DATA NOTES
The WageIndicator Foundation and the Centre for Labour Research have developed a Labour Rights Index which looks at the status of countries in terms of providing laws related to decent work for the labour force. The data set covers 10 indicators for 115 countries. The Index aims to provide a snapshot of the labour rights present in the legislation of countries covered.
The following assumptions have been used while constructing the Labour Rights Index. The worker in question
- Is skilled;40
- Is a minimum wage worker;
- Resides in the economy’s most populous province/state/area;
- Is a lawful citizen or a legal immigrant41 of the economy;
- Is a full-time employee with a permanent contract in a medium-sized enterprise with 60 employees;
- Has work experience of one year or more;
- Is assumed to be registered with the relevant social security institution and for a long enough time to accrue various monetary benefits (maternity, sickness, work injury, old age pension, survivors’, and invalidity benefit); and
- Is assumed to have been working long enough to access leaves (maternity, paternity, paternal, sick, and annual leave).