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

Labour Administration Convention, 1978 (No. 150) - Republic of Moldova (Ratification: 2006)

Articles 4 and 9 of the Convention. Organization and functioning of the labour administration system. The Committee notes that the Government does not provide an organizational chart of the Ministry of Labour, Social Protection and Family, as requested by the Committee in its previous comment. Concerning the organization of the labour administration system, the Committee notes the Government’s reference to a range of amendments that were made to the Government Decision No. 691 of 17 November 2009 approving the regulations governing the organization and functioning of the Ministry of Labour, Social Protection and Family, through Government Decision No. 242 of 12 May 2015. The Committee further notes that the Government indicates, in reply to the Committee’s previous request that the National Employment Agency is not a parastatal structure, but a subdivision of the Ministry of Labour, Social Protection and Family. The Committee once again requests that the Government provide an organizational chart of the Ministry of Labour, Social Protection and Family both at central and local levels, as well as details on arrangements made to ensure the effective operation and coordination of the system of labour administration in practice.

Articles 5, 6(2)(c) and (d) and 8. Arrangements for the consultation, cooperation and negotiation between the public authorities and employers and workers. Services and technical advice offered to employers and workers and their organizations. Competent bodies for international labour affairs. The Committee takes note of the information provided by the Government in reply to its previous comment. It notes in particular the detailed information concerning the activities and issues examined by the National Commission for Consultation and Collective Negotiations, the information concerning the services and technical advice provided to employers and workers by the services of the Ministry of Labour, Social Protection and Family, as well the bodies within the system of labour administration responsible for functions concerning international labour affairs (including several departments at the Ministry of Labour, Social Protection and Family, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Integration, and the Bureau for Migration and Asylum) and the details on the activities of the latter bodies.

Article 7. Extension of the functions of the labour administration system. The Committee previously noted the information provided by the Government concerning the activities on the fight against informality, including the activities of the labour inspectorate to help legalize informal employment. The Committee notes that the Government indicates, in reply to the Committee’s request to continue to provide information on measures for the gradual extension of the functions of the labour administration system to cover workers in the informal economy, that control activities by the tax and labour inspection services have been intensified, and that a number of other measures have been taken, such as legislative amendments, the promotion of payment of salaries through bank accounts, online access to wages declared by salaries, etc. The Committee takes note of this information.

Article 10. Human resources and material means of the labour administration. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in reply to its previous request concerning the proportion of the national budget allocated to the Ministry of Labour, Social Protection and Family, which according to the numbers provided by the Government (on the amount of the budget of the Ministry of Labour, Social Protection and Family and the amount of the national budget) amounts to about 1.6 per cent. The Committee also notes the Government’s indication, in reply to its previous request on the composition, status and conditions of service, that the labour administration system consists of civil servants and technical service staff, and that their qualification requirements are contained in the regulations of the relevant public entities. The Committee requests that the Government provide information on the number of civil servants and technical staff employed in the main departments of the Ministry of Labour, Social Protection and Family and information on how the independence of improper external influences of all staff working within the labour administration services is guaranteed.