The data are as reported at the end of each month by the local employment labour offices. By the 10th of the month following the end of the reference month. The data are disseminated simultaneously to all interested parties in a press conference. The Federal Labour Office is responsible for providing statistics from its records, particularly on employment and unemployment.
Individual data are subject to statistical confidentiality.
Figures are not transmitted to the ministries before release. Identification of ministerial commentary on the occasion of statistical releases Ministerial comments on the data are made in separate releases after the press conference of the Federal Labour Office. Provision of information about revision and advance notice of major changes in methodology Data are final. This does not have any impact on prior data. In addition, legal changes are discussed in Parliament before they come into effect.