# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1642 of 5 November 2020 specifying the technical items of the data set for the 2022 ad hoc subject ‘job skills’ and the eight-yearly variables on ‘pension and labour market participation’ in the labour force domain in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)

EU Regulation 2020/1642 · adopted 5 November 2020

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1642 of 5 November 2020 specifying the technical items of the data set for the 2022 ad hoc subject ‘job skills’ and the eight-yearly variables on ‘pension and labour market participation’ in the labour force domain in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)

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## Introductory text

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1642
of 5 November 2020
specifying the technical items of the data set for the 2022 ad hoc subject ‘job skills’ and the eight-yearly variables on ‘pension and labour market participation’ in the labour force domain in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 October 2019 establishing a common framework for European statistics relating to persons and households, based on data at individual level collected from samples, amending Regulations (EC) No 808/2004, (EC) No 452/2008 and (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98, and in particular Article 7(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
To ensure the accurate implementation of the sample survey in the labour force domain, the Commission should specify the technical items of the data set.
(2)
The Commission should establish the technical items of the data set for the 2022 ad hoc subject ‘job skills’ and for the eight-yearly variables on ‘pension and labour market participation’ in the labour force domain.
(3)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## 1 

The technical items of the data set for the 2022 ad hoc subject ‘job skills’ and for the eight-yearly variables on ‘pension and labour market participation’ in the labour force domain are set out in the Annex.

## 2 

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

## Signature

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 5 November 2020.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula von der Leyen

## Description and technical format of the variables to be collected for the 2022 ad hoc subject ‘job skills’ and the eight-yearly variables on ‘pension and labour market participation’ in the labour force domain and the codification to be used

