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

Employment Service Convention, 1948 (No. 88) - Slovakia (Ratification: 1993)

Contribution of the employment service to employment promotion. The Committee notes the Government’s report received in December 2009 listing the measures taken by the Government in consultation with the social partners as a consequence of the global economic crisis. The Government also confirmed its intention to ratify the Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181). The Committee notes with interest that the ratification of Convention No. 181 was registered on 22 February 2010. It refers to Chapter III of its General Survey of 2010 on employment instruments and recalls that Conventions Nos 88 and 181 complement one another. Public employment services and private employment agencies both contribute to the optimal functioning of the labour market and to the realization of the right to work. In the context of a downturn, the role of employment services is particularly relevant in implementing active labour market policies focusing on the most vulnerable categories of jobseekers. The Committee invites the Government to provide in its next report on Convention No. 88, information on the activities undertaken by the Offices of Labour, Social Affairs and Family and other such public employment agencies that ensure the effective functioning of the free public employment service, in cooperation with the social partners, to meet the specific needs of jobseekers and employers throughout the country. Please also furnish statistical 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 such offices (Part IV of the report form).