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| Concepts |
| Key statistical concept Persons in employment include all those employed above a specified age who during a specified brief period, either one week or one day, were in the following categories: - paid employment; - employers and self-employed; - unpaid family workers; unpaid family workers at work should be considered as being self-employed irrespective of the number of hours worked during the reference period. Students, homemakers and others mainly engaged in non-economic activities during the reference period, who at the same time were in paid employment or self-employment should be considered as employed on the same basis as other categories of employed persons For operational purposes, the notion of some work may be interpreted as work for at least one hour. Persons temporarily not at work because of illness or injury, holiday or vacation, strike or lock-out, educational or training leave, maternity or parental leave, reduction in economic activity, temporary disorganisation or suspension of work due to reasons such as bad weather, mechanical or electrical breakdown, or shortage of raw materials or fuels, or other temporary absence with or without leave should be considered as being in paid employment provided they have a formal job attachment. |