of units of work time.
53		-1. Evaluation of remuneration received in kind on the basis of retail market prices generally provides a reasonable estimate of the value accrued to the employee.  This method is frequently followed when income data, including wages, are collected through household surveys.
54		-1. When earnings data are furnished by the employer, it is generally easier for him to express the money value of any payments in kind which are included as equal to the cost to him of the goods or services concerned but, if the employer is unable to report the actual cost incurred, it is convenient to use producers' selling prices, or wholesale prices.  However, to evaluate the level of earnings of employees, and adjustment should be made for the difference between cost to the employer and retail prices wherever payments in kind are significant.
	43	+10. (i) Earnings should include:  direct wages and salaries, remuneration for time not worked (excluding severance and termination pay), bonuses and gratuities and housing and family allowances paid by the employer directly to his employee.
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	45	+* (a) Direct wages and salaries for time worked, or work done, cover:  (i) straight-time pay of timerated workers;  (ii) incentive pay of time-rated workers;  (iii) earnings of pieceworkers (excluding overtime premiums);  (iv) premium pay for overtime, shift, night and holiday work; (v) commissions paid to sales and other personnel.  Included are:  premiums for seniority and special skills, geographical zone differentials, responsibility premiums, dirt, danger and discomfort allowances, payments under guaranteed wage systems, cost-of-living allowances and other regular allowances.
	46	+* (b) Remuneration for time not worked comprises direct payments to employees in respect of public holidays, annual vacations and other time off with pay granted by the employer.
	47	+* (c) Bonuses and gratuities cover seasonal and end-of-year bonuses, additional payments in respect of vacation period (supplementary to normal pay) and profit-sharing bonuses.
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	49	+(ii) Statistics of earnings should distinguish cash earnings from payments in kind.
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	51	+== Wage rates ==
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	53	+~11. The data on time rates of wages should relate to an appropriate time period such as the hour, day, week, month or other customary period used for purposes of determining the wage rates concerned.
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	55	+12. Wage rates should include basic wages, cost-of-living allowances and other guaranteed and regularly paid allowances, but exclude overtime payments, bonuses and gratuities, family allowances and other social security payments made by employers.  Ex gratia payments in kind, supplementary to normal wage rates, are also excluded.
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	57	+13. Statistics of wage rates fixed by or in pursuance of laws or regulations, collective agreements or arbitral awards (which are generally minimum or standard rates) should be clearly distinguished from statistics referring to wage rates actually paid to individual workers.  Each of these types of wage rates is useful for particular purposes.
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	59	+14. Time rates of wages for normal periods of work should be distinguished from special and other rates such as piece rates, overtime rates, premium rates for work on holidays and shift rates.
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	61	+== Wage payments in kind ==
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	63	+15. In view of the dual nature of wages as cost to the employer and earnings of the employee, it may be necessary to evaluate wage payments in kind according to both of these concepts.
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	65	+16. In principle, for earnings statistics, payment in kind should be measured on the basis of the value accrued to the employee, since earnings refer to the remuneration or income of a specified group of employed persons, whereas for statistics of wage rates and labour cost the evaluation should be done on the basis of cost to the employer since these data refer to the cost of units of work time.
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	67	+17. Evaluation of remuneration received in kind on the basis of retail market prices generally provides a reasonable estimate of the value accrued to the employee.  This method is frequently followed when income data, including wages, are collected through household surveys.
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	69	+18. When earnings data are furnished by the employer, it is generally easier for him to express the money value of any payments in kind which are included as equal to the cost to him of the goods or services concerned but, if the employer is unable to report the actual cost incurred, it is convenient to use producers' selling prices, or wholesale prices.  However, to evaluate the level of earnings of employees, and adjustment should be made for the difference between cost to the employer and retail prices wherever payments in kind are significant.
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56	56	= Current wages statistics programme =
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58		-1. The current programme should be designed to provide essential data at frequent intervals in order to measure trends and short-term changes in average earnings, hours of work, time rates of wages and normal hours of work.
	73	+The current programme should be designed to provide essential data at frequent intervals in order to measure trends and short-term changes in average earnings, hours of work, time rates of wages and normal hours of work.
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59	59	1. In determining the scope and content of the current programme, the need for speed in the collection and in the processing of data at reasonable cost should be a major consideration.
60	60	1. In determining the scope of particular wages statistics series, the need to permit the computation of a satisfactory index of real wages should be borne in mind.  In principle, consumer price data and wages data relating to the same group of the wage-earning population should be obtained for this purpose.
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