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

Employment Service Convention, 1948 (No. 88) - El Salvador (Ratification: 1995)

1. Contribution of the employment service to employment promotion. Cooperation with the social partners. The Committee notes the detailed replies to its 1998 direct request contained in the report provided by the Government in September 2005. The Government refers to the National Employment Promotion Plan and the programme for the reactivation of rural employment. The Government also provides information on the establishment of the National Employment Opportunities Network. The Committee notes with interest the Employment Management Manual, intended to assist in collaboration between the Ministry of Labour and municipal authorities. The Committee requests the Government to continue providing information on the measures adopted to ensure the efficient operation of the free public employment service, comprising a network of employment offices sufficient in number to meet the needs of employers and workers throughout the country (Articles 1 to 3, 6 and 10 of the Convention). The Committee would be grateful if more detailed information were included on the cooperation of the social partners in the operation of the employment service at both the national and municipal levels (Articles 4 and 5).

2. In this respect, the Committee once again expresses interest in being provided with statistical information on the operation of local employment management offices, the number of applications for employment received, the number of vacancies notified and the number of persons placed in employment by the National Employment Opportunities Network (Parts III and IV of the report form).

3. Legal status and training of the staff of the employment service. The Government refers to the Civil Service Act of 1961. The Committee repeats its request for information on the legal status, conditions of work, methods of recruitment and selection of the staff of the employment service, including indications on the measures adopted to ensure that the staff of the employment service are adequately trained (Article 9).

4. Cooperation between the public employment service and private employment agencies. The Government referred to a preliminary draft of regulations governing private employment agencies, services collaborating in employment placement and temporary employment agencies. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide information in its next report on the adoption of the above regulations. The Government may consider it useful in this respect to consult Convention No. 181 and Recommendation No. 188, adopted by the International Labour Conference in 1997, which recognize the role played by private employment agencies in the operation of the labour market.