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STS463 Siti Asiah A. et al.
Malaysia is planning to develop labour account from the sources available
in Table 5. Selections of data which present the primary source need to be
made for each component. For the combination of data sources, the
definitions, reference periods and frequencies need to be harmonized to a
common definition based on ILO definition.

3. Results and Findings
Total employment defined as total persons engaged in production. Data
of employed persons, unemployed person and persons outside labour force
are available in LFS which may consider as primary source in persons
component. However, comparison also can be made between data sources
available. For example, in EC, breakdowns of employed persons are working
proprietors, unpaid family workers, full-time and part-time paid employees
whereas in LFS the breakdown of employed persons consist of employer,
employee (private and government), own account workers and unpaid family
workers. On the other hand, the elements of persons employed can be
integrated through harmonization of the definitions and the classifications
into common definitions as recommended by ILO.
Jobs component consist of number of filled jobs and jobs vacancies.
Number of employed persons from persons quadrant also can be referred as
number of filled jobs as a job is a position held by a person that involves work
and responsibility. Jobs component may have combination of primary data
sources as QES represent private data while Public Service Department provide
public service information. The number of jobs could be higher than the
number of employed persons as one person can have more than one job.
Filled jobs compose of main jobs and secondary jobs which are available from
LFS.
Total hours worked refer to hours actually worked by persons in
employment. Statistics of hours actually worked should include normal
periods of work, overtime, time spent at the place of work on work, time spent
at the place of work waiting or standing-by and time corresponding to short
rest periods at the workplace. Nevertheless, hours paid for but not worked,
meal breaks longer than 30 minutes and time spent on travel from home to
work and vice versa need to exclude from total hours actually worked. Total
hours actually worked can be done by harmonizing the two main sources in
developing these account that is LFS and EC and also can take into
consideration data from Labour Productivity Report.
Data on payment of labour which includes total labour income,
compensation of employees, employees’ subsidies and others related to
labour payments are widely being used from the administrative data which
collect and manage the information of labour in Malaysia. Besides that, data
from Salaries and Wages Survey that consists of cash, payment in kind and

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