Employment Service Convention, 1948 (No. 88) - Romania (Ratification: 1973)

Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2014, published 104th ILC session (2015)

Contribution of the employment service to employment promotion. The Committee notes the Government’s report for the period ending 2014, as well as the Government’s reply to the observations made by the Block of National Trade Unions (BNS) received in January 2011. In reply to previous comments, the Government reports the social dialogue taking place at the level of employment agencies in tripartite advisory boards. The Government mentions the resumption of activities in the Governing Board of the National Employment Agency in October 2013 and the adoption of orders on the Agency’s activities for 2014. The Committee invites the Government to provide further information on the activities of the National Employment Agency, including those addressing the specific needs of particular categories of persons and sectors. The Committee also invites the Government to provide practical information concerning 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 the National Employment Agency (Part IV of the report form).

Article 11 of the Convention. Cooperation between the public employment service and private employment agencies. The Government indicates that employment service providers may provide specialized services to promote employment on condition that they are accredited by the National Employment Agency, with the exception of providers from European Union and European Economic Area Member States, which are exempted from this requirement. These services include information, counselling and employment placement services. The Government indicates that, according to data from the National Registry of Providers of Specialized Employment Promotion Services, 616 providers of specialized employment promotion services were accredited during the period 2010–13. The Committee invites the Government to continue providing information on the measures taken to guarantee effective cooperation between the public employment service and private agencies, including statistics on the activities of private employment agencies and the services provided by them.

Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2009, published 99th ILC session (2010)

Contribution of the employment service to employment promotion. The Committee notes the detailed information contained in the Government’s report received in August 2009 including statistics as requested in the 2005 direct request. The Committee notes the entry into force of Act No. 202/2006 on the organization and functioning of the national employment agency and Order No. 1610/2006 on the approval of the statute of the National Employment Agency. The Government’s report also provides information on the general services delivered by the public employment service offices in Bucharest and in the regions as well as on the measures encouraging employers to hire young persons with disabilities and recent graduates. The Committee would like to continue to receive information on the activities of the National Employment Agency, including such activities undertaken to address the specific needs of particular persons and sectors. Please also indicate any arrangements made in cooperation with the social partners to encourage full use of employment service facilities in Bucharest and in the regions.

Article 11 of the Convention. Cooperation between the public employment service and private employment agencies. The Government has provided information on the cooperation of the public employment services with other public entities and the outsourcing of services from the public to private agencies, which are not allowed to charge for their services and have to keep the public employment services informed of their services on a monthly basis. The Committee requests the Government to continue to supply information on the measures taken to guarantee effective cooperation between the public employment services and private agencies, including statistics on the private employment agencies, as well as on the services provided by them.

Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2005, published 95th ILC session (2006)

The Committee notes the detailed information contained in the Government’s report received in August 2004.

1. Organization and functioning of the employment service. The Committee notes with interest Order No. 768/2003 of 3 July 2003 on the approval of the statute of the National Employment Agency, Act No. 76/2002 of 16 January 2002 on the unemployment insurance and employment incentive system as well as Order No. 277/2002 approving competence criteria for specialized services beneficiaries to encourage employment. It also notes the main functions and objectives of the National Employment Agency and the reorganization of the employment service structure in the country and the capital. The Committee requests the Government to supply in its next report statistical data published in annual or periodic reports on the number of job applications received, vacancies notified and placements made by the various placement offices. In addition, it requests the Government to indicate whether an overall assessment will be made of the new organization of the National Employment Agency and, if so, to communicate the results of the assessment (Articles 3 and 6 of the Convention).

2. Cooperation of social partners. The Government indicates that in order to develop tripartite dialogue and to guarantee cooperation with the social partners in the formulation and application of employment policies, a legislative framework for the application of the tripartism principle in all public employment service institutional structures has been established. The Government recalls that the National Employment Agency is governed by an administrative board composed of 15 members representing public administration bodies, national level employers and trade unions. This administrative board and the tripartite consultative councils at local level guarantee social dialogue at both local and national level on the most important employment matters. The Committee notes these indications and requests the Government to continue to supply information on the measures taken in collaboration with the social partners to ensure the effective operation of the public employment service (Articles 4 and 5). Please also supply detailed information on the measures taken to guarantee effective cooperation with the public employment service and private agencies.

Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1999, published 88th ILC session (2000)

The Committee takes note of the Government's report, received in August 1998. It notes the adoption of Act No. 145/1998 establishing a national agency for employment and vocational training, to become operational as from 1 January 1999. It notes that the agency will be managed by a governing board consisting of an equal number of representatives of employers' and workers' organizations. The Committee hopes that the Government will be in a position to provide information in its next report on measures taken within the governing board of the agency concerning the operation of the employment service and the development of the employment service policy (Articles 4 and 5 of the Convention). Please also supply a copy of the agency's statute and any other documentation or information on the application of the Convention (Parts I, IV and VI of the report form).

Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1994, published 81st ILC session (1994)

The Committee notes the Government's report on the application of the Convention, and particularly the information on the reorganization of employment offices for which it received ILO technical assistance. The Government indicates that the attributions and role of the employment offices are governed by national regulations which were developed and improved upon after 1989. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would give further particulars in its next report of amendments made to laws and regulations and to provide the relevant texts, in accordance with point I of the report form.

Articles 4 and 5 of the Convention. The Committee notes that the Government plans to set up tripartite structures within the national system of employment offices. It asks the Government to describe in greater detail in its next report the measures taken to give full effect to the provisions of these Articles of the Convention which prescribe that suitable arrangements must be made through advisory committees for the cooperation of representatives of employers and workers in the organization and operation of the employment service and in the development of employment service policy.