Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2015, published 105th ILC session (2016)

Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122) - Uzbekistan (Ratification: 1992)

The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that the next report will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous comments.

Repetition

Articles 1 and 2 of the Convention. Formulation and implementation of an active employment policy. The Committee notes that the Government indicates that economic reforms undertaken in Uzbekistan have facilitated stable economic growth and resulted in increased employment and income per family, which is an important means of reducing child labour. It further indicates that even during the global crisis there has been a considerable increase in employment due to the implementation of the 2009–12 Anti-Crisis Programme of Measures which included specific targeted measures for job recovery and employment creation. As a result of these measures, 970,900 new jobs were created in 2011 following the creation of a favourable business environment for entrepreneurs and small businesses, the establishment of a legal and regulatory framework to facilitate home-work arrangements, and the development of infrastructure and transport and communications networks. The Committee notes that the Uzbek economy recorded 8.3 per cent growth in GDP in 2011. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government concerning the 2011–13 General Agreement on socio-economic issues, a tripartite agreement listing the measures to be taken to create jobs and reduce unemployment. The Government reports that 141,600 jobs were created during the reporting period in 32 districts with particularly high levels of unemployment as a result of the development of small and micro-enterprises, the organization of home-work arrangements, farming activities and the recovery of inactive enterprises. The Government indicates that the active employment policy in Uzbekistan facilitates the drafting and implementation of employment programmes developed as a result of the current labour market situation and forecasts for its development. The policy on regional labour markets is being implemented in the context of a nationwide programme, as well as through the development and implementation of regional and local employment support programmes, taking into account regional particularities in demographics and socio-economic development. The Committee invites the Government to provide detailed information on the formulation and implementation of an active employment policy and the results of employment policy measures implemented in the different regions of the country. It also invites the Government to provide information on the tripartite review of the results of the 2011–13 General Agreement in terms of employment generation.

Vulnerable categories of workers. With respect to efforts to create employment for jobseekers, the Government indicates that from January to December 2011, 194 district employment support and social services centres placed 595,700 people in vacant posts or in jobs that had been newly created in the context of the anti-crisis programme. Of those 595,700, 265,100 were women and 437,000 lived in rural areas. Furthermore, in order to guarantee employment for high school graduates, a range of measures was developed and taken in each municipality and district to provide work experience for graduates and their subsequent employment in the enterprises involved. To that end, more than 127,000 enterprises and organizations were registered with a programme employing high school graduates. The Government also reports that 9,600 persons with disabilities were employed in specially allocated jobs in 2011, which was almost double the number employed in 2010. The Committee invites the Government to provide information on the impact of the measures taken in order to promote productive employment for vulnerable categories of workers such as women, young persons, older workers, persons with disabilities and rural workers.

Article 3. Participation of social partners in the formulation of policies. The Government reports that trade unions monitor the creation of new jobs in accordance with the Job Creation Programme. In 2011, trade union representatives conducted random studies on 14,209 new jobs created in 1,663 enterprises. The placement of 290,249 graduates of technical colleges in employment in 85,452 enterprises was also monitored. The Committee invites the Government to continue to provide information on the consultations held with representatives of employers’ and workers’ organizations with regard to the formulation and implementation of an active employment policy.