Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2016, published 106th ILC session (2017)

Employment Service Convention, 1948 (No. 88) - Cyprus (Ratification: 1960)

Articles 1 and 3 of the Convention. Contribution of the employment service to employment promotion. The Committee takes note of the information provided by the Government in its report indicating that there are 14 Public Employment Services (PES) offices established in the country (four are regional and ten are local). The Government indicates that in 2014, there were 47,197 persons registered as unemployed with the PES offices (10,835 more than in 2012), 14,625 vacancies had been notified (547 more than in 2012) and 3,665 placements had been made (490 more than in 2012). The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide information on the operation of the public employment offices.