LFS - Employment protection legislation, labour market programmes and union membership

What are the features of policies and institutions affecting the functioning of labour markets? Find data on:

• Employment protection legislation
• Labour market programmes
• Union members and employees

Synthetic Indicators of Employment Protection Legislation

The measure of employment protection developed here refers to the protection of regular employment and the regulation of temporary work and is intended to measure the strictness of EPL. Download The indicator of overal strictness of EPL and its 2 main components (1990, 1998 and 2003)  Also available  Time series of EPL changes (1985-2003)

For further information:

• Detailed Calculation of Summary Indicators of EPL Strictness
• A Detailed description of Employment Protection in Force in OECD countries

See also: "Employment Protection regulation and Labour Market Performance“, OECD Employment Outlook, 2004.

Labour Market Programmes (LMP)

Labour market programmes include public employment services, training, hiring subsidies and direct job creations in the public sector, as well as unemployment benefits. Download public expenditure and participant stocks on LMP, respectively expressed in thousands of national currency units and thousands of persons; or respectively, as a percentage of GDP and a percentage of labour force.

Union members and employees

Data are expressed in units. Download data on the number of trade union members and employees.

Also downloadable: Trade union density in OECD countries (1960-2002)

For further information:

• Sources of Data on Trade Union Members and Union density, OECD Employment Outlook, 2004