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[null,"Earnings, Hours and Employment Costs Survey"]
[null,null,"Electronic Form - please complete the blank spaces on this form"]
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[null,null,null,"YEAR:",null,null,null,null,"QUARTER:"]
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[null,"  Type of Return: ",null,"O"]
[null," "," Enter O for original return, or A for amended return in the above box"]
[null,null,null,null,null,"Please enter Name and Address of your company in this box"]
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[null,null,null,null,"If the above name/address differs from the last form submitted  "]
[null,null,null,null,"enter 1 in this box",null,null,0]
[null,null,null,null,null,"Please enter the Enterprise Number of your company in box below"]
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[null,null,null,null,null,null," "]
[", ",null,"Notice is served under Section 26 of the Statistics Act 1993                                                                                  You are obliged by law to fully complete and return this form to the Central Statistics Office"]
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[null,"Date of Return: This form must be completed and returned, either on paper or electronically via the CSO secure deposit box (contact CSO for details) within 2 weeks of the relevant quarter. "]
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[null,"Explanatory Notes: Please read the instructions carefully before completing this form. If you require any assistance, please see contact details below."]
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[null,"Purpose of Survey: The Earnings, Hours & Employment Costs Survey enables the Central Statistics Office to compile regular and timely labour cost indices for the purpose of monitoring change in labour costs in Ireland and across the European Union."]
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[null,"Statutory Basis: The data sought by the Central Statistics Office in this questionnaire is compulsory under the Statistics (Labour Costs Surveys) Order, 2023 (S.I. no 113 of 2023), Council Regulation (EC) No.450/2003 and Council Regulation (EU) No. 2025/941."]
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[null,"Confidentiality: The information you supply will be treated as strictly confidential under the provisions of the Statistics Act, 1993."]
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[null,"Thank you in advance for your participation in this survey. The latest results from the survey are available on the CSO website"]
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[null,null,null,"Post",null,null,"Freephone",null,"Email","Internet"]
[null,null,null,"Central Statistics Office ",null,null,"1890 252 293",null,"mailto:ehecs@cso.ie","www.cso.ie"]
[null,null,null,"Skehard Rd. ",null,null,"U.K.  N. Ireland         0870 876 0256"]
[null,null,null,"Cork"]
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[null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,"Jennifer Banim"]
[null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,"Director General"]
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[null,"DECLARATION (To be completed in all cases)"]
[null,"I hereby declare that the particulars provided in this return are complete and accurate to the best of my knowledge and belief. Should any queries arise regarding this form, my contact details are as follows:"]
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[null,"Name:",null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,"Phone:"]
[null,null," "]
[null,"Email:",null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,"Date:"]
[null,null," "]
[null,"Position in Organisation:"]
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[null,"THANK YOU FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION IN COMPLETING THIS FORM"]

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[null,"Period:","YEAR:",{"$f":"PAGE1!E7","v":0},null,null,"Quarter:",{"$f":"PAGE1!J7","v":0},null,"Enter 1,2,3 or 4 ",null,null," "]
["PART 1 - Number of Persons Employed"]
["Please complete the following tables with respect to Employees, Apprentices / Trainees and Other Persons Employed in the business during the quarter. You are also asked to indicate the number of Job Vacancies and the number of employees in receipt of the National Minimum Wage or allowed sub-minimum rates at the end of the quarter."]
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[null,"Persons Employed",null,null,null,"Managers, Professionals & Assoc. Professionals",null,null,"Clerical, Sales & Service Workers ",null,null,"Production, Transport Workers, Craft & Tradepersons, Other Manual Workers"]
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[null,"Number of   Full-time Employees"]
[null,null,"- as at first day of quarter"]
[null,null,null,null,null,null,"."]
[null,null,"- as at last day of quarter"]
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[null,null,"- hired during the quarter"]
[null,null," ",null,null,null," ",null,null," ",null,null," "]
[null,null,null,null,null,null," ",null,null," ",null,null," "]
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[null,null,null,null,null,null," ",null,null,null,null,null," "]
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[null,"Number of   Part-time Employees"]
[null,null,"- as at first day of quarter"]
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[null,null,"- as at last day of quarter"]
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[null,null,"- hired during the quarter"]
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[null," Average Number of Apprentices / Trainees"]
[null,"- engaged in the business during the quarter",null,null,null,null," ",null,null," ",null,null," "]
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[null,"Average Number of Other Persons Engaged"]
[null,"- who are not paid a regular wage/salary during the quarter"]
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[null,"Job Vacancies "]
[null,"Number of Job Vacancies as at last working day of quarter (please see instructions for further details).  "]
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[null,"National Minimum Wage"]
[null,"Number of Employees in receipt of €14.15 per hour or less at end of quarter"]
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["PART 2 - Total Wages & Salaries, rounded to the nearest Euro"]
["Please enter a breakdown of total wages & salaries for the quarter in the following table for ALL EMPLOYEES. Figures are sought separately for full time and part-time Employees and a combined total is sought for Apprentices / Trainees. Give gross figures before any deductions."]
[null,"WAGES & SALARIES",null,null,null,"Managers, Professionals & Assoc. Professionals",null,null,"Clerical, Sales & Service Workers ",null,null,"Production, Transport Workers, Craft & Tradepersons, Other Manual Workers"]
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[null,null,null,null,null,null,"€",null,null,"€",null,null,"€"]
[null,"Full-Time Employees"]
[null,"Regular wages & salaries (including sick & maternity pay)"]
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[null," Overtime"]
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[null," Irregular bonuses & allowances*"]
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[null,"Part-time Employees"]
[null,"Regular wages & salaries (including sick & maternity pay)"]
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[null," Overtime"]
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[null," Irregular bonuses & allowances*"]
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[null," Apprentices / Trainees  ",null,null,null,null," ",null,null," ",null,null," "]
[null,"Total wages & salaries"]
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[null,"                     * Please see Instructions for further details on irregular bonuses and allowances"]
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["PLEASE REFER TO INSTRUCTIONS FOR ASSISTANCE WHEN COMPLETING THIS FORM"]

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[" ","Period:","YEAR:",{"$f":"'Part 6 to 9'!D2","v":0},null,null,"Quarter:",{"$f":"PAGE1!J7","v":0},null,null,"Enter 1,2,3 or 4 "]
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["PART 3 - Total Hours Paid (both worked and unworked paid hours)"]
["Please indicate the total number of hours paid in the quarter for ALL EMPLOYEES. Figures are required separately for CONTRACTED HOURS and OVERTIME HOURS, and should be entered in the following table:"]
[null,"HOURS PAID IN THE QUARTER",null,null,null,"Managers, , Professionals & Assoc. Professionals",null,null,"Clerical, Sales & Service Workers",null,null,null,"Production, Transport Workers, Craft & Tradespersons, Other Manual Workers"]
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[null,"Full-Time Employees"]
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[null,null,"Paid Contracted Hours"]
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[null,null,"Paid Overtime Hours"]
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[null,"Part-Time Employees"]
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[null,null,"Paid Contracted Hours"]
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[null,null,"Paid Overtime Hours"]
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[null,null," ",null,null,null," ",null,null,null," ",null,null," "]
[null,"Apprentices / Trainees"]
[null,null,"Paid Contracted Hours"]
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[null,null,"Paid Overtime Hours"]
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["Part 4 - Employer's Pension Contributions, rounded to the nearest Euro (cost to Employer only and not included in Part 2) "]
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[null,"EMPLOYER'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO PENSION FUNDS",null,null,null,"Managers, Professionals & Assoc. Professionals",null,null,"Clerical, Sales & Service Workers",null,null,null,"Production, Transport Workers, Craft & Tradespersons, Other Manual Workers"]
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[null,null,null,null,null,null,"€",null,null,null,"€",null,null,"€"]
[null,"All employees (including apprentices/ trainees)"]
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["Part 5 - Total Other Employer's Contributions for All EMPLOYEES, rounded to nearest Euro (cost to Employer only and not included in Part 2). Figures are required separately for Employers Statutory PRSI, Income Continuance Insurance, redundancy payments & other employee related payments."]
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[null,null,null,null,null,null,"Managers, Professionals & Assoc. Professionals ",null,null,null,"Clerical, Sales & Service Workers",null,null,"Production, Transport Workers, Craft & Tradespersons, Other Manual Workers"]
[null,"Total Other Contributions"]
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[null,null,null,null,null,null,"€",null,null,null,"€",null,null,"€"]
[null,"Full-Time & Part-Time Employees"]
[null,"Employer's Statutory PRSI "]
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[null,"Income continuance insurance (cost to employer)"]
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[null,"Redundancy payments"]
[null,null,null,null,null,null," ",null,null," "]
[null,"Other employee-related payments (study grants, etc.)"]
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[null,"Apprentices / Trainees "]
[null,null,null,null,null,null," ",null,null," ",null,null,null," "]
[null,"Total Social Security Contributions for apprentices/trainees"]
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[null,"PLEASE REFER TO INSTRUCTIONS FOR ASSISTANCE IN COMPLETING THIS FORM"]
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[null,null,null,null,null,null,"PLEASE REFER TO INSTRUCTIONS FOR ASSISTANCE WHEN COMPLETING THIS FORM"]

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[null,"Part 6 - Total Cost to the Employer of Benefits provided to Employees (excluding Apprentices / Trainees), rounded to the nearest Euro                                                         "]
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[null,"OTHER BENEFITS TO EMPLOYEES",null,null,null,"Managers, Professionals & Assoc. Professionals",null,null,"Clerical, Sales & Service Workers",null,null,"Production, Transport Workers, Craft & Tradespersons, Other Manual Workers"]
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[null," ",null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,"€"]
[null,"Full-Time and Part-Time Employees"]
[null,"Private use of company cars"]
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[null,"Stock options & Share purchase schemes"]
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[null,"Voluntary sickness insurance                 (VHI, LAYA Healthcare, etc.)",null,null,null,null," ",null,null," "]
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[null,"Staff housing"]
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[null,"Other free or subsidised benefits (Please refer to instructions for examples)"]
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[null,"Part 7 - Total Subsidies and Refunds Received for All EMPLOYEES (including Apprentices/Trainees), rounded to nearest Euro"]
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[null,"Subsidies and Refunds Received",null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,"All Employees (including Apprentices/Trainees)"]
[null,"Include Training & Employment Subsides (Solas, Youth Employment Support Scheme, etc.) & Refunds from Dept. of  Social Protection *"]
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[null,"Part 8 - Response Burden."]
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[null,"As part of the effort to measure the burden on respondents when filling out survey forms, you are asked to indicate across how long (i.e. how many minutes) it took to complete this form."]
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[null,"* See instructions for further details on refunds."]
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[null,"COMMENTS"]
[null,"Please make any comments that would help us interpret the data provided and avoid further queries. In particular, if there are changes from the previous quarter to the areas below, please tick the appropriate box  and provide a brief explanation. "]
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[null,null,null,"Number of pay weeks"]
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[null,null,null,"Total hours worked (eg reduction in working weeks)"]
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[null,null,null,"Hourly rates of pay"]
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[null,null,null,"Numbers of persons employed"]
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[null,"THANK YOU FOR COMPLETING THIS FORM"]
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[null,null,null,null,"Thank you for completing this form."]

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[2025,"O",0,1]
[2026,"A",1,2]
[2027,null,null,3]
[2028,null,null,4]
[2029]
[2030]