Concepts and sources

This section discusses the fundamental underlying statistical concepts, and classifications, that are important to measuring and understanding the labour market. This includes:

• Institutional units and the economically active population
• The labour force framework
• Employment
• Employment arrangements
• Jobs
• Hours of work
• Unemployment
• Underutilised labour
• Not in the labour force
• Job vacancies
• Earnings
• Workplace relations
• Labour productivity
• Occupational injuries and diseases
• Classifications used in labour statistics