The first reason is that most of the persons in paid employment who were temporarily laid-off were laid-off in the second half of March 2020 and the second reason is that according to the methodology of the statistical survey Earnings of Persons in Paid Employment by Legal Persons, which is the main source for calculating the Labour Cost Index the mentioned compensation is not included in gross and net earnings since earnings cover only that part of payments that is paid by employers.
Prvič zato, ker je bila večina zaposlenih oseb, ki so bile napotene na začasno čakanje na delo, tja napotena v drugi polovici meseca marca 2020, drugič pa zato, ker prej omenjena nadomestila po metodologiji statističnega raziskovanja Plače zaposlenih pri pravnih osebah, ki je glavni vir za izračunavanje indeksa stroškov dela, niso vključena v bruto in neto plačo, saj plača zajema le tisti del prejetih izplačil, ki so bila izplačana v breme (iz sredstev) delodajalca.