Statec - Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques

Unit ENT4 "Business indicators, transport and tourism statistics"

BP 304 L-2013 Luxembourg

The hours worked indicators are short term indicators used for the business cycle analysis.

NACE Rev2

The NACE Rev2 coverage is the following:

divisions 45, 46, sections H, I, J, sum of 69+70.2+71+73+74 (=M_STS), sum of 78+79+80+81.2+82 (=M_STS)

The variables are defined as fixed in the Regulation EC 1503/2006:

Hours worked

It is the objective of the hours worked index to show the development in the volume of work done.

The total number of hours worked represents the aggregate number of hours actually worked for the output of the observation unit during the reference period.

This variable excludes hours paid but not actually worked such as for annual leave, holidays and sickness leave. It also excludes meal breaks and commuting between home and work.

Included are hours actually worked during normal working hours; hours worked in addition to those; time which is spent at the place of work on tasks such as preparing the site and time corresponding to short periods of rest at the work place.

If the exact number of hours actually worked is not known, it may be estimated on the basis of the normal number of working hours and the average rate of absences (sickness, maternity, etc.).

According to this definition, the items included are:

— the total amount of all hours actually worked:

— during regular working hours,

— overtime, whether paid or unpaid,

— during nights, Sundays or public holidays,

— the time spent on tasks such as work preparation, preparing, maintaining and cleaning tools and machines and writing up work cards and reports,

— time spent at the place of work during which no work is done owing to, for example, machine stoppages, accidents or occasional lack of work but for which payment is made in accordance with the employment contract,

— short rest periods at the place of work, including tea and coffee breaks.

The items excluded are:

— hours paid but not worked due to leave, sickness, accidents, strikes, lock outs, slack time, etc.,

— time spent for meal breaks,

— commuting between home and work.

In industry and construction, the statical units are kind-of-activity units (KAUs). In retail trade and other services, the statistical units are enterprises (or legal entities).

population for NACE Rev2 by annex coverage according to the Luxembourg business register

The labour indicators disseminated concern domestic statistical units. No domestic geographical area is excluded.

Hours worked: monthly figures from 2005 on

Base 100 in 2015

Indices

Month

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Statec coordinates the statistical system of Luxembourg, organised according to the principle of statistical centralisation. For this purpose it widely relies on collaboration with other producers of data as well as with public and private research centres. Statec so centralises data available from public authorities to carry out its studies, but also to make them available to its users on a single platform. With the new law of July 10, 2011, applied scientific research is added to Statec’s missions.

There is no general datasharing

STATEC guarantees the non-disclosure of confidential information when the statistical results are disseminated.

The ESS confidentiality rules are applied.

There is no official national release calendar.

There is no release calendar.

The release days are the days data are transmitted to Eurostat. According to the principle of independence, data is released to all users at the same time.

Statec disseminates the STS indicators in the delays foreseen by the STS regulation.

There is no news release for these indicators.

There is no national release of these data.

There is no online database, but historical figures are available on request.

There is no microdata access.

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There are no national methodological documents available except STS variable definitions. Statec uses the methodology published in the STS manual.

There is no document on quality management available.

There is no specific quality management concerning these indicators.

The quality of the indicator is compliant with Eurostat recommendations.

Checks carried out along the production chain of the indices.

There is no further information on the relevance of this indicator for users.

No measure of user satisfaction

All of the required series are available.

These indexes are based on administrative data.

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Error in administrative records or in statistical treatments.

Statec produces these indicators within the delays foreseen by the STS regulation.

Data is delivered at the Eurostat’s deadline.

There is no measurement of the impact of differences in applied statistical concepts.

The time series do not show any significant breaks.

STS statistics are used for business cycle analysis as well as for the compilation of quarterly national accounts. Due to the different concepts, short-term statistics are not completely cohernt with other business statistics as SBS.

The units in charge of STS try to achieve a high level of coherence within the given data set (sub-aggregates / aggregates, unadjusted/adjusted time series, etc.

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There is no general national STS revision policy. Figures are revised each time errors are detected or new raw data available.

There is no general national STS revision policy.

The indicators are calculated with raw data transmitted in administrative files by the social security general inspection.

Administrative data are available on a monthly basis.

Monthly administrative data

Data is checked before the electronic processing (completeness, errors, large deviations from the normal level, etc.)

The hours worked indicator is produced by Statec's unit ENT4 in charge of short-term business indicators.

There is no adjustment performed on the data.

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