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Date: 2017-10-18
Title: COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... 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

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...
            
            
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               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
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               , and in particular Article 7a(5) thereof,
            
            
               Whereas:
            
            
               (1)The European employment strategy, the employment guidelines
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                and the European Pillar of Social Rights
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               , 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
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                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,
            
         
         
            
               
                     For the Commission
               
               
                     The President
                     […]
               
            
         
         
            
                  
                     (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).
               
            
      
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               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
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               .
            
            
               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).