Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2010, published 100th ILC session (2011)

Employment Service Convention, 1948 (No. 88) - Philippines (Ratification: 1953)

Contribution of the employment service to employment promotion. The Committee notes the replies provided by the Government to its 2005 direct request in a report received in November 2009. The Government describes the initiatives taken by the Public Employment Service Office (PESO) to provide employment options to jobseekers (jobs fairs, wage employment facilitation services, entrepreneurial services). From 2001 to 2009, the PESO registered
about 8,500,000 job applicants throughout the country and placed around 5,600,000 workers. The Government also reports that one of the common problems among the PESO are the frequent changes in its personnel which included the PESO manager, who is usually appointed by the local government executives. The Committee refers to its 2009 observation on the application of the Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122), and invites the Government to indicate in its next report the contribution of the PESO to achieve and maintain full employment (Article 1(1) of Convention No. 88). It would welcome receiving information on the contribution made by the Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (TIPC) or any other tripartite framework to formulate recommendations on the matters related to the public employment service (Articles 4 and 5). Please also include updated information on the operation and organization of PESO and the statistical data required under Parts III and IV of the report form.