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Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122) - Aruba

The Committee notes with concern that the Government’s report has not been received. It expects that the next report will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous comments initially made in 2015. The Committee also notes that the Government has been requested to provide information to the Committee on the Application of Standards at the 106th Session of the International Labour Conference for failure to supply reports and information on the application of ratified Conventions.

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Article 1 of the Convention. Implementation of an active employment policy. The Committee notes that the Government indicates that the Reintegration Pilot Project launched in 2005 resulted in poor outcomes. The Committee recalls that Article 1 of the Convention states that “each Member shall declare and pursue, as a major goal, an active policy designed to promote full, productive and freely chosen employment”. The Committee refers to its previous comments, and requests the Government of Aruba to provide a report including detailed information on how it keeps “under review, within the framework of a coordinated economic and social policy”, the measures to be adopted for attaining the objectives of full and productive employment specified in the Convention. It also invites the Government to provide further details of its policy for full, productive and freely chosen employment in the terms of the Convention, along the lines of the report form approved by the Governing Body of the ILO.

Article 3. Participation of social partners in the formulation and implementation of policies. The Government indicates that the social partners were involved at all levels of consultation for the National Integrated Strategic Plan. The Committee recalls that the representatives of employers and workers must be consulted concerning employment policies “with a view to taking fully into account their experience and views and securing their full cooperation in formulating and enlisting support for such policies”. The Committee asks the Government to implement the consultations required by the Convention and to provide information on progress made towards ensuring full compliance with the Convention.