Topic
Detailed topic
Variable identifier
Variable name
Codes
Labels
Filter
Filter labels
Minimum set of variables
Variable type
3c. Labour market participation
Job skills
DIGITAL
Time spent on working on digital devices in main or last job
1
All or most of the working time
AGE = 15–74 AND (EMPSTAT = 1 or (EXISTPR = 2, 3 and (REFYEAR-YEARPR = 0, 1 or (REFYEAR-YEARPR = 2 and 1<=MONTHPR<=12 and MONTHPR ≥ REFMONTH))))
Persons aged 15 to 74 years who are currently in employment or who left their last employment in the last 24 months
Not relevant
Collected
2
Half of the working time or slightly more
3
Some of the working time
4
Little of the working time
5
None of the working time
Blank
Not stated
9
Not applicable
3c. Labour market participation
Job skills
READING
Time spent on reading work-related manuals and technical documents in main or last job
1
All or most of the working time
AGE = 15–74 AND (EMPSTAT = 1 or (EXISTPR = 2, 3 and (REFYEAR-YEARPR = 0, 1 or (REFYEAR-YEARPR = 2 and 1<=MONTHPR<=12 and MONTHPR ≥ REFMONTH))))
Persons aged 15 to 74 years who are currently in employment or who left their last employment in the last 24 months
Not relevant
Collected
2
Half of the working time or slightly more
3
Some of the working time
4
Little of the working time
5
None of the working time
Blank
Not stated
9
Not applicable
3c. Labour market participation
Job skills
CALCULATE
Time spent on doing relatively complex calculations in main or last job
1
All or most of the working time
AGE = 15–74 AND (EMPSTAT = 1 or (EXISTPR = 2, 3 and (REFYEAR-YEARPR = 0, 1 or (REFYEAR-YEARPR = 2 and 1<=MONTHPR<=12 and MONTHPR ≥ REFMONTH))))
Persons aged 15 to 74 years who are currently in employment or who left their last employment in the last 24 months
Not relevant
Collected
2
Half of the working time or slightly more
3
Some of the working time
4
Little of the working time
5
None of the working time
Blank
Not stated
9
Not applicable
3c. Labour market participation
Job skills
PHYSICAL
Time spent on doing hard physical work in main or last job
1
All or most of the working time
AGE = 15–74 AND (EMPSTAT = 1 or (EXISTPR = 2, 3 and (REFYEAR-YEARPR = 0, 1 or (REFYEAR-YEARPR = 2 and 1<=MONTHPR<=12 and MONTHPR ≥ REFMONTH))))
Persons aged 15 to 74 years who are currently in employment or who left their last employment in the last 24 months
Not relevant
Collected
2
Half of the working time or slightly more
3
Some of the working time
4
Little of the working time
5
None of the working time
Blank
Not stated
9
Not applicable
3c. Labour market participation
Job skills
DEXTERITY
Time spent on tasks involving finger dexterity in main or last job
1
All or most of the working time
AGE = 15–74 AND (EMPSTAT = 1 or (EXISTPR = 2, 3 and (REFYEAR-YEARPR = 0, 1 or (REFYEAR-YEARPR = 2 and 1<=MONTHPR<=12 and MONTHPR ≥ REFMONTH))))
Persons aged 15 to 74 years who are currently in employment or who left their last employment in the last 24 months
Not relevant
Collected
2
Half of the working time or slightly more
3
Some of the working time
4
Little of the working time
5
None of the working time
Blank
Not stated
9
Not applicable
3c. Labour market participation
Job skills
COMMINT
Time spent on interacting with people from the same enterprise or organisation in main or last job
1
All or most of the working time
AGE = 15–74 AND (EMPSTAT = 1 or (EXISTPR = 2, 3 and (REFYEAR-YEARPR = 0, 1 or (REFYEAR-YEARPR = 2 and 1<=MONTHPR<=12 and MONTHPR ≥ REFMONTH))))
Persons aged 15 to 74 years who are currently in employment or who left their last employment in the last 24 months
Not relevant
Collected
2
Half of the working time or slightly more
3
Some of the working time
4
Little of the working time
5
None of the working time
Blank
Not stated
9
Not applicable
3c. Labour market participation
Job skills
COMMEXT
Time spent on interacting with people from outside the enterprise or organisation in main or last job
1
All or most of the working time
AGE = 15–74 AND (EMPSTAT = 1 or (EXISTPR = 2, 3 and (REFYEAR-YEARPR = 0, 1 or (REFYEAR-YEARPR = 2 and 1<=MONTHPR<=12 and MONTHPR ≥ REFMONTH))))
Persons aged 15 to 74 years who are currently in employment or who left their last employment in the last 24 months
Not relevant
Collected
2
Half of the working time or slightly more
3
Some of the working time
4
Little of the working time
5
None of the working time
Blank
Not stated
9
Not applicable
3c. Labour market participation
Job skills
GUIDANCE
Time spent on advising, training or teaching other people in main or last job
1
All or most of the working time
AGE = 15–74 AND (EMPSTAT = 1 or (EXISTPR = 2, 3 and (REFYEAR-YEARPR = 0, 1 or (REFYEAR-YEARPR = 2 and 1<=MONTHPR<=12 and MONTHPR ≥ REFMONTH))))
Persons aged 15 to 74 years who are currently in employment or who left their last employment in the last 24 months
Not relevant
Collected
2
Half of the working time or slightly more
3
Some of the working time
4
Little of the working time
5
None of the working time
Blank
Not stated
9
Not applicable
3c. Labour market participation
Job skills
JOBAUTON
Degree of autonomy on tasks in main or last job
11
Large or very large autonomy on both order and content
AGE = 15–74 AND (EMPSTAT = 1 or (EXISTPR = 2, 3 and (REFYEAR-YEARPR = 0, 1 or (REFYEAR-YEARPR = 2 and 1<=MONTHPR<=12 and MONTHPR ≥ REFMONTH))))
Persons aged 15 to 74 years who are currently in employment or who left their last employment in the last 24 months
Not relevant
Collected
12
Large or very large autonomy on order and some autonomy on content
13
Large or very large autonomy on order and little or no autonomy on content
21
Some autonomy on order and large or very large autonomy on content
22
Some autonomy on both order and content
23
Some autonomy on order and little or no autonomy on content
31
Little or no autonomy on order and large or very large autonomy on content
32
Little or no autonomy on order and some autonomy on content
33
