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guidance on how ICSE-18 or other topics contained in the resolution in
practice should be measured. To meet this need a more detailed set of
guidelines (ILO, 2018b) was developed in parallel with the development of the
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20 ICLS resolution. The data collection guidelines for ICSE-18 address the
data collection of ICSE-18 and the cross-cutting variables when using
household surveys (with particular focus on LFS), establishment surveys and
administrative sources. The guidelines are based on current country practices
and testing that has been conducted in relation to ICSE-18.
The proposed approach for collecting statistics according to ICSE-18 in a
LFS is based on the structure in ICSE-18-A. The reason for this is that the
aggregated second level categories in this hierarchy; Employers, independent
workers without employees, employees, dependent contractors and
contributing family workers are close to the five substantive categories in ICSE-
93. To build the collection on the structure in ICSE-18-A thus allows countries
to build on the approach already established for measuring ICSE-93. Most
countries are currently collecting ICSE-93 by using one or two questions
asking the respondent directly about their status in employment. This practice
will not be sufficient to classify the status in employment as defined by ICSE-
18. It will not allow identification of the detailed categories of ICSE-18 and it
will not enable the identification of dependent contractors. The proposed
approach seeks instead to use the existing practice as a starting point but to
further build on it by identifying the necessary boundaries that are required
for defining the detailed ICSE-18 category. The first step should as a minimum,
capture self-identified self-employed, employees and contributing family
workers. Depending on the outcome of the step, the respondent will be
filtered to a classification module that defines the status in employment. In
addition, a third module is necessary for those defined as employees to
identify the four detailed categories of employees as defined in ICSE-18. The
classification modules are captured in Figure 2 below. This modular structure
ensures a flexible approach that can be used in different statistical sources
with different levels of detail and frequency depending on the national context
and need.
The different key-characteristics within the different modules can be turned
into one question, or in a few cases two or more questions that can be directly
integrated into an already existing survey. Many of the key-characteristics
(such as having employees or not, forms of remuneration, characteristics
related to the employment contract/agreement) are already part of the LFS in
many countries. Nonetheless, some elements will be new for many countries.

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