Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2006, published 96th ILC session (2007)

Employment Service Convention, 1948 (No. 88) - Bosnia and Herzegovina (Ratification: 1993)

1. The Committee notes the Government’s report for the period ending June 2005. The report enumerates the legislative texts applicable to the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBH) and the Republika Srpska (RS). The Committee notes once again that each of the entities constituting Bosnia and Herzegovina is autonomous with regard to labour and employment issues. It understands that the Federal Employment Bureau has been established in the FBH and that employment counsellors have been designated in local offices of the RS. The Employment Bureau of the Brcko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina performs the tasks of the employment service. The Committee once again expresses interest in obtaining information on the number of public employment offices established, the number of applications for employment received, the number of vacancies notified and the number of persons placed in employment by the various employment services operating in the country. It hopes that the next report will indicate whether the network of employment offices is sufficient to serve employers and workers in each area of the country (Articles 1, 2 and 3 of the Convention and Part IV of the report form).

2. Cooperation with the social partners. The Committee refers to its 2004 direct request and would appreciate receiving information from the respective authorities on the arrangements made through advisory committees for the cooperation of employer and worker representatives in the organization and operation of employment services and in the development of an employment service policy. Please indicate the number of advisory committees established at the level of each entity and the procedure adopted for the appointment of employer and worker representatives (Articles 4 and 5).

3. Activities performed by the employment service. Please indicate the manner in which the employment service is organized and the activities that it performs at the level of each entity in order to discharge effectively the functions enumerated in Articles 6 and 7 of the Convention.

4. Special arrangements for young workers. Taking into account the large proportion of young workers engaged in the informal economy, the Committee would be grateful to receive information on any special arrangements initiated and developed within the framework of the employment and vocational guidance services for young persons.

5. Status and conditions of service of the staff of the employment service. Please provide information on the status, conditions of service, methods of recruitment and selection, and training of the staff of the employment service, as required by Article 9 of the Convention.

6. Please indicate whether measures have been taken, in cooperation with employers’ and workers’ organizations, to encourage the full use of employment service facilities by employers and workers on a voluntary basis (Article 10).

7. Measures to secure cooperation with private employment agencies. The Committee notes that private employment agencies operate in the country and requests the Government to indicate in its next report which measures are envisaged to secure effective cooperation between the public employment service and such private agencies (Article 11).