Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2011, published 101st ILC session (2012)

Employment Service Convention, 1948 (No. 88) - Montenegro (Ratification: 2006)

Contribution of the employment service to employment promotion. The Committee notes the Government’s first report on the application of the Convention received in October 2009. It notes that the National Employment Agency of Montenegro (Employment Agency) is the public authority in charge of providing free employment services. The Government indicates that, in the first half of 2009, 18,456 persons were registered at the Employment Agency. In the same period of reference, the Employment Agency advertised 31,223 vacancies and 10,364 persons found employment. Referring to its comments on the Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122), the Committee invites the Government to provide in its next report further information, including statistics, on the results of the measures implemented by the Employment Agency in the framework of the national programme for the achievement and maintenance of full employment and the development and use of productive resources (Article 1(2) of the Convention). Please also indicate the measures taken to ensure coordination between the Employment Agency and the Statistical Office with regards to information on the labour market situation and its probable evolution, as well as measures taken to ensure that this information is made available systematically and promptly to the public authorities and social partners (Article 6(c)).

Articles 4 and 5 Cooperation with the social partners. The Government indicates that, according to section 77 of the Employment Act, two of the nine members of the Employment Agency Governing Body shall be appointed by workers’ organizations and two by employers’ organizations. The Union of Free Trade Unions of Montenegro stated in its comment received in September 2009 that it is not represented within the Employment Agency Governing Body and thus cannot contribute to measures destined to alleviate unemployment. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the arrangements made through advisory committees for the cooperation of employer and worker representatives in the organization, operation of the public employment service and in the development of its policy. Please also state how representatives of employers and workers have been appointed to the Employment Agency Governing Body.

Article 11. Cooperation between the public employment service and private employment agencies. The Government indicates that, according to sections 7 and 13 of the Employment Act, certain functions of the Employment Agency may be performed by other legal entities which are trained to carry out such tasks (private employment agencies) as long as their efficiency is ensured. In this regard, nine registered free private employment agencies carry out intermediation services. The Committee requests the Government to provide information, including practical examples, on the measures taken to secure effective cooperation between the public employment service and private employment agencies.