Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1990, published 77th ILC session (1990)

Employment Service Convention, 1948 (No. 88) - Nicaragua (Ratification: 1981)

The Committee notes that the Government's report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

1. Articles 4 and 5 of the Convention. The Committee noted the establishment of the national employment advisory committees composed of the directors of human resources of the bodies responsible for the nine sectors of economic activity. In its report, the Government stated that in a planned second phase, the national employment advisory committees will make a valuable contribution to employment policies concerning the different branches and will be a reliable source of information for the single employment and wages statistics system. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would supply the information elicited in the report form regarding the arrangements made through the national employment advisory committees for enlisting the co-operation of the representatives of employers and workers in the organisation and operation of the employment service, and in the development of employment service policy. Please indicate also whether any measures have been taken to consult the employers and workers of the rural sector on the operation of the public employment offices.

2. Articles 6 and 7 and point IV of the report form. The Committee referred to the conclusions and recommendations of the ILO/DANIDA project (OIT/DANIDA/NIC/80/2) "Strengthening the national training system and placement services" which referred, in particular, to difficulties in the area of statistics and information, and to the need to co-ordinate the activities of the public employment offices with vocational training. Please indicate measures taken as a result of these conclusions and recommendations. The Committee reiterates its interest in receiving the information requested in this section of the report form, so that it can fully ascertain the manner in which the Convention is being implemented.

3. Article 9. The Committee took note of the provisions of sections 38-42 of the 1982 Basic Act of the Ministry of Labour, which lay down the functions, objectives, responsibilities and tasks of the National Employment and Wages Council and the national employment service. Please provide full particulars, as requested in the report form, on the legal status and conditions of service of the employment service staff guaranteeing that they are independent of changes of Government and of improper external influences and, subject to the needs of the service, assuring them stability of employment.