Little or no autonomy on both order and content
Blank
Not stated
99
Not applicable
3c. Labour market participation
Job skills
REPETITIVE
Repetitiveness of tasks in main or last job
1
To a very large extent
AGE = 15–74 AND (EMPSTAT = 1 or (EXISTPR = 2, 3 and (REFYEAR-YEARPR = 0, 1 or (REFYEAR-YEARPR = 2 and 1<=MONTHPR<=12 and MONTHPR ≥ REFMONTH))))
Persons aged 15 to 74 years who are currently in employment or who left their last employment in the last 24 months
Not relevant
Collected
2
To a large extent
3
To some extent
4
To little extent
5
To no extent
Blank
Not stated
9
Not applicable
3c. Labour market participation
Job skills
PROCEDURE
Tasks precisely described by strict procedures in main or last job
1
To a very large extent
AGE = 15–74 AND (EMPSTAT = 1 or (EXISTPR = 2, 3 and (REFYEAR-YEARPR = 0, 1 or (REFYEAR-YEARPR = 2 and 1<=MONTHPR<=12 and MONTHPR ≥ REFMONTH))))
Persons aged 15 to 74 years who are currently in employment or who left their last employment in the last 24 months
Not relevant
Collected
2
To a large extent
3
To some extent
4
To little extent
5
To no extent
Blank
Not stated
9
Not applicable
3d. Labour market participation
Pension and labour marketparticipation
PENSTYP1
Old age pension
1
Statutory pension only
50 <= AGE <= 74
Everybody in the target population aged 50 to 74 years
Not relevant
Collected
2
Combination of statutory and occupational pension
3
Combination of statutory and personal pensions
4
Combination of statutory, occupational and personal pensions
5
Combination of occupational and personal pensions
6
Occupational pension only
7
Personal pension only
8
No pension
Blank
Not stated
9
Not applicable
3d. Labour market participation
Pension and labour marketparticipation
AGEPENSO
Age at which the person started receiving an old age pension
0-120
Age in completed years (3 digits)
PENSTYP1 = 1-7
Persons receiving an old age pension
Not relevant
Collected
Blank
Not stated
999
Not applicable
3d. Labour market participation
Pension and labour marketparticipation
STATRECE
First statutory old age pension receipt with reduction or bonus
1
With reduction in case of anticipated pension benefit
PENSTYP1 = 1-4
Persons receiving a statutory old age pension
Not relevant
Collected
2
With bonus due to retirement deferment
3
Without reduction or bonus
Blank
Not stated
9
Not applicable
3d. Labour market participation
Pension and labour marketparticipation
PENSTYP2
Disability pension and other disability periodic cash benefit
1
Yes
50 <= AGE <= 74
Everybody in the target population aged 50 to 74 years
Not relevant
Collected
2
No
Blank
Not stated
9
Not applicable
3d. Labour market participation
Pension and labour market participation
AGEPENSD
Age at which the person started receiving the disability pension or other disability periodic cash benefits
0-120
Age in completed years (3 digits)
PENSTYP2 = 1
Persons receiving a disability pension or other disability periodic cash benefits
Not relevant
Collected
Blank
Not stated
999
Not applicable
3d. Labour market participation
Pension and labour marketparticipation
PROVTYPE
Financial old age provisions
1
Statutory provision only
PENSTYP1 = 7, 8
Persons (aged 50 to 74 years) not receiving a statutory nor an occupational pension
Not relevant
Collected
2
Combination of statutory and occupational provisions
3
Combination of statutory and personal provisions
4
Combination of statutory, occupational and personal provisions
5
Combination of occupational and personal provisions
6
Occupational provision only
7
Personal provision only
8
No provision
Blank
Not stated
9
Not applicable
3d. Labour market participation
Pension and labour market participation
PENSSITU
Situation at beginning of old age pension receipt
1
Stopped working
PENSTYP1 = 1-7
Persons receiving an old age pension
Not relevant
Collected
2
Continued working without changes
3
Continued working with changes
4
Was not working (for any reason)
Blank
Not stated
9
Not applicable
3d. Labour market participation
Pension and labour marketparticipation
WSTPREAS
Main reason to stop working with the beginning of the old age pension receipt
1
Had reached eligibility for the pension
PENSSITU = 1
Persons having stopped working with old age pension receipt
Not relevant
Collected
2
Had reached the maximum retirement age
3
Favourable financial arrangements to leave
4
Other job-related reasons
5
Own illness or disability
6
Care responsibilities or other family reasons
7
Other reasons
Blank
Not stated
9
Not applicable
3d. Labour market participation
Pension and labour marketparticipation
WCONREAS
Main reason to continue working with old age pension receipt
1
Financially necessary
PENSSITU = 2, 3
Persons who continued working with pension receipt
Not relevant
Collected
2
Financially attractive
3
Partner/spouse still working
4
Enjoy working/being productive
5
Stay socially integrated
6
Other reasons
Blank
Not stated
9
Not applicable
3d. Labour market participation
Pension and labour marketparticipation
LMREENT
Re-enter the labour market after beginning of old age pension receipt
1
Yes, with at least one paid job of a minimum duration of 3 months
PENSSITU = 1, 4
Persons who stopped working or were not working at the beginning of old age pension receipt
Not relevant
Collected
2
Yes, but for occasional work only
3
No
Blank
Not stated
9
Not applicable
3d. Labour market participation
Pension and labour marketparticipation
LMENTREAS
Main reason to re-enter the labour market
1
Financially necessary
LMREENT = 1
Persons who re-entered the labour market while not working when first receiving old age pension
Not relevant
Collected
2
Financially attractive
3
Partner/spouse still working
4
Enjoy working/being productive
5
Stay socially integrated
6
Other reasons
Blank
Not stated
9
Not applicable

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/1642 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-1642
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