Definition
Employment Status:
It refers to the employment status of the employed or unemployed ever worked persons. The employment status is categorized as follows:
1. Employer
A person who works in an establishment that is totally or partially belonging to him \ her and hires or supervises the work of one or more waged employees. This includes persons operating their projects or contracting companies provided they employ a minimum of one waged employee. Shareholders are not considered employers even if they are working in the public \ public limited liability companies.
2. (Self-employed)
A person who works in an establishment that is totally or partially belonging to him \ her and hires no waged employees. This includes persons engaged independently in a profession or trade.
3. Wage Employee
A person who works for a public or private employer and receives remuneration in wage, salary, commission, tips, piece rates or in kind …etc. This item includes persons employed in governmental, non - governmental and private institutions along with those employed in a household enterprise in return for a specific remuneration.
4. Unpaid family member
A person who works without pay in an economic enterprise (farm, undertaking … etc) operated by a related person in the same family.
5. Other
This item refers to any cases not categorized under any of the aforementioned categories, e.g. unpaid work in charitable societies, voluntary work and unpaid child labor.
