Element E576 - Labour force status code
Description
Labour Force Status Identifier describes a student's employment status
Scheduled Validations
Format
| Code category | Element (E) |
|---|---|
| Element # | 576 |
| Element Type: | String |
| Width: | 2 |
| Version Revision Date: | |
| Version: | 5.00 |
| Years version active: | 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 |
Allowable Values
Employed:
| VALUE | MEANING |
|---|---|
| 01 | Full-time employee |
| 02 | Part-time employee |
| 03 | Self-employed - not employing others |
| 04 | Employer |
| 05 | Employed - unpaid worker in a family business |
Unemployed:
| VALUE | MEANING |
|---|---|
| 06 | Unemployed - seeking full-time work |
| 07 | Unemployed - seeking part-time work |
Not In the Labour Force:
| VALUE | MEANING |
|---|---|
| 08 | Not employed - not seeking employment |
| 99 | No information provided |
Labour Force Status Identifier is based on the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Standards for Social, Labour and Demographic Variables, 1999.
Students must be classified to a single labour force category based on the student’s own perception of their labour force activities.
Summary
Element 576 was included in the VET FEE‑HELP data collection in 2010 for inclusion in the VET Student Enrolment (VEN) submission. There have been no significant changes to this element since.
Table 1. Change control information with links to relevant versions 1
| First year version applied | Last year version applied | Version | Change | Reason for change | Notice date | Issue date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2020 | 4.00 | Re‑format document to conform with the department's application upgrade | Ministerial Notice document system upgrade | 22 May 2014 | 22 May 2014 |
| 2012 | 2014 | 3.00 | New versioning applied to data elements | No change in requirements - Implementation of new document management system. | 11 Mar 2011 | 11 Mar 2011 |
| 2010 | 2011 | 1.00 | Addition of new element for inclusion in the VET Student Enrolment (VEN) submissions | To support collection of statistical data. | 26 Nov 2009 | 26 Nov 2009 |
| Pre‑HESA: There is no earlier version of this element. | ||||||
Note 1: A version of an element can be associated with one or more reporting years. Where there are multiple versions applicable to a reporting year, only a link to the latest version is provided.
