Labour and labour market

Indicator name*	Subcategory I	Subcategory II	Subcategory III	Technical name*	Scale*	Short description
Legally mandated notice period (CBR-LRI)	Standard-setting	Dismissal protection	Duration	labor_dis_not_per	Metric	Measures the length of notice, in weeks, that has to be given to a worker with 3 years’ employment (CBR-LRI).
Legally mandated redundancy compensation	Standard-setting	Dismissal protection	Ammount	labor_red_com_amm	Metric	Measures the amount of redundancy compensation payable to a worker made redundant after 3 years of employment, measured in weeks of pay (CBR-LRI).
Minimum qualifying period for unjust dismissal	Privileging	Selectivity	Duration	labor_min_qua_per	Metric	Measures the period of service required before a worker qualifies for general protection against unjust dismissal (CBR-LRI).
Law imposes procedural constraints on dismissal	Standard-setting	Dismissal protection	Procedure	labor_pro_dis_con	Metric	Measures strength of the law in procedural requirements for dismissal (CBR-LRI). Equals 0 if there are no procedural requirements for dismissal.
Law imposes substantive constraints on dismissal	Standard-setting	Dismissal protection	Procedure	labor_sub_dis_con	Metric	Measures strength of the law in permission for dismissal (CBR-LRI). Equals 0 if employment is at will (i.e., no cause dismissal is normally permissible).
Reinstatement normal remedy for unfair dismissal	Standard-setting	Dismissal protection	Procedure	labor_reinstate	Metric	Measures strength of the law in reinstatement and compensation of dismissal (CBR-LRI). Equals 0 if no remedy is available as of right.
Third body notification of dismissal	Standard-setting	Dismissal protection	Procedure	labor_thi_bod_not	Metric	Measures strength of the law in notification of dismissal by third party (CBR-LRI). Equals 0 if an oral statement of dismissal to the worker suffices.
Redundancy selection	Privileging	Seniority	Procedure	labor_redund_select	Metric	Measures strength of the law of applying priority rules prior to dismissing for redundancy (CBR-LRI). Equals 0 otherwise.
Priority in re-employment	Privileging	Seniority	Procedure	labor_pri_re_emp	Metric
Annual leave entitlements	Standard-setting	Working time restriction	Duration	labor_ann_lea_ent	Metric
Public holiday entitlements	Standard-setting	Working time restriction	Duration	labor_pub_hol_ent	Metric
Overtime premia	Standard-setting	Working time restriction	Ammount	labor_overt_premia	Metric
Weekend working	Standard-setting	Working time restriction	Ammount	labor_weekend_work	Metric
Limits to overtime working	Standard-setting	Working time restriction	Duration	labor_overt_work	Metric
Duration of the normal working week	Standard-setting	Working time restriction	Duration	labor_workweek	Metric
Maximum daily working time	Standard-setting	Working time restriction	Duration	labor_workday	Metric
The law determines the legal status of the worker	Privileging	Selectivity	Definition	labor_work_def	Metric
Part-time workers have the right to equal treatment	Equalizing	Flexibilization	Right	labor_ptemp_et	Metric
Dismissing costs for part-time workers is proportional	Equalizing	Flexibilization	Right	labor_pt_dis_cost	Metric
Fixed-term contracts are allowed only for limited duration	Equalizing	Flexibilization	Procedure	labor_fx_limit	Metric
Fixed-term workers have the right to equal treatment	Equalizing	Flexibilization	Right	labor_fxemp_et	Metric
Maximum duration of fixed-term contracts	Equalizing	Flexibilization	Duration	labor_max_fx_dur	Metric
Agency work is prohibited or strictly controlled	Equalizing	Flexibilization	Procedure	labor_awork_con	Metric
Agency workers have the right to equal treatment	Equalizing	Flexibilization	Right	labor_awork_et	Metric
Legally mandated notice period increases with seniority	Privileging	Seniority	Procedure	labor_notped_sen	Metric
Legally mandated severance compensation increases with seniority	Privileging	Seniority	Procedure	labor_redcomp_sen	Metric
Seniority is a decisive redundancy selection criterion	Privileging	Seniority	Procedure	labor_redsec_sen	Metric
Dismissal protection depends on size of enterprise	Privileging	Selectivity	Procedure	labor_dispro_size	Metric
Law provides for equal access to employment for men and women	Equalizing	Discrimination	Right	labor_eqacc_gend	Metric
Law provides regulation of positive discrimination of women	Equalizing	Discrimination	Procedure	labor_posdis_gend	Metric
Law provides for equal access to employment concerning ethnicity/race	Equalizing	Discrimination	Right	labor_eqacc_ethn	Metric
Law provides regulation of positive discrimination of ethnicity/race	Equalizing	Discrimination	Procedure	labor_posdis_ethn	Metric
Equal pay for equal work is legally provided for	Equalizing	Discrimination	Right	labor_eqpay	Metric
Law provides for equal working conditions for men and women	Equalizing	Discrimination	Right	labor_eqwc_gend	Metric
Law provides for equal working conditions concerning ethnicity/race	Equalizing	Discrimination	Right	labor_eqwc_ethn	Metric
Employees enjoy right to a general minimum wage	Equalizing	Discrimination	Right	labor_minwage	Metric
Right to unionisation	Collective rights	Employee representation	Right	labor_union	Metric
Right to collective bargaining	Collective rights	Employee representation	Right	labor_coll_barg	Metric
Duty to bargain	Collective rights	Employee representation	Right	labor_duty_barg	Metric
Extension of collective agreements	Collective rights	Employee representation	Right	labor_exten_barg	Metric
Closed shops	Collective rights	Employee representation	Right	labor_closedshop	Metric
Codetermination board membership	Collective rights	Employee representation	Right	labor_codeterm_bmem	Metric
Codetermination and information/consultation of workers	Collective rights	Employee representation	Right	labor_codeterm_info	Metric
Unofficial industrial action	Collective rights	Industrial action	Right	labor_unoff_indact	Metric
Political industrial action	Collective rights	Industrial action	Right	labor_polit_indact	Metric
Secondary industrial action	Collective rights	Industrial action	Right	labor_second_indact	Metric
Lockouts	Collective rights	Industrial action	Right	labor_lockouts	Metric
Right to industrial action	Collective rights	Industrial action	Right	labor_right_indact	Metric
Waiting period prior to industrial action	Collective rights	Industrial action	Right	labor_wait_indact	Metric
Peace obligation	Collective rights	Industrial action	Right	labor_peace_oblig	Metric
Compulsory conciliation or arbitration	Collective rights	Industrial action	Right	labor_comp_conc	Metric
Replacement of striking workers	Collective rights	Industrial action	Right	labor_replac_strike	Metric
Type of employment law	Labour Law	Individual labour law	Labour law typ	labor_emplaw_typ	Multinomial	Typ of legal segmentation in employment law (SPE)
Standard-setting function	Labour Law	Individual labour law	Labour law function	labor_stand_sett_func	Metric
Privileging function	Labour Law	Individual labour law	Labour law function	labor_priv_func	Metric
Equalising function	Labour Law	Individual labour law	Labour law function	labor_equa_func	Metric
Work-injury. Introduction year of first federal law.	Work-injury	First law	Introduction	labor_workinjury_firstlaw	Ordinal	Not counting state employees (military or civil servants), (CRC 1342)
Work-injury. First law program type.	Work-injury	First law	Program type	labor_workinjury_firstlaw_programtype	Multinomial	Either employer-liability (=1) or a risk-pooling (=2), (CRC 1342)
Work-injury. First law cash benefits.	Work-injury	First law	Benefits	labor_workinjury_firstlaw_benefit_cash	Binary	Provides cash benefits (CRC 1342)
Work-injury. First law in-kind health benefits.	Work-injury	First law	Benefits	labor_workinjury_firstlaw_benefit_inkind_health	Binary	Any health services provided by the work-injury law (CRC 1342)
Work-injury. First law in-kind other benefits.	Work-injury	First law	Benefits	labor_workinjury_firstlaw_benefit_inkind_other	Binary	Provides any benefit that is not cash or health, e.g., funerals (CRC 1342)
Work-injury. First law benefit duration and amount.	Work-injury	First law	Benefits	labor_workinjury_firstlaw_duration	String	Written description of the maximum amount and duration (CRC 1342)
Work-injury. First law family benefit.	Work-injury	First law	Benefits	labor_workinjury_firstlaw_benefit_family	Binary	Any provision for family in case of death or injury (CRC 1342)
Work-injury. First law group differences.	Work-injury	First law	Inequality	labor_workinjury_firstlaw_groupdiff	String	Any groups excluded by race, ethnicity, place of birth, language, religion, gender, or other non-occupation-related group differences (CRC 1342)
Work-injury. First law details.	Work-injury	First law	Details	labor_workinjury_firstlaw_details	String	Notes on the first law. Important information that cannot be captured quantitatively (CRC 1342)
Work-injury. First risk pooling law.	Work-injury	First law	Program Type	labor_workinjury_firstins	Ordinal	Year of first law that involved risk-pooling, either as insurance or fund (CRC 1342)
Work-injury. First establishment of a fund.	Work-injury	First law	Program Type	labor_workinjury_first_fund	Ordinal	Year of first law establishing a provident fund for at least part of the workforce (CRC 1342)
Work-injury. First instance of social insurance.	Work-injury	First law	Program Type	labor_workinjury_first_socins	Ordinal	Year of first law establishing social insurance for at least part of the workforce (CRC 1342)
Work-injury. Civil servant first law introduction year.	Work-injury	First law	Coverage	labor_workinjury_firstlaw_civilservants	Ordinal	Year of first law covering civil servants (CRC 1342)
Work-injury. Civil servant first law coverage.	Work-injury	First law	Coverage	labor_workinjury_firstlaw_civilservants_coverage	String	Which civil servant groups were covered by the first law (CRC 1342)
Work-injury. Civil servant first law full coverage.	Work-injury	First law	Coverage	labor_workinjury_firstlaw_civilservants_fullcoverage	Ordinal	Year of law first covering all* civil servants (*defined as literally all, over 80% or all possible), (CRC 1342)
Work-injury. Military first law introduction year.	Work-injury	First law	Coverage	labor_workinjury_firstlaw_military	Ordinal	First law covering any (sub) groups of the military (CRC 1342)
Work-injury. Military first law coverage.	Work-injury	First law	Coverage	labor_workinjury_firstlaw_military_coverage	String	A description of which groups were covered by the first law
Work-injury. Military first law full coverage.	Work-injury	First law	Coverage	labor_workinjury_firstlaw_military_fullcoverage	Ordinal	Year of law first covering all* enlisted (*defined as literally all, over 80% or all possible) (CRC 1342)
Work-injury. White-collar first law introduction year.	Work-injury	First law	Coverage	labor_workinjury_firstlaw_whitecollar	Ordinal	Year of law first covering any white-collar, commercial workers (CRC 1342)
Work-injury. White-collar first law coverage.	Work-injury	First law	Coverage	labor_workinjury_firstlaw_whitecollar_coverage	String	A description of which groups were covered by the first law (CRC 1342
Work-injury. White-collar first law full coverage.	Work-injury	First law	Coverage	labor_workinjury_firstlaw_whitecollar_fullcoverage	Ordinal	Year of law first covering all* white-collar workers (*defined as literally all, over 80% or all possible) (CRC 1342)
Work-injury. Blue-collar first law introduction year.	Work-injury	First law	Coverage	labor_workinjury_firstlaw_bluecollar	Ordinal	Year of law first covering any segment of the blue-collar work-force (CRC 1342)
Work-injury. Blue-collar first law coverage.	Work-injury	First law	Coverage	labor_workinjury_firstlaw_bluecollar_coverage	String	A description of which groups were covered by the first law (CRC 1342)
Work-injury. Blue-collar first law full coverage.	Work-injury	First law	Coverage	labor_workinjury_firstlaw_bluecollar_fullcoverage	Ordinal	Year of law first covering all* blue-collar industrial workers (*not counting agriculture; defined as literally all, over 80% or all possible) (CRC 1342)
Work-injury. Farmers first law introduction year.	Work-injury	First law	Coverage	labor_workinjury_firstlaw_farmers	Ordinal	First law covering farmers - those who own or manage their own farm (CRC 1342)
Work-injury. Farmers first law coverage.	Work-injury	First law	Coverage	labor_workinjury_firstlaw_farmers_coverage	String	A description of which groups were covered by the first law (CRC 1342)
Work-injury. Farmers first law full coverage.	Work-injury	First law	Coverage	labor_workinjury_firstlaw_farmers_fullcoverage	Ordinal	Year of law first covering all* farmers (*own/manage own-farm; defined as literally all, over 80% or all possible) (CRC 1342)
Work-injury. Self-employed first law introduction year.	Work-injury	First law	Coverage	labor_workinjury_firstlaw_selfemp	Ordinal	Year of first law covering some or all self-employed workers (CRC 1342)
Work-injury. Self-employed first law coverage.	Work-injury	First law	Coverage	labor_workinjury_firstlaw_selfemp_coverage	String	A description of which groups were covered by the first law (CRC 1342)
Work-injury. Self-employed first law full coverage.	Work-injury	First law	Coverage	labor_workinjury_firstlaw_selfemp_fullcoverage	Ordinal	Year of law first covering all* self-employed(*not counting farmers; defined as literally all, over 80% or all possible) (CRC 1342)
Work-injury. Agricultural workers first law introduction year.	Work-injury	First law	Coverage	labor_workinjury_firstlaw_agriworkers	Ordinal	Year of first law covering some or all agricultural workers (CRC 1342)
Work-injury. Agricultural workers first law coverage.	Work-injury	First law	Coverage	labor_workinjury_firstlaw_agriworkers_coverage	String	A description of which groups were covered by the first law (CRC 1342)
Work-injury. Agricultural workers first law full coverage.	Work-injury	First law	Coverage	labor_workinjury_firstlaw_agriworkers_fullcoverage	Ordinal	Year of law first covering all* agricultural workers (*not counting farmers; defined as literally all, over 80% or all possible) (CRC 1342)
Work-injury. First-law according to US Social Security Administration.	Work-injury	First law	Introduction	labor_workinjury_firstlaw_sspw	Ordinal	Not counting state employees (military or civil servants) (CRC 1342)
Unemployment. Introduction year of first federal law.	Unemployment	First law	Introduction	labor_unemp_firstlaw	Ordinal	Not counting state employees (military or civil servants) (CRC 1342)
Unemployment. First law program type.	Unemployment	First law	Program type	labor_unemp_firstlaw_programtype	Multinomial	Nature of first unemployment system (CRC 1342)
Unemployment. First law financing mode.	Unemployment	First law	Financing	labor_unemp_firstlaw_financing	Multinomial	Financing mode of first unemployment system (CRC 1342)
Unemployment. First law beneficiaries.	Unemployment	First law	Coverage	labor_unemp_firstlaw_beneficiaries	Multinomial	Which groups were covered by the first unemployment system (CRC 1342)
Unemployment. First law benefit duration and amount.	Unemployment	First law	Benefits	labor_unemp_firstlaw_duration	String	Written description of the maximum amount and duration of unemployment (CRC 1342)
Unemployment. First law family benefit.	Unemployment	First law	Benefits	labor_unemp_firstlaw_benefit_family	Binary	Any provision for family in case of unemployment
Unemployment. First law group differences.	Unemployment	First law	Inequality	labor_unemp_firstlaw_groupdiff	String	Any groups excluded by race, ethnicity, place of birth, language, religion, gender, or other non-occupation-related group differences
Introduction dates employment legislation	employment legislation	employment protection	regulation of contract	labor_employleg_employpro_regcontract	Date	The data set captures years of introduction of the first law concerning the regulation of contracts (CRC 1342)