Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2018, published 108th ILC session (2019)

Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122) - French Polynesia

Articles 1 and 2 of the Convention. Implementation of an employment policy within the framework of a coordinated economic and social policy. The Government indicates in its report that in November 2016 salaried employment had improved in overall terms. As of 31 December 2016, the number of jobseekers registered with the Employment, Training and Vocational Integration Service (SEFI) was 10,937, including 4,853 persons seeking their first job. The Government indicates that 40 per cent of jobseekers have less than one year of experience, and 26 per cent have between five and ten years. According to its activity reports, in 2016, the SEFI proposed 5,979 vacancies (2,279 for normal vacancies and 3,700 for subsidized employment in the commercial sector), compared with 5,033 in 2015 (consisting of 1,866 under normal employment contracts and 3,167 in subsidized jobs in the commercial sector) and 5,401 in 2014 (2,396 under normal employment contracts and 3,005 in subsidized employment in the commercial sector). The Committee notes the indications provided by the Government concerning the public employment and vocational integration policy implemented. The policy is based on three basic principles, namely: the establishment and strengthening of the continuum between stakeholders in vocational training (initial and further training) and employment; the guarantee of lasting employment; and inclusion in a real performance approach. The Committee also notes the various mechanisms that exist to promote employment, particularly through: (1) subsidies for the maintenance and safeguarding of employment, such as the Employment Support Contract (CSE); (2) assistance for employment and vocational integration (such as the employment access agreement (CAE), the professional employment access agreement (CAE PRO), the work contract subsidy (ACT) and the work contract subsidy for first-time employees (ACT PRIM)); and (3) subsidies for enterprise creation. Established by local Act No. 2016-4 of 14 March 2016, the objective of the ACT is to promote the creation of salaried employment through a flat-rate subsidy for employers’ contributions in the context of a permanent employment contract for a minimum of 24 hours a month. Implemented by local Act No. 2016-5 of 14 March 2016, the professional employment subsidy (ACT PRO) is intended to promote, in alternation, the employment integration and vocational training of the jobseeker. The ACT and the ACT PRO were implemented, respectively, in May and August 2016 with, for the first year of implementation, an objective of 400 ACT contracts and 200 ACT PRO contracts. According to the data provided by the Government, in November 2016 the number of ACT contracts was 300 and the number of ACT PRO contracts was 18. The Committee requests the Government to continue providing information on any results achieved through the new measures implemented to promote employment, and particularly those intended to meet the needs of specific categories of workers, such as women, young persons and workers with disabilities. The Committee also requests the Government to provide updated information on the situation and trends of employment, underemployment and unemployment.

Article 3. Participation of the social partners. The Government indicates that every measure adopted to promote employment and integration is covered by local legislation, which requires consultation with the Economic, Social and Cultural Council. In this respect, the Committee notes the four favourable opinions issued by the Council in 2015 (Opinion No. 27/2015 of 30 July 2015, Opinion No. 34/2015 of 1 October 2015, Opinion No. 35/2015 of 8 October 2015 and Opinion No. 36/2015 of 8 October 2015), and the three favourable opinions issued in 2016 (Opinion No. 62/2016 of 27 September 2016, Opinion No. 67/2016 of 22 November 2016 and Opinion No. 68/2016 of 22 November 2016). The Committee invites the Government to continue providing examples of consultations held with the social partners on the subjects covered by the Convention.