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

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

Contribution of the employment service to employment promotion. Cooperation with the social partners. In relation to the direct request of 2006, the Committee notes the detailed information sent by the Government in the report received in September 2010. The Government supplies information on the new local employment exchanges set up via agreements between the Ministry of Labour, the municipal authorities and other parties involved in the strengthening of employment services. The Government also reports on employment fairs and the persons registered and placed in employment in the context of these events. The Committee refers to its comments on the application of the Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122), and requests the Government to continue providing information in its next report on Convention No. 88 on the results achieved to ensure the efficient operation of the free public employment service (Articles 1–3, 6 and 10 of the Convention). The Committee would again be grateful if more detailed information is included on the cooperation of the social partners in the operation of the employment service at the national level and at the level of the local employment exchanges (Articles 4 and 5).

Legal status and training of the staff of the employment service. In reply to previous comments, the Government indicates that the Civil Service Act guarantees protection, stability and conditions of work for civil servants. Staff are recruited and selected by means of aptitude tests. The Committee notes with interest that an induction and training methodology was established for employment service staff to ensure efficiency and effective performance, and further details of the modules and subjects are included in the report. The Committee requests the Government to continue to supply information on the measures adopted to ensure that the staff of the employment service are adequately trained (Article 9).

Cooperation between the public employment service and private employment agencies. In reply to previous comments the Government refers to a preliminary draft of regulations governing private employment agencies. The Committee notes that the preliminary draft is being revised with the cooperation of the Ministry of Labour of Spain, via the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID). The Committee again requests the Government to provide information on the adoption of the new regulations and on the manner in which it has taken account of Convention No. 181 and Recommendation No. 188 on private employment agencies, which recognize the role played by private employment agencies in the operation of the labour market.