Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2015, published 105th ILC session (2016)

Employment Service Convention, 1948 (No. 88) - Madagascar (Ratification: 1998)

Articles 4 and 5 of the Convention. Cooperation with the social partners. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in reply to the observations of the Trade Union Confederation of Malagasy Revolutionary Workers (FISEMARE) received in September 2014, and to the previous comments. The Government refers to Decree No. 2014-293 of May 2014 determining the functions of the Ministry of Employment, Technical Education and Vocational Training, and the general organization of the Ministry, with an indication that the texts implementing the Decree are still under preparation, as are those respecting cooperation with the social partners for the organization and operation of the employment service. The Government indicates that one of the principal missions of the new structure is to ensure full employment. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the manner in which cooperation with the social partners has been ensured in the organization and operation of the new structure of the employment service.

Article 6. Organization of the employment service. The Committee notes that the regional employment services put workers into contact with employers, while controlling the conformity of the clauses of employment contracts with the legislation that is in force. The Government indicates that the inadequacy of material resources in the services makes it difficult to centralize, compile and establish reliable employment statistics. The Committee requests the Government to inform it of the activities undertaken by regional employment services to effectively carry out the functions enumerated in the Convention.

Article 8. Special arrangements for young persons. The Government describes the existing administrative structure in the context of action to combat unemployment, particularly for young people. The Committee requests the Government to provide updated information on the measures adopted in the context of employment services and vocational training to combat youth unemployment.

Article 9. Staff of the employment service. The Government indicates that the Employment Department regularly provides training for its staff. The Committee requests the Government to provide more specific information on the measures taken for the training of the staff of the employment service both when entering service and any further training.

Article 11. Collaboration with private employment agencies. With regard to the Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181), the Committee notes that the Government is planning to examine its ratification. With reference to cooperation between private employment agencies and the migration services, the Government adds that the migration service operates as an employment service and is the authority responsible for issuing visas for any employment contract for workers emigrating from Madagascar. The Committee requests the Government to describe the measures taken specifically to ensure effective cooperation between the public employment service and private employment agencies.

[The Government is asked to reply in detail to the present comments in 2017.]