Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2019, published 109th ILC session (2021)

Employment Service Convention, 1948 (No. 88) - Malta (Ratification: 1965)

Articles 1(2), 8 and 11 of the Convention. Cooperation between the public employment service and private employment agencies. Arrangements for young persons. The Committee notes the information contained in the Government’s detailed report, including with regard to the adoption of Act XXXIX of 2018. The Employment and Training Services Act 2018, which superseded the Employment and Training Services Act 1990. The Government states that the 2018 Act governs Jobsplus, the national employment service, as well as the National Employment Authority, a tripartite body mandated to investigate and adjudicate complaints regarding employment and training services provided by Jobsplus. The Government reports that, in 2018, Jobsplus received 30,047 vacancies, 56 per cent of which were filled by female jobseekers. In 2017, the number of vacancies received was 28,480, with female participation at approximately 55 per cent. The Committee notes that the number of persons with disabilities placed in employment decreased from 212 in 2017 to 138 in 2018. The Committee further notes that, in 2018, Jobsplus received 126,206 applications for employment, a significant increase compared to 108,636 applications received in 2017. With respect to private employment agencies, the Committee notes that the 2018 Act has removed the provisions on private employment agencies and their regulation, previously contained in Chapter V of the Employment and Training Services Act, 1990, as amended. In addition, the 2018 Act has removed the provisions concerning apprenticeships and traineeships previously contained in the 1990 Act. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide detailed, up-to-date information regarding the activities and results achieved by Jobsplus, including statistics, disaggregated by sex and age, on the number of applications for employment received, the number of vacancies notified and the number of persons placed in employment (Part IV of the report form). It further requests the Government to provide information on the measures taken or envisaged in the framework of Act XXXIX of 2018 to ensure, in cooperation where necessary with other public and private bodies concerned, the best possible organization of the employment market (Article 1(2) of the Convention). The Committee also requests the Government to provide information on the manner in which, following the adoption of Act XXXIX of 2018, private employment agencies are regulated and effective cooperation between the public employment service and private employment agencies is ensured (Article 11). The Government is further requested to provide information on the measures taken to regulate apprenticeships and traineeships following the adoption of the 2018 Act, as well as on any special arrangements for young persons developed in the framework of the employment and vocational guidance services (Article 8).