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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 Communitynote, and in particular Article 7a(4) thereof,Whereas:
(1)Commission Regulation (EU) No 318/2013note adopted the programme of ad hoc modules for the labour force sample survey for the period 2016 to 2018. For each ad hoc module, it defines the subject, the reference period, the sample size and the deadline for sending the results.
(2)According to Regulation (EU) No 545/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Councilnote, that programme also defines the list and description of the area of specialised information for each ad hoc module (‘ad hoc sub-modules’).
(3)To ensure that Regulation (EU) No 318/2013 is consistent with Regulation (EC) No 577/98 as amended, the names and a description of each of the ad hoc sub-modules should be added to the former Regulation.
(4)Regulation (EU) No 318/2013 should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1#
The Annex to Regulation (EU) No 318/2013 is replaced by the text set out 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.
LABOUR FORCE SURVEYMultiannual programme of ad hoc modules
1. Young people on the labour market
Reference period: 2016
Sub-modules (areas on which more detailed information is to be provided):
Sub-module 1: Educational backgroundAim: to provide more detail on young people's educational background, identifying aspects likely to influence their career prospects.
Sub-module 2: Finding a jobAim: to capture information on young people's own individual approach to finding work, and on the help they receive for finding work; to evaluate young people's own perceptions as to whether their level of education matches the demands of their current job.
2. Self-employment
Reference period: 2017
Sub-modules (areas on which more detailed information is to be provided):
Sub-module 1: Economically dependent self-employmentAim: to identify the population of economically dependent self-employed people. This group has features in common with both employees and with the self-employed, and therefore has an ambivalent professional status.
Sub-module 2: Working conditions of self-employed peopleAim: to analyse self-employed people's working conditions and their main reasons for becoming self-employed.
Sub-module 3: The self-employed and employeesAim: to compare the attitudes and outlook of self-employed people with those of employees, e.g. level of job satisfaction.
3. Reconciliation between work and family life
Reference period: 2018
Sub-modules (areas on which more information is to be provided):
Sub-module 1: Care responsibilitiesAim: to establish to what extent the availability of suitable care services for children and other dependent persons influences people's participation in the labour force.
Sub-module 2: Flexibility of working arrangementsAim: to analyse the degree of flexibility offered at work, from the point of view of reconciling work and family life.
Sub-module 3: Career breaks and parental leaveAim: to identify career breaks linked to taking care of children or other dependent persons, in particular parental leave, and to analyse their duration.’
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