Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2005, published 95th ILC session (2006)

Unemployment Convention, 1919 (No. 2) - Iceland (Ratification: 1958)

Article 2, paragraph 2, of the Convention. The Committee notes that there are eight private employment exchanges in the metropolitan area, some of them being also active in the rural areas. They employ about 40-50 people in all. The Government also indicates that under the regulation on labour-market measures, the Directorate of Labour monitors the functioning of private employment exchanges. The Government states that no special measures have been taken to harmonize the functions of the private employment agencies and those of the public labour exchanges. The Committee notes that the International Labour Conference recognized the role played by private agencies in the operation of the labour market and that the Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181) is now the up-to-date Convention in this area. The Committee invites the Government to continue to provide information on the manner in which Convention No. 2 is applied and on any developments, in consultation with social partners, which might occur with regard to Convention No. 181.