Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2384 of 19 December 2017 specifying the technical characteristics of the 2019 ad hoc module on work organisation and working time arrangements as regards the labour force sample survey pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2017-12-19
Institutions: European Commission, Eurostat
Subjects: EU statistics, arrangement of working time, data collection, employment statistics, sample survey, technical specification, working time, workplace




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20.12.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 340/35








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2017/2384
of 19 December 2017
         
specifying the technical characteristics of the 2019 ad hoc module on work organisation and working time arrangements as regards the labour force sample survey pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98
(Text with EEA relevance)


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 of 9 March 1998 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community (1), and in particular Article 7a(5) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


The European employment strategy, the employment guidelines (2) and the European Pillar of Social Rights (3), in particular its principles on secure and adaptable employment, work-life balance and well-adapted work environment, express the need for greater adaptability of both enterprises and workers in Europe and highlight the need to collect data with a large-scale European survey on the application of various forms of new practices in work organisation and working time arrangements and the experiences of workers with those practices and arrangements.












(2)


Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1851 (4) specifies and gives a description of the areas on which more detailed information is to be provided, namely the ad hoc sub-modules, and which should be included in the 2019 ad hoc module on work organisation and working time arrangements as regards the labour force sample survey pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98.












(3)


Therefore, the technical characteristics, the filters, the codes and the deadline for the transmission of data by Member States under the ad hoc module on work organisation and working time arrangements should be specified.












(4)


The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The technical characteristics of the 2019 ad hoc module on work organisation and working time arrangements, the filters, the codes to be used and the deadline by which Members States shall send the results to the Commission are laid down in the Annex to this Regulation.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 19 December 2017.


For the Commission


The President

Jean-Claude JUNCKER
            





(1)  
            OJ L 77, 14.3.1998, p. 3.

(2)  Council Decision (EU) 2015/1848 of 5 October 2015 on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States for 2015 (OJ L 268, 15.10.2015, p. 28).

(3)  https://ec.europa.eu/commission/priorities/deeper-and-fairer-economic-and-monetary-union/european-pillar-social-rights_en

(4)  Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1851 of 14 June 2016 adopting the programme of ad hoc modules, covering the years 2019, 2020 and 2021, for the labour force sample survey provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 (OJ L 284, 20.10.2016, p. 1).




ANNEX
This Annex sets out the technical characteristics, filters and codes to be used in the ad hoc module on work organisation and working time arrangements scheduled to be carried out in 2019. It also sets the dates for submission of data by the Member States to the Commission.

Deadline for transmission of the results to the Commission: 31 March 2020.

Filters and codes to be used for sending data: as set out in Annex III to Commission Regulation (EC) No 377/2008 (1).

Columns reserved for optional weighting factors, to be used in cases of subsampling or non-response: columns 226-229 containing whole numbers and columns 230-231 containing decimal places.
(1)   Sub-module ‘Flexibility of working times’
                     









Name/Column


Code


Description


Filter




 


 


 


 






VARIWT


 



Variable working times



WSTATOR = 1,2




211


 



How is determined the start and end of the working time in the main job



 




 


1


Worker can fully decide working time


 




 


2


Worker can decide working time with certain restrictions


 




 


3


Employer or organisation mainly decides working time


 




 


9


Not applicable (not included in the filter)


 




 


Blank


No answer/Don't know


 




 


 


 


 






FREEHOUR


 



Freedom to take hours off



VARIWT = 2,3,blank




212


 



Possibility to take one or two hours off in the main job for personal or family matters within one working day



 




 


1


Very easy


 




 


2


Quite easy


 




 


3


Quite difficult


 




 


4


Very difficult


 




 


9


Not applicable (not included in the filter)


 




 


Blank


No answer/Don't know


 




 


 


 


 






FREELEAV


 



Freedom in taking leave



WSTATOR = 1,2




213


 



Possibility to take in the main job one or two days of leave within three working days



 




 


1


Very easy


 




 


2


Quite easy


 




 


3


Quite difficult


 




 


4


Very difficult


 




 


9


Not applicable (not included in the filter)


 




 


Blank


No answer/Don't know


 




 


 


 


 






FLEXWT


 



Expected flexibility in working times



WSTATOR = 1,2




214


 



Frequency to which the worker has to face unforeseen demands for changed working time in the main job



 




 


1


At least once a week


 




 


2


Less than every week but at least every month


 




 


3


Less than every month or never


 




 


9


Not applicable (not included in the filter)


 




 


Blank


No answer/Don't know


 




 


 


 


 






AVAIFREE


 



Available for work in free time



WSTATOR = 1,2




215


 



Worker was contacted during leisure time in the last two months to take action before the next working day for the main job



 




 


1


Was not contacted in the last 2 months


 




 


2


Was contacted on a few occasions


 




 


3


Was contacted several times and expected to act before the next working day


 




 


4


Was contacted several times and not expected to act before the next working day


 




 


9


Not applicable (not included in the filter)


 




 


Blank


No answer/Don't know


 




(2)   Sub-module ‘Methods at work’
                     









Name/Column


Code


Description


Filter




 


 


 


 






RECHOURS


 



Recording of presence or working hours



STAPRO = 3




216-217


 



Method of recording the presence or working hours in the main job



 




 


01


Presence and hours are not recorded


 




 


02


Presence is recorded manually by one-self


 




 


03


Presence is recorded manually by supervisor/colleague


 




 


04


Presence is recorded automatically (clocking system, at log-in)


 




 


05


Presence is recorded with another method


 




 


06


Hours are recorded manually by one-self


 




 


07


Hours are recorded manually by supervisor/colleague


 




 


08


Hours are recorded automatically (clocking system, at log-in)


 




 


09


Hours are recorded with another method


 




 


99


Not applicable (not included in the filter)


 




 


Blank


No answer/Don't know


 




 


 


 


 






PRESSURE


 



Working under time pressure



WSTATOR = 1,2




218


 



Frequency to which the person works under time pressure in the main job



 




 


1


Always


 




 


2


Often


 




 


3


Sometimes


 




 


4


Never


 




 


9


Not applicable (not included in the filter)


 




 


Blank


No answer/Don't know


 




 


 


 


 






JOBAUTON


 



Job autonomy



WSTATOR = 1,2




219-220


 



Possibility to influence order and content of tasks in the main job



 




 


11


Large influence on order and content


 




 


12


Large influence on order and some on content


 




 


13


Large influence on order and little or none on content


 




 


21


Some influence on order and a large one on content


 




 


22


Some influence on order and on content


 




 


23


Some influence on order and little or none on content


 




 


31


Large influence on content and little or none on order


 




 


32


Some influence on content and a little or none on order


 




 


33


Little or no influence on order and content


 




 


99


Not applicable (not included in the filter)


 




 


Blank


No answer/Don't know


 




(3)   Sub-module ‘Place of work’
                     









Name/Column


Code


Description


Filter




 


 


 


 






PLACEWK


 



Main place of work



WSTATOR = 1,2




221


 



Place where activities for main job are primarily carried out



 




 


1


Employers' or own premises


 




 


2


Home


 




 


3


Clients' place


 




 


4


Non-fixed place (vehicle, delivery service, etc.)


 




 


5


Other


 




 


9


Not applicable (not included in the filter)


 




 


Blank


No answer/Don't know


 




 


 


 


 






COMMUTM


 



Commuting time



PLACEWK≠2




222-224


 



Time to get from home to work for the main job (one way)



 




 


000-240


Minutes


 




 


999


Not applicable (not included in the filter)


 




 


Blank


No answer/Don't know


 




 


 


 


 






OTHERLOC


 



Working on other locations



PLACEWK = 1-5




225


 



Works in more than one location for the main job



 




 


1


Daily


 




 


2


Not daily but at least every week


 




 


3


Less than every week but at least every month


 




 


4


Less than every month or never


 




 


9


Not applicable (not included in the filter)


 




 


Blank


No answer/Don't know


 






(1)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 377/2008 of 25 April 2008 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community as regards the codification to be used for data transmission from 2009 onwards, the use of a subsample for the collection of data on structural variables and the definition of the reference quarters (OJ L 114, 26.4.2008, p. 57).