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

Employment Service Convention, 1948 (No. 88) - Ethiopia (Ratification: 1963)

Articles 1, 3, 6, 11 of the Convention. Contribution of the employment service to employment promotion. Cooperation between the public employment service and private employment agencies. The Government indicates in its report that it attaches considerable importance to the modernization and promotion of free employment services that are efficient, effective and accessible. In reply to the previous comments, the Committee notes the information provided showing that, in the 2013–14 period, 559 public employment service offices and 599 local private employment agencies placed a total of 717,952 jobseekers (504,840 men and 213,112 women) in employment. During the same period, 827,078 jobseekers (507,583 men and 319,495 women) were registered and 276,705 vacancies were notified. The Committee further notes that activities carried out to promote cooperation between the public employment service and private employment agencies include sharing labour market information and training the staff of private employment agencies. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide information on the activities carried out by the employment service. It also requests the Government to continue to provide information on the number of public employment offices established, the number of applications for employment received, the number of vacancies notified, and the number of persons placed in employment by such offices. The Government is further requested to provide information on the measures taken to secure effective cooperation between the public employment service and private employment agencies and on their impact.

Articles 4 and 5. Cooperation with the social partners. The Government indicates that the Labour Advisory Board plays an important role in the process of developing and reviewing employment-related policies and directives. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide information on the activities of the Labour Advisory Board in the organization and operation of the employment service and in the development of employment service policy.