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

Employment Service Convention, 1948 (No. 88) - Greece (Ratification: 1955)

The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in its report. It notes, in particular, the measures taken by the Manpower Employment Organization (OAED), under the Act on Development No. 1892 of 1990, with regard to the creation of the new work posts. It also notes from the Government's report that eight employment offices coming under the OAED have been created in the country since 1989, the total number of public employment offices operating in Greece being at present 43 (which is a significant reduction from 117 agencies reported by the Government in its report in 1989). The Government indicates that a new system of employment services (SECOD) has been started in 1991 (denominated "EURES" since 1992), which offers information services in regard to the demand for and offer of employment vacancies, as well as the living and working conditions in the EEC countries.

The Committee observes that the Government's report contains no statistical information concerning the number of vacancies notified and the number of persons placed in employment by the public employment offices. In its previous report for the period ending 30 June 1989 the Government supplied statistics for 1985-88, according to which the number of placements effected by the then 117 public employment agencies represented only from 3.1 per cent to 3.8 per cent of all placements made yearly. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide, in its next report, statistical information on the number of applications for employment received, the number of vacancies notified and the number of persons placed in employment by the OAED offices, in accordance with point IV of the report form. Please indicate the arrangements made nationally and locally in cooperation with employers' and workers' organizations to encourage full voluntary use of employment service facilities, in accordance with Article 10 of the Convention. Please also give a general appreciation of the manner in which the Convention is applied in your country, including, for instance, extracts from official reports and information on any practical difficulties in the application of the Convention, as required by point VI of the report form, making special emphasis on measures taken or envisaged with a view to increase the efficiency of public employment services.