Labour and Employment Surveys of the Department of Labour

Abstract

The Department of Labour has 5 major data collections the results of which are available to the public, viz. (1) The Quarterly Employment Survey (Q.E.S.); (2) The Job Vacancy Survey (J.V.S.); (3) Monthly Employment Operations (M.E.O.); (4) Immigration Permit Information (I.P.I.); and (5) Apprenticeship Statistics. The Department also maintains a computerized mailing list, for the use of ·Q .E. S. and J.V.S., the Central Address Register of Business (CARB). This paper does 2 things. First, it sets out details of each of these collections, and of CARB, and secondly it outlines some new developments which the Department has planned for the near future.