Employees covered by collective-bargaining agreements
Measurement answer
What this metric measures
Employee headcount whose working conditions and terms of employment are covered by collective-bargaining agreements, shown as a count and percentage for the declared global, country or regional employee population.
Specification
Metric specification
- Result format
- Structured table
- Unit
- Employees covered by collective bargaining (%)
- Reporting basis
- Reporting period or measurement date declared by the source method
- Aggregation
- Do not sum or arithmetically average reported percentages, rates, ratios, or averages; consolidate only from compatible component observations under a disclosed method.
- Pillar
- Social
- Topic
- Workforce composition and labor relations
- Controlled domain
- Workforce
- Entity type
- Metric
Reporting boundary
Employee-only for the admitted formula. Non-employee coverage is not merged into this identity. Percentages are not added or averaged. A wider geography can be recalculated only from compatible deduplicated covered and denominator headcounts. Union membership, works-council representation and employment in a represented establishment are excluded.
Cross-library identity
Library mappings and variants
These links compare quantity, population, boundary, period, unit, denominator, aggregation, dimensions, and method edition. Partial relationships are navigation aids only and never authorize observation reuse.
- Different calculation methodPartial relationship; observations remain separate.Total employees covered by collective bargaining agreements share — GRI 2-30, paragraph a
- Population or boundary coverage relationshipPartial relationship; observations remain separate.Total employees covered by collective bargaining agreements share — S1-8
Verified source occurrences
Framework coverage
This is one canonical metric. The bindings below show every verified framework occurrence without creating duplicate metric pages. Edition, disclosure, role, and relationship remain source-specific.
- Adopting DisclosureSource evidence
European Sustainability Reporting Standards
- Publisher
- European Commission
- Edition
- Consolidated 1 January 2025 edition
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Defines Disclosure
- Mapping outcome
- Direct Evidence
- Source locator
- S1-6 paragraphs 48-52 PDF pp205-206 and AR53-60 pp223-226; S1-7 paragraphs 53-57 p206 and AR61-65 pp226-227; S1-8 paragraphs 58-63 p207 and AR66-70 pp227-228; S1-14 AR89-90 pp231-232.
- Adopting DisclosureESRS S1
European Sustainability Reporting Standards
- Publisher
- EFRAG
- Edition
- Taxonomy entry point dated 22 December 2023; package published 30 August 2024
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Narrower Than
- Mapping outcome
- Cross Library Link
- Source locator
- ESRS S1; S1-8; paragraph 60; datapoint S1-8_01; taxonomy concept esrs_PercentageOfTotalEmployeesCoveredByCollectiveBargainingAgreements
- Adopting Disclosurecollective-bargaining-coverage
EU Voluntary Sustainability Reporting Standard
- Publisher
- European Commission / EFRAG
- Edition
- Commission delegated act adopted 3 July 2026; pending Official Journal publication
- Requirement
- Conditional
- Relationship
- Reuses Canonical Metric
- Mapping outcome
- Reused
- Source locator
- Annex I paragraph 42(c)
- Adopting DisclosureSource evidence
GRI Standards
- Publisher
- Global Reporting Initiative
- Edition
- 2021 edition
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Defines Disclosure
- Mapping outcome
- Direct Evidence
- Source locator
- effective date and rights PDF pp1-2; Disclosure 2-30 and guidance pp49-50
- Adopting DisclosureGRI 2-30
GRI Standards
- Publisher
- Global Reporting Initiative
- Edition
- Files published 19 June 2025; entry point dated 23 June 2025
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Method Variant
- Mapping outcome
- Cross Library Link
- Source locator
- GRI 2-30, paragraph a; taxonomy entry point dated 23 June 2025
Value structure
Dimensions and units
- Unit
- Employees covered by collective bargaining (%)
- Reporting basis
- Reporting period or measurement date declared by the source method
Unit meaning: The numerator counts each covered employee once and the denominator is the compatible employee headcount for the same entity, jurisdiction, date, and method.
Table fields and units
- Source profile and edition
- Global total, qualifying EEA country or non-EEA region
- Country-significance rule and threshold result
- Employee population
- Agreement obligation test
- Reported value
- Employees covered by collective bargaining (%)
- Measurement-source edition
- Assurance status
Published dimensions
- Source profile and edition.
- Global total, qualifying EEA country or non-EEA region.
- Country-significance rule and threshold result.
- Employee population.
- Agreement obligation test.
- Multiple-agreement deduplication.
- Employee headcount timing.
- Numerator and denominator availability.
- Calculated or source-reported status.
- Reporting boundary.
- Phase-in state.
- Reporting period.
- Source and assurance status.
Calculation method
Formula information
- Status
- Specified
- Formula type
- Percentage
Formula
collective_bargaining_coverage_percentage = (covered_employee_headcount ÷ employee_denominator_headcount) × 100Apply this formula only with the metric's declared population, reporting period, units, denominator, and method-edition controls.
Variables
| Symbol | Variable | Definition | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
covered_employee_headcount | covered employee headcount | Input defined by the reporting boundary for Employees covered by collective-bargaining agreements. | count |
employee_denominator_headcount | employee denominator headcount | Input defined by the reporting boundary for Employees covered by collective-bargaining agreements. | count |
Verified sources
Evidence and status sources
Sustopedia checked each record-specific claim directly against primary publisher material. Labels distinguish current measurement authority from future compatibility and corroborative, legal, edition, or method status context. Corroborative evidence can support a stated limitation but cannot establish the core measurement by itself.
Measurement evidence
- Measurement evidenceChecked 15 August 2026
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2772, consolidated 1 January 2025
- Publisher
- European Commission
- Edition
- Consolidated 1 January 2025 edition
- Locator
- S1-6 paragraphs 48-52 PDF pp205-206 and AR53-60 pp223-226; S1-7 paragraphs 53-57 p206 and AR61-65 pp226-227; S1-8 paragraphs 58-63 p207 and AR66-70 pp227-228; S1-14 AR89-90 pp231-232.
Supports: Supports the measurement definition, boundary, and source-reported fields for Employees covered by collective-bargaining agreements.
Open official source - Measurement evidenceChecked 15 August 2026
GRI 2: General Disclosures 2021
- Publisher
- Global Reporting Initiative
- Edition
- 2021 edition
- Locator
- effective date and rights PDF pp1-2; Disclosure 2-30 and guidance pp49-50
Supports: Supports the measurement definition, boundary, and source-reported fields for Employees covered by collective-bargaining agreements.
Open official source
Use with context
Interpretation boundaries
Method disclosures required
Source-edition basis: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2772, consolidated 1 January 2025 — Consolidated 1 January 2025 edition; GRI 2: General Disclosures 2021 — 2021 edition. Retain the exact source edition on every observation; later editions require a separate method profile.
- Source profile and edition.
- Global total, qualifying EEA country or non-EEA region.
- Country-significance rule and threshold result.
- Employee population.
- Agreement obligation test.
- Multiple-agreement deduplication.
- Employee headcount timing.
- Numerator and denominator availability.
- Retain the exact measurement-source edition with every observation.
- The numerator counts each covered employee once and the denominator is the compatible employee headcount for the same entity, jurisdiction, date, and method.
Record-specific limitations
- Coverage does not show agreement quality, bargaining power, union density, consultation effectiveness or whether terms are favorable. Sectoral or national agreements can cover non-union employees. Country thresholds and period timing can hide small populations.
Interpret this metric with the stated reporting boundary, period convention, value shape, and unit. Results prepared with different boundaries or conventions may not be directly comparable.
Measurement evidence supports the core record-specific claims described above. Corroborative evidence can support limitations, while compatibility and status sources provide their separately labelled context. None of these cards by itself determines an organisation's legal applicability, filing readiness, assurance status, or compliance conclusion.