Structural statistics tend to be more detailed and are used to analyse trends in earnings over long periods. Back to table of contentsĮstimates of earnings and pay generally cover three main areas: basic pay, overtime and bonuses.Įarnings exclude non-standard ways of being paid as an employee (for example, share offers in the company, benefits in kind, and compensation for expenses incurred for travelling and subsistence while carrying out the employer's business).Įarnings statistics can be classified into two categories: Labour market statistics are also used for social analysis and help inform a range of government policies towards population groups of particular concern (women, young people, older people and jobless households). These groups use statistics for the analysis, evaluation, monitoring and planning of the labour market and economy. Users of labour market statistics include central and local government, economists, financial analysts, journalists, businesses, trade unions, employer associations, students, teachers, industrial tribunals, academic researchers and lobby groups. This work is grouped by employers to form jobs. Labour demand is represented by employers, who have a need for work to be done, and who offer compensation for this work to the employees who undertake it. Our framework distinguishes between these three categories of worker, and also between the different working arrangements of those in employment, such as employees, the self-employed and those on government schemes. Labour supply consists of people who are employed, as well as those people defined as unemployed or economically inactive, who can be considered as potential labour supply. This approach has wide international acceptance, including by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). The framework is based on the concepts of labour supply and demand. We have developed a framework for labour market statistics to describe the major concepts that exist within the labour market and their relationship to each other. They are also very much about people, including their participation in the labour force, the types of work they do, the earnings and benefits they receive and their working patterns.

Labour market statistics measure many different aspects of work and jobs and provide an insight into the economy.

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