Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1991, published 78th ILC session (1991)

Employment Service Convention, 1948 (No. 88) - Libya (Ratification: 1962)

The Committee notes with regret that the Government's reply 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. The Committee noted the information provided by the Government in reply to its previous comments, and in particular that concerning the competence of People's Committees of Public Service established under Decision No. 255 of 1983, especially their competence as regards the organisation of employment services.

The Committee hopes that in its next report the Government will explain in detail whether consultations with representatives of employers and workers are taking place through People's Committees, or through any other body or bodies constituted in accordance with Articles 4 and 5 of the Convention.

2. The Committee also hopes that the next report will include full information on the other questions raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

Article 3 of the Convention. Please provide information on the geographical distribution and staffing of the 24 employment offices, and on the number of applications for employment received, the number of vacancies notified, and the number of persons placed in employment by them. Please also provide information in future reports on the development of the network of employment offices.

Article 6. The Committee noted that the creation of labour supervisory offices had made for greater mobility of labour, both occupational and geographical. Please indicate in greater detail the role played by these offices in facilitating mobility of labour, as well as the activities performed by the employment service in order to carry out the functions described in paragraphs (a), (c), (d) and (e) of this Article.

Article 9. Please indicate the status of the staff of the employment service in respect to their independence from improper influences and stability of employment.