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

Employment Service Convention, 1948 (No. 88) - Mongolia (Ratification: 2015)

Articles 1 and 2 of the Convention. Structure and functioning of the free public employment service. The Government indicates in its report that the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Mongolia is responsible for developing the legal strategy of the public employment service, while the General Agency for Labour and Social Services is in charge of the implementation of national employment policy. It adds that the public employment service operates through a network of national and local offices that serves the main geographical areas of the country, supervising the implementation of national employment policies in compliance with national regulations and providing prompt and efficient services to citizens and legal entities at the local level. The Committee requests the Government to provide detailed information, including statistics disaggregated by sex and age, on the impact of the measures taken by the public employment services to ensure the best possible organization of the labour market with a view to promoting the effective recruitment and placement of workers.

Article 3(2). Establishment of national employment offices. The Government indicates that the Law on Employment Promotion provides for a network of 31 national employment services operating in the capital city, Ulaanbaatar and 21 provinces. The State Employment Service Office is operating in the capital, while 21 local State Employment Service Offices are operating in the provinces and nine additional offices are operating in the districts of the capital city. The Committee requests the Government to indicate in its next report what provision is made to review and modify, where necessary, the network of national employment service offices in order to meet the changing requirements of the labour market. The Committee further requests the Government to provide information on measures taken or envisaged to anticipate future labour market needs and to assist the current labour force to adapt to those needs.

Articles 4 and 5. Consultation with social partners. The Government indicates that the National Employment Council is a consensus-based social organization responsible for ensuring the participation of the social partners in implementing the state policy on employment promotion at both national and local levels. The Committee requests the Government to provide further information on the manner in which the representatives of employers’ and workers’ organizations are consulted on the organization and operation of the employment service and the development as well as the implementation of national employment policy.

Article 6(a). Organization of the employment service. The Government indicates that the public employment service provides information, counselling, employment and financial support during periods of unemployment as well as other related services. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide information on the activities carried out by the employment services. It also requests the Government to provide information on the number of employment applications received, the number of vacancies notified and the number of persons placed in employment by such services, including statistics disaggregated by sex, age and economic sector.

Article 6(b). Labour mobility and migration. The Government refers to article 6 of the Law on Sending the Labor Force Abroad and Receiving Experts and Foreign Labor Force, which contains provisions related to employment services and labour migration and indicates that the LSS Office, the Capital City Employment Office and the Department of Labor and social services have the authority to request working permits for foreign experts and workers operating in their jurisdiction. The Committee requests the Government to provide details on the measures taken or envisaged by the employment service to support internal labour migrants and to facilitate the professional or geographic mobility of workers, including statistical data indicating the number of migrant workers benefitting from such services, particularly internal migrant workers and the results achieved by the employment services in providing jobs for rural workers seeking employment in urban areas.

Article 6(c). Collection and analysis of information on the employment market. The Government indicates that the LSS Office, the Capital City Employment Office and the Department of Labor and Social Services are responsible for collecting information on the labour market and updating the employment database. The Committee requests the Government to provide examples of the information which has been collected and analysed by these offices to ensure that the employment service is able to carry out its functions effectively, including the functions provided for under items (c) and (d) of this Article.

Article 6(e). Activities of the employment service. The Government indicates that in 2017, an Action Plan was developed to expand the activities of an online platform for the dissemination of occupational and professional information. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the measures taken to ensure that workers and employers are aware of the existence and the performance of the new online platform. The Committee further requests the Government to provide information on the expansion of the online platform, and results achieved through information sharing across different public authorities, indicating whether employers’ and workers’ organizations concerned and the general public also benefit from the new information system as well as how it assists other public and private bodies in social and economic planning to ensure a favourable employment situation.

Article 7. Particular categories of applicants for employment. The Government indicates that various action plans and employment programmes have been developed for 2017–18 to provide specialization by occupation to employers and to promote the employment of particular categories of jobseekers vulnerable to decent work deficits. The Committee requests the Government to provide information, including up-to-date statistics, disaggregated by sex and age, on the impact of measures taken to meet the employment needs of particular categories of jobseekers, including young persons, women, the long-term unemployed and persons with disabilities. The Committee also requests the Government to provide specific information on the impact of measures taken to facilitate specialization by occupation or by industry in the various employment offices.

Article 8. Special arrangements for young workers. The Committee notes that multiple employment and vocational programs such as the Program on youth employment support and start-up promotion have been designed to improve youth vocational training and promote the employment of young persons. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the outcome of these programs and on other measures taken to facilitate the transition of young persons into the labour market, as well as to provide information, disaggregated by sex and age, on the number of young people participating in the vocational training programmes.

Article 9. Training of employment service staff. The Government indicates that an annual employment service training is held to strengthen the skills and competencies of professional staff. It adds that no special training is provided to employment services staff at the time of their appointment. The Committee requests the Government to provide more specific information on the measures taken or envisaged for the training of the staff of the employment service both when entering service and any further training, particularly with respect to the needs of particular categories of applicants for employment, such as young persons, women, the long-term unemployed and persons with disabilities.

Article 11. Cooperation between the public employment service and private employment agencies. The Committee notes that section 6.5 of the Law on Employment Promotion stipulates that employment promotion services in both the private and public sectors shall provide employment services free of charge. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on any developments regarding the measures taken to secure effective cooperation between the public employment service and the private employment agencies.