Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2014, published 104th ILC session (2015)

Employment Service Convention, 1948 (No. 88) - Libya (Ratification: 1962)

Articles 1, 3 and 6 of the Convention. Activities of the employment service and contribution to employment promotion. The Committee notes the Government’s report received in June 2013, in which it indicates that the Labour Relations Act, No. 12 of 2010, provides that all employers must notify the employment office located in their respective area of their needs when they wish to hire workers. The employment offices are responsible for organizing and assisting jobseekers in finding work and therefore all persons who wish to obtain employment must be registered with an employment office. The Government reports that there are two government departments responsible for labour matters under the Ministry of Labour and Rehabilitation: the employment department and the placement department. It further indicates that there are 70 public employment offices in Libya established in all regions. The Committee invites the Government to provide information on the activities carried out by the employment and placement departments to ensure “the best possible organisation of the employment market as an integral part of the national programme for the achievement and maintenance of full employment and the development and use of productive resources”. It also invites the Government to provide further information on the activities of the public employment offices, the number of applications for employment received by employment offices, the number of vacancies notified, and the number of persons placed in employment by such offices (Part IV of the report form).

Articles 4 and 5. Participation of social partners. The Government indicates that section 18 of the Labour Relations Act provides for the establishment of an advisory committee in which employers and workers are represented. The Committee notes with interest that an advisory committee was formerly established at the central level and that the Ministry of Labour and Rehabilitation will determine the number of such committees to be established at the local and national level. The Committee refers to the 2010 General Survey concerning employment instruments, paragraph 208, in which it recalled that the public employment services’ direct and constant interaction with employers and jobseekers in the job market is essential for the effective implementation of employment policies. The Committee invites the Government to provide further information on the activities of the advisory committees, and the procedure adopted for the appointment of employers’ and workers’ representatives. Please also provide particulars of the arrangements made through the advisory committees in the organization and operation of the employment service and in the development of an employment service policy.

Article 9. Staff of the employment service. In its report, the Government refers to section 128 of the Labour Relations Act which specifies the requirements for a job applicant in the public service. It adds that the National Institute for Management is responsible for training upon appointment. Training is subsequently provided to raise workers’ efficiency. The Committee invites the Government to provide further information on the status, conditions of service, methods of recruitment and selection, and training of staff of the employment service.