Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1993, published 80th ILC session (1993)

Employment Service Convention, 1948 (No. 88) - Finland (Ratification: 1989)

The Committee has noted with interest the information supplied by the Government in its first report on the application of the Convention. It would be grateful if in its next report the Government would supply additional information on the following point.

Article 4, paragraph 3, of the Convention. The Committee notes from the Government's report that there are advisory committees for manpower services at the Ministry of Labour, as well as at the regional and local levels. It also notes that section 8 of the Placement Act of 1959 contains provisions according to which the members of advisory committees at the regional level shall be so selected as to represent employers and workers in equal numbers and the central employers' and workers' organizations shall be given an opportunity of nominating their candidates for these committees. Please describe in more detail the composition of the advisory committee at the Ministry of Labour and of the local committees, as well as the procedure for the appointment of employer and worker representatives on these committees, indicating, in particular, whether such representatives are appointed in equal numbers after consultation with representative employers' and workers' organizations, as required by this Article of the Convention. In this connection, the Committee notes the observations of the Commission for Local Authority Employers (KT) which expressed the opinion that local authority employers should be represented in the local committees.