Definition: Domestic employment (in postal services)

Category: Postal statistics

The number of persons employed in postal services within the economic territory of the country of reference. It also includes part-time workers, who are regarded as such under the laws of the country concerned and who are on the pay-roll, as well as seasonal workers, apprentices and home workers on the pay-roll. It is measured as an average over the reference year. http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Glossary:Domestic_employment_-_postal_services Statistics Explained, a distinct section of the official Eurostat website presenting all statistical topics in an easily understandable way, Postal statistics