Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1999, published 88th ILC session (2000)

Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122) - Peru (Ratification: 1967)

1. The Committee recalls that in its previous observation it noted the communication of the American Secretariat of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), conveying the concerns of the Peruvian Federation of Telephone Workers with regard to measures related to employment and the dismissals occurring as a consequence of privatization and restructuring of the telecommunications sector. The Committee notes the Government's comments, received in January 1999, listing the programmes which have been implemented in order to generate employment, such as PROEMPLEO - a national placement system, the Programme for the Promotion of Self-employment and Micro-enterprises (PRODAME), the Programme for the Consolidation of Women in Employment (PROFECE), and PROJoven. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would indicate in its next report, the manner in which the impact on employment was taken into consideration in the privatization and restructuring of the telecommunications sector. Please also state in what way the representatives of the interested persons were consulted with a view to ensuring their full cooperation and obtaining the necessary support for privatization, especially in respect of the restructuring of the telecommunications sector (Articles 2 and 3 of the Convention).

2. The Committee trusts that the next Government report due for the period ending 30 August 2000, will also include the information required under points 2 to 7 of the observation published in the Committee's previous report.