1. 7 Employment Module in Tourism Background Although autonomous, the employment module in tourism is generally closely bound to the TSA. It follows the notions and definitions applied in other socio-economic and tourism statistics, in particular in the European System of Accounts (ESA) 1995, the ILO standards, and other documents concerning statistics in tourism published by international and European organisations (Eurostat, WTO, OECD, UNO). Methodology The employment module in tourism draws on background data from two sources – from employment data reported in the National Accounts and from the Labour Force Sample Survey. Employment data in the National Accounts are based on business statistics. The business statistics survey data on the average registered number of employees, number of active business owners (entrepreneurs), and number of co-operating household members for whom working in the business represents their main job. Data on employees from the surveys state the numbers of individuals in full-time job equivalents, both for main and second jobs. This survey is carried out on a continuous basis in a randomly selected sample of households, focusing on the economic standing of the citizens across the country. The survey covers all persons usually residing in private households, while excluding persons living long-term in collective accommodation establishments. For this reason, only limited data are available on certain population groups, in particular foreign citizens living and working in the Czech Republic. All data included in the employment module in tourism represent the domestic concept of employment, i.e. concern all persons working within the economic territory of the Czech Republic. Unlike the national concept, this concept includes non-residents working in the Czech Republic, while excluding residents working abroad. Majority of data is published in a breakdown to employed and self-employed persons. The basic unit is the number of individuals. For the number of jobs, numbers of all part-time (second and other) jobs are added. Key monitored indicators Employees – are defined as all persons working under a contract for another resident institutional unit and receiving remuneration (recorded as “compensation to employees”). Employees only cover persons for whom self-employment is not their main activity. Persons temporarily out of work are also considered among employees, provided they have a formal employment contract. Self-employed – are the sole owners or co-owners of unassociated businesses in which they work, with the exception of unassociated businesses classified as quasi-companies. Self-employed persons do their business and work with or without paid employees. Individuals are classified as self-employed unless they have another paid job which would be their main activity; in such case they would be classified among employees. On the other hand, self-employed category covers co-operating business owner’s household members for whom working for the business is their main job. Job (employment position) – is defined by an explicit or implicit contract between an individual and a resident institutional unit on performance of work for remuneration for a determined period of time or until another notice (of termination). Jobs also include second and further jobs of a single individual. Contrarily, persons temporarily out of work who have a formal employment contract are excluded from the number of jobs. Work quantity in working hours – represents the sum of hours actually worked by an employee or a self-employed person in the course of the given fiscal period provided that their produce falls within the defined production framework. Full time equivalent – equals the number of full-time jobs and is defined as the ratio of the total number of hours worked to the average annual number of hours worked in full-time job in the given economic territory. Source: CSO – TSA CR, data as at 30. 06. 2014