How do strikes affect CES estimates?
Employment Anyone paid for working any portion of the reference pay period (pay period that includes the 12th of the month) is counted as employed. Therefore, to be counted as not employed for purposes of the CES survey, a person on strike or strike-related layoff must not receive pay for the entire reference pay period. Average Weekly Hours (AWH) and Average Hourly Earnings (AHE) These are hours for which production workers are paid for work or on paid leave for the reference pay period (including paid vacation, holidays, sick leave or other paid leave). When strikers or laid off employees work part but not all of the reference pay period, then they are counted as employed according to the CES survey but with reduced hours. The magnitude of the reduction on average weekly hours depends on the proportion of workers in the industry’s sample with reduced hours and the number of hours they worked. Workers who are on strike or layoff for the entire reference pay period do not have any effe
Employment Anyone paid for working any portion of the reference pay period (pay period that includes the 12th of the month) is counted as employed. Therefore, to be counted as not employed for purposes of the CES survey, a person on strike or strike-related layoff must not receive pay for the entire reference pay period. Average Weekly Hours (AWH) and Average Hourly Earnings (AHE) These are hours for which employees are paid for work or on paid leave for the reference pay period (including paid vacation, holidays, sick leave or other paid leave). When strikers or laid off employees work part but not all of the reference pay period, then they are counted as employed according to the CES survey but with reduced hours. The magnitude of the reduction on average weekly hours depends on the proportion of employees in the industry’s sample with reduced hours and the number of hours they worked. Employees who are on strike or layoff for the entire reference pay period do not have any effect on
