Definition: Labour dispute

Category: Social statistics

Labour dispute only applies to persons who were directly involved in a labour dispute. Other persons who did not work because production in the establishment was impeded by a labour dispute outside the establishment (thus causing a shortage in materials supplies for example)  are "Slack work for technical or economic reasons".
Source:
Eurostat, "Labour force survey: Methods and definitions, 1998 Edition", Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg, 1999, p.65
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