Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2006, published 96th ILC session (2007)

Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181) - Hungary (Ratification: 2003)

The Committee notes the Government’s first report on the application of the Convention which was received in November 2005. It notes the provisions of the Labour Code and of Government Decree No. 118/2001 of 30 July 2001 regarding the regulation of private employment agencies. It would appreciate receiving in the Government’s next report further information on the manner in which the Convention is applied in practice, including extracts of labour inspection reports on private employment agencies investigated, infringements of the provisions of the Convention, the sanctions applied, as well as statistics on the number of workers registered with private employment agencies (Part V of the report form). Please also supply extracts from reports based on the data provided by private employment agencies including information that has been effectively transmitted to the public employment centres, the intervals at which such information is supplied and the means used to ensure that the information concerning the activities of private employment agencies is made publicly available (Article 13, paragraphs 3 and 4, of the Convention). The Committee also requests the Government to provide information on the bilateral agreements concluded to prevent abuses in relation to migrant workers recruited or placed in employment by private employment agencies (Article 8, paragraph 2).