Novations in Statistics on Work Relationships (Based on the Proceedings of the 20th International Conference of Labour Statisticians)

On the basis of the proceedings of the 20th International Conference of Labour Statisticians the authors, who had attended the conference as part of the Russian delegation, reviewed key novations that were proposed and discussed under the auspices of the International Labour Organization. The article covers the adopted resolutions and recommendations that aim to ensure international comparability of indicators of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs enable decent work and promote methodological consistency across countries when it comes to specific topics of labour statistics such as work relationships, child labour and a number of other priority areas.

The focal point of the article is the analysis of key provisions and concepts adopted at the conference, in particular, the Resolution concerning statistics on work relationships. It defines the operational concepts, classifications and information sources for compiling statistical surveys of workers in a fundamentally new aspect - characteristics of the work relationship. The article covers statistical classification that can serve as a basis when identifying and classifying workers by characteristics of the work relationship following the cross-cutting variables and categories: the type of authority and the type of economic risk. The paper provides insights into the scheme of the interrelation of statistics on work relationships, listed in the Resolution, that had been developed by the authors.

The authors formulated recommendations on directions for onward development of labour statistics with regard to international standards.