0 Administrative Information about the Statistical Product


0.1 Name
Work stoppages

0.2 Subject Area
Labour market

0.3 Responsible Authority, Office, Person, etc.
Labour market
Katja Stage, tel. +45 39 17 34 77, e-mail: ksg@dst.dk

0.4 Purpose and History
The purpose of the statistics is to calculate the number of working days lost due to work stoppages.
The statistics have been compiled since 1973.

0.5 Users and Application
Organisations, the news media, ministries and scientists.

0.6 Sources
The statistics are compiled on the basis of yearly surveys from major employer organisations.

0.7 Legal Authority to Collect Data
The Act on Statistics Denmark, section 6, as subsequently amended (by Act no 15 of January, 12, 1972, by Act no 386 of June, 13, 1990 and most recently by Act no 1025 of December, 19, 2000).

0.8 Response burden
Approximately 25 public and private employer organisations report once a year the number of employees who have participated in a work stoppage, the duration, the main occupational group, and the date of commencement of each conflict within their area. There are no calculations of the number of man-years involved in reporting these data.

0.9 EU Regulation
None.


1 Contents


1.1 Description of Contents
The statistics illustrates the extent of work stoppages during the year. Based on reports from approximately 25 major public and private employers and employer organisations. The number of working days lost due to the reported conflicts is calculated.

1.2 Statistical Concepts
Population: The statistics are based on reports from approximately 25 major public and private employers and employer organisations. Important report suppliers are the Danish Employers' Confederation and the Danish counties.

Variables: In the questionnaire the employers report for each conflict: the date of commencement of the conflict, the main occupational group/ trade union of the persons involved, number of employed involved, the duration of the conflict and the number of working days lost.

Statistical concepts: The number of working days lost is calculated for each conflict by multiplying the duration of the conflict by the number of employees involved. Furthermore the number of work stoppages are calculated.

Groups: The number of working days lost is distributed by industry group, based on the information on the main occupational group of the employees involved in the conflicts and the industry of the employer.


2 Time


2.1 Reference Period
The statistics are compiled yearly based on reports on work stoppages the previous year.

2.2 Date of Publication
The statistics are published once a year, typically in April.

2.3 Punctuality
The publication time is typically quite regular. But late incoming reports may cause delays.

2.4 Frequency
The statistics are compiled yearly.


3 Accuracy


3.1 Overall accuracy
As the statistics are based on a sample of major employees and employee organisations they do not provide complete coverage of the area. But it is assumed that the major part of working stoppages during the year is covered by the statistics.

3.2 Sources of inaccuracy
The statistics only cover employees organised in an employer organisation and public employers. Furthermore, the statistics hardly covers all working stoppages. Likewise, it is not curtain that all local work stoppages are reported to the respective employer organisations.

3.3 Measures on accuracy
It is not possible to calculate reliable measures on accuracy, as there are no comparable measurements. However, it is assumed that the statistics cover the main part of work stoppages during the year.


4 Comparability


4.1 Comparability over Time
The statistics are compiled since 1973, but up to 1995 only work stoppages with a loss of 100 working days or more are included. From 1996 and onwards all work stoppages are included despite the range. This means that figures from 1996 and onwards are not directly comparable backwards in time.

The number of work stoppages and loss of working days might be underestimated for the 2006 statistics. Changes in the public sector made it impossible to retrieve information from all public institutions regarding work stoppages.

4.2 Comparability with other Statistics
The Danish Employers' Confederation publishes its own quarterly statistics on conflicts based on the same material which is reported to Statistics Denmark.

4.3 Coherence between provisional and final statistics
The statistics are only published in a final version.


5 Accessibility


5.1 Forms of dissemination
Nyt fra Danmarks Statistik (News from Statistics Denmark) and Arbejdsmarked (Labour market) appearing in the series Statistiske Efterretninger (Statistical News).
Yearly publications: Statistisk Årbog (Statistical Yearbook) and Statistisk tiårsoversigt (Statistical 10-Year Review).

5.2 Basic material: Storage and usability
The primary data contains for each employer and employer organisation liable to report information on each conflict. The information covers the date of commencement of the conflict, the main occupational group/ trade union of the persons involved, number of employed involved, the duration of the conflict and the number of working days lost.

5.3 Documentation
There is no further documentation.

5.4 Other Information
For information on each single year, see Statistical News.


Supplementary documentation
No supplementary documentation is available