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Document 32017R2384

    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. )

    C/2017/8755

    OJ L 340, 20/12/2017, p. 35–40 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

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    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2017/2384/oj

    20.12.2017   

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    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).


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