
Article 1 
The technical characteristics of the 2019 ad hoc module on work organisation and working time arrangements, the filters, the codes to be used and the deadline by which Members States shall send the results to the Commission are laid down in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 19 December 2017.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX
This Annex sets out the technical characteristics, filters and codes to be used in the ad hoc module on work organisation and working time arrangements scheduled to be carried out in 2019. It also sets the dates for submission of data by the Member States to the Commission.
Deadline for transmission of the results to the Commission: 31 March 2020.
Filters and codes to be used for sending data: as set out in Annex III to Commission Regulation (EC) No 377/2008.
Columns reserved for optional weighting factors, to be used in cases of subsampling or non-response: columns 226-229 containing whole numbers and columns 230-231 containing decimal places.

(1) 

Name/Column Code Description Filter
   
VARIWT  Variable working times WSTATOR = 1,2
211  How is determined the start and end of the working time in the main job 
 1 Worker can fully decide working time 
 2 Worker can decide working time with certain restrictions 
 3 Employer or organisation mainly decides working time 
 9 Not applicable (not included in the filter) 
 Blank No answer/Don't know 
   
FREEHOUR  Freedom to take hours off VARIWT = 2,3,blank
212  Possibility to take one or two hours off in the main job for personal or family matters within one working day 
 1 Very easy 
 2 Quite easy 
 3 Quite difficult 
 4 Very difficult 
 9 Not applicable (not included in the filter) 
 Blank No answer/Don't know 
   
FREELEAV  Freedom in taking leave WSTATOR = 1,2
213  Possibility to take in the main job one or two days of leave within three working days 
 1 Very easy 
 2 Quite easy 
 3 Quite difficult 
 4 Very difficult 
 9 Not applicable (not included in the filter) 
 Blank No answer/Don't know 
   
FLEXWT  Expected flexibility in working times WSTATOR = 1,2
214  Frequency to which the worker has to face unforeseen demands for changed working time in the main job 
 1 At least once a week 
 2 Less than every week but at least every month 
 3 Less than every month or never 
 9 Not applicable (not included in the filter) 
 Blank No answer/Don't know 
   
AVAIFREE  Available for work in free time WSTATOR = 1,2
215  Worker was contacted during leisure time in the last two months to take action before the next working day for the main job 
 1 Was not contacted in the last 2 months 
 2 Was contacted on a few occasions 
 3 Was contacted several times and expected to act before the next working day 
 4 Was contacted several times and not expected to act before the next working day 
 9 Not applicable (not included in the filter) 
 Blank No answer/Don't know 

(2) 

Name/Column Code Description Filter
   
RECHOURS  Recording of presence or working hours STAPRO = 3
216-217  Method of recording the presence or working hours in the main job 
 01 Presence and hours are not recorded 
 02 Presence is recorded manually by one-self 
 03 Presence is recorded manually by supervisor/colleague 
 04 Presence is recorded automatically (clocking system, at log-in) 
 05 Presence is recorded with another method 
 06 Hours are recorded manually by one-self 
 07 Hours are recorded manually by supervisor/colleague 
 08 Hours are recorded automatically (clocking system, at log-in) 
 09 Hours are recorded with another method 
 99 Not applicable (not included in the filter) 
 Blank No answer/Don't know 
   
PRESSURE  Working under time pressure WSTATOR = 1,2
218  Frequency to which the person works under time pressure in the main job 
 1 Always 
 2 Often 
 3 Sometimes 
 4 Never 
 9 Not applicable (not included in the filter) 
 Blank No answer/Don't know 
   
JOBAUTON  Job autonomy WSTATOR = 1,2
219-220  Possibility to influence order and content of tasks in the main job 
 11 Large influence on order and content 
 12 Large influence on order and some on content 
 13 Large influence on order and little or none on content 
 21 Some influence on order and a large one on content 
 22 Some influence on order and on content 
 23 Some influence on order and little or none on content 
 31 Large influence on content and little or none on order 
 32 Some influence on content and a little or none on order 
 33 Little or no influence on order and content 
 99 Not applicable (not included in the filter) 
 Blank No answer/Don't know 

(3) 

Name/Column Code Description Filter
   
PLACEWK  Main place of work WSTATOR = 1,2
221  Place where activities for main job are primarily carried out 
 1 Employers' or own premises 
 2 Home 
 3 Clients' place 
 4 Non-fixed place (vehicle, delivery service, etc.) 
 5 Other 
 9 Not applicable (not included in the filter) 
 Blank No answer/Don't know 
   
COMMUTM  Commuting time PLACEWK≠2
222-224  Time to get from home to work for the main job (one way) 
 000-240 Minutes 
 999 Not applicable (not included in the filter) 
 Blank No answer/Don't know 
   
OTHERLOC  Working on other locations PLACEWK = 1-5
225  Works in more than one location for the main job 
 1 Daily 
 2 Not daily but at least every week 
 3 Less than every week but at least every month 
 4 Less than every month or never 
 9 Not applicable (not included in the filter) 
 Blank No answer/Don't know 
