The project co-financed by the European Union
The need for timely and comparable information on the labour market, combining social and economic aspects, stems from the need to monitor and evaluate European Union policies, including the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights and the Sustainable Development Goals. An important role is played here by labour market statistics on businesses (LMB), compiled by EU Member States for the European Commission, including the following surveys: structure of earnings, structure of labour costs, job vacancies, the labour cost index (LCI), and the gender pay gap (GPG).
Given the importance of these statistics, Eurostat aims to cover the entire economy with these surveys and to ensure full comparability of data between EU Member States. In response to these needs, LMB statistics are being modernised and harmonised at European level to provide high-quality data that comply with current legal requirements.
Scope of changes
Statistics Poland is working to bring labour market statistics into line with new EU regulations, in particular Regulation (EU) 2025/941 of the European Parliament and of the Council. The modernisation includes surveys conducted in enterprises:
- the Structure of earnings survey, including the gender pay gap (GPG),
- the Labour cost index,
- the Labour cost survey,
- the Job vacancy survey.
Thanks to funding from the European Commission, it was possible to develop and implement new methodological solutions without increasing the reporting burden on entities of the national economy.
Results of the work carried out
As part of the project:
- The Structure of earnings survey has been extended to cover small entities (with 1-9 employees) through the use of administrative data and imputation methods (i.e., without increasing the reporting burden). This solution applies only to small entities, as the scope of data required for them can be compiled from available administrative sources. Entities with 10 or more employees, due to the broader scope of data required and the lack of relevant information in administrative sources, remain subject to reporting obligations.
- it has become possible to estimate the gender pay gap (GPG) annually for years not covered by the Structure of earnings survey without additional reporting obligations,
- samples in the Labour cost survey and Job vacancy survey have been optimised, reducing the number of entities covered by the surveys.
These changes improve the quality, coherence, and comparability of data without increasing the reporting burden on entities in the national economy.
The note prepared by:
The Statistical Office in Bydgoszcz