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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)

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)

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1642 · Regulation · 3 articles

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Article 1

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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.

Article 2

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

Supplementary provisions

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

ANNEXSupplementary provisions

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ANNEX 